Pregnancy pictures - a few to see

Once Rachel's pregnancy was confirmed, I was sworn to electronic secrecy.  For the weeks that followed her first OB-GYN appointment, we would tell people about the pregnancy, but then quickly swear them to e-secrecy in fears that some distant acquaintance would find out from a 3rd party and get offended.  It was a prudent practice, but as the weeks dragged to months the silence on the blog on the subject became the norm as I awaited the green light from Rachel to let all the world know.  Given her insistence on waiting, I informed her that when the time came, SHE needed to be proactive in posting some pictures because other people were waiting for updates.  After her last doctor appointment, she did just that - but only on Facebook.  [Sadly, she has again forsaken this blog.  Perhaps I should change the name to reflect its status as Alan's blog??]  So I had been waiting for her to post, but as one not-to-be-named reader not-so-subtly complained, the statue of limitations on e-secrecy have been passed and specific mention of the topic is in order.  So with that, I bring these pictures as Rachel is on the eve of the halfway week of her pregnancy.

The big update for week 19 (which is now ending) is confirmation of the baby's kicking, which has become noticeably more frequent with each day.  The baby's little feet have produced a prodigious amount of giggling in the past few days.

Baby shower plans are well underway, and Rachel is hot on the consumer trail....trying to figure out which products she would like best.  She has sworn that year 1 with a child does not have to be expensive, but listening to her speak of the bevy of available products on the market, can I trust her frugality to overcome the overwhelmingly cute marketing forces out there??

So in all, hooray for the baby.  Let it be official in blogdom.  Just say no to e-secrecy.

-alan