21 Weeks: World's Largest Gummy Bear

Today marks week 21 for Baby H.  I receive a few different pregnancy email updates, and my favorite so far is from pregnantchicken.com...instead of the normal comparison of my baby to a fruit or vegetable (which today is a carrot or banana), pregnantchicken.com referenced Baby H to about the size of "the world's largest gummy bear, although, it's a lot heavier at 5 pounds".  Heehee.  :)

I was going to wait until I was 7 months pregnant to tell this story, because it does correlate, but I've decided to share one of my more miserable tales as a pregnant lady.  It's been a while, so the story is not word for word, but this is basically how it went down...

When I was 16 weeks pregnant, the hubby and I went to Starbucks for breakfast since my pa gave me a "Congratulations, You're Pregnant!" gift card (only my dad).  The lady cashier noticed I had a bump and was really friendly about it.  But then she opened her big mouth as she was handing over our drinks.

Barista: "So, let me guess how far along you are..."  <brief pause>

             "7 months?"

I laugh hard, and answer, "No, I'm only 16 weeks along."

Barista: "Oh wow, this is your first, right?  Usually first timers don't show until farther on.  Are you having twins?!"

Me: "No, just one.  Um, I guess it's just going to be a big baby."

She kept going on, making me feel worse, and then talked about her kids, blah blah blah.  I tuned out at that point because she made me feel like a cow.  Seriously lady, great customer service skills you have, making a first-time mom feel gigantic!  Hubby and I ranted the whole way home about her.  And so far from other moms I either get the excited congrats, horror stories of pregnancy, or forms of the above blunt barista.  Sigh.

In other news, I'm excited to be heading up to Washington next month!  I'm not a fan of the airport process, but I'm a big fan of traveling.  I received this flyer in the mail and don't think I'll be traveling this year to it, but maybe next year:

There I am in the front of the corner photo, cheesing away

This was an eye-opening conference last year, and learned a lot about preparing for group tours!  Most of the other people there are heavily involved with their college ensembles touring, so they had a lot of good information.  This year our choir director is on sabbatical in the spring, so the wind ensemble will be traveling to northern California, and I'm sad I'll miss it (but I'll be on maternity leave!).  Next year the choir is traveling to Austria and Germany!  I don't know if I'll be able to go or not, seeing how Baby H will only be 1 year old, but you never know, maybe Baby H will be an international traveler too.  He'll already have experience traveling to New York next August for my bestie's wedding!

Tomorrow I'll be back to post some photos of another lovely baby care package the mother-in-law sent us.  She's so sweet!