somebody stop me.

can't. stop. buying. girl. clothes.

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in my defense, carter's was having a huge sale online and i had a 20% off coupon, so i did the above shopping when i was in miami and jack was at the hospital...we had just found out the gender, so i had the carnal desire to buy leopard print stat. ps: leopard has to be good leopard. i think cheap looking leopard print is beyond tacky, but i'm in love with the above. it has to be light and just the right shape. lol. and i'm very picky about tacky character tees...but i couldn't resist this little squirrel.

i bought these little possum fur booties in new zealand last year. i wasn't even pregnant, but are you kidding me right now!? are you dying yet?!?!?! ps i loooove animals, but apparently possums are a huuuge pest in nz and their fur is used when they are exterminated so that it doesn't go to waste. 

{either that or the shop lady lied to me like when jack tells me the roadkill on the side of the freeway is "just sleeping" so that i don't cry} 

sad, but possum fur is everywhere in glenorchy and i felt like i was bringing some of the culture back with me, if that makes sense.

...and where do i begin. carter's was having a doorbuster 60% sale. most of this stuff was on clearance so, it's not online..but all is from carters except the leopard onesie on the left, which is kardashian kids collection from babys r us. the leopard print was spot on {no puns, heh}, so i had to pick it up.

yes, that is a neon pink kitty shirt. and now baby has jeggings to last her from birth through six months. we will cover six months through adulthood at a later date. and her first pair of pink sparkly ankle boots with the furrrr. 

because every davidson girl needs to have a lifetime supply of jeggings and ankle boots.

i may or may not be planning to dress my baby like a kitty 90% of the time. but a classy kitty.

and i'm totally not ashamed.

eighteen weeks.

and surprise!!! it's a darling, precious, itzy baby :

g  i  r  l  !!!!!

i visited jack at his miami externship for my 17th & 18th weeks of pregnancy. i got to spend 9 glorious days with him.
man, i sure do miss my best friend.

i just couldn't stand the thought of finding out the gender of our baby without him at my 20 week anatomy scan at the doctor's office from a grumpy, rushed ultrasound tech {yes, we've met her and she stole all the magic of our 8 week ultrasound scan when we saw our little frog baby for the first time to confirm the pregnancy}.

soooo...i decided to google private 4D ultrasound clinics in miami and i made an appointment at a cute little place for an hour after he picked me up at the airport {after my awesome red-eye from seattle, ugh}. we stopped and had a bagel for breakfast and i got a decaf coffee to create the illusion of getting some extra energy after all that traveling. to be honest, i was so excited to see jack and the baby, it didn't matter.

naturally, when we got there, i was really nervous that we were going to find that baby didn't have any arms or legs or something crazy. i guess the worrying will never stop from this point forward!

let me tell you...SHE looked perfect!!! of course, we will find more details at the anatomy scan in a few weeks, but she was so active and joyful looking...with all ten fingers and all ten toes! she was flipping and drinking and stretching and even showed us her smile:

are you absolutely melting yet?!?! you guys, she did this the whole TIME we saw her. the tech said that we got some of the best shots she's ever captured of a 17 week fetus. 

it. was. magical.

i cried tears of joy and you can't imagine our surprise when we learned baby was a she. everyone totally thought we were going to have a boy...but deep down inside i just had this weird raw gut feeling i was going to have a girl.

and ps: don't judge her fontanel. it's not closed yet and that is totally normal. she still looks completely underdeveloped, but remember she isn't even halfway done baking. 

we are absolutely in love.

{we celebrated news of our daughter at this cute little beach front restaurant on the patio. we split the restaurant week 3 course meal for one...gazpacho, swordfish on mashed sweet potatoes, and key lime cheesecake. food is all i have now, so yes, i remember what we had. it was delish.}

the last weekend i was there, we hopped in the car and drove 3.5 hours south to the southern tippy tip of key west. we stayed two nights at a hotel that not only had a fabulous beach out front to lounge on under umbrellas, but also complimentary virgin mojitos {of course i opted for the non-complimentary virgin pina coladas the whole time i was there oops}, and a complimentary shuttle to duval street in town where all the shops and bars are. it was a magical weekend, especially after not seeing jack for two months in such a relaxed setting. of course i was the palest one at the beach, and also the roundest fe-whale {i mean female}, but i didn't care. ok, maybe i did a little.

{i had to document my 18 week belly...this is what i wore that day to the beach, so this is the outfit i went with}

{our key west beach spot in front of our cute hotel. the ocean is right in front of us.}

{...and we will finish with my handsome husband in the miami operating room}

only a few more weeks until i visit him in denver!! i already can't wait. good thing i have a few weeks between these trips so i can "try" and recover some of my energy...phew!