Some more new purchases...

We thought we should probably start buying this kid some clothes... Lemme explain something...we both hate shopping. If it can't be done online, then we usually don't buy it. But we figured we probably need to get a reserve of clothes built up for this booger, so yesterday Linda & I ventured out to enjoy an afternoon of shopping on the Plaza. Our first stop was gonna be Gymboree. However, with it being Sunday morning, they didn't open til noon, so we stopped by a Latté Land and chilled out for about an hour and walked around for a bit. When Gymboree finally opened, we stepped in and both of us stared dumbfoundedly at the selections. But shopping for kids clothes is kinda fun. We bought Evan three outfits, a few for the 0-3 months range, and then another for the 3-6 months range. While I like the clothes they had there...it was pretty expensive, even with one of those outfits being on sale...we spent a little over $100.00. The lady at Gymboree was successful though in reeling me in and signing me up for a rewards card. I don't think I'll get much use out of it, but now I'm sure I'll get tons of junk mail now... I think Target, Kohls and, yes, even Walmart will be my favorite clothes shopping friends in the years to come. Upon leaving the Plaza, Linda said she thought that I will probably enjoy shopping for him more than her.

Here's the outfits we got him:

Last month, we were browsing through a Pottery Barn catalog and noticed a cool piggy bank in the form of a bulldog (like our dog, Truman). Since we decided on a "frogs, snails and puppy dog tails" theme, we wanted to pick up this silver-plated piggy bank for Evan's room. We stopped by the Pottery Barn on the Plaza, but they were out of stock. They said the Town Center location had a few in stock so we drove all the way over there... That alone was $42.00! Man, this kid is expensive! But he's worth every penny. I'll have to refer back to this post and those words when I get upset with him in the future.

Evan would be about 15.7 inches long now, and weighs about 3 lbs, which is about the size of a head of cabbage. A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him, but that volume will decrease as he gets bigger and takes up more room in Linda's uterus. His eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after he's born, he'll keep his eyes closed for a good part of the day. When he does open them, he'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision -- which means he can only make out objects a few inches from his face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.) Also, Evan's brain just keeps getting more wrinkled. All those grooves and indentations increase surface area, meaning more room for that oh-so-essential brain tissue. His bone marrow has also now started to take over the production of red blood cells, a job that the spleen and other tissue groups had done til now. He's also adding some brawn -- his grip is now strong enough to grasp a finger. Now that Evan can regulate his own body temperature with the white fat he's been gaining and the brain developing. He'll start to shed the lanugo, the downy body hair that has kept him warm and sprouted a few weeks ago. He may still have a few remanents of lanugo though when he pops out!

Less than 10 weeks to go now til I'm officially a dad! Holy crap! It was just ten weeks ago we found out that he was gonna be a boy... That's so freaky to think about... I know to Linda it seems like such a long ways away, since she's gotta carry the kid til then... But to me...it seems just right around the corner. And really this pregnancy, in my mind, has flown by since we found out on August 3rd.