Babies, babies, babies and more

Well, Lindy's sister, Kristen, had her first OB appointment today. They gave her the due date of September 8th. How exciting! Kristen goes for her first ultrasound on January 29th! Lindy and Kristen went to Walmart and bought some matching baby Christmas clothes for next Christmas (of course, in different sizes, but Christmas clothes can go for either sex). On January 25th we are taking the Parent/Grandparent tour of CMC! We will take some pics if they let us. We love pictures! We are most excited about January 31st when we get to see our baby for the 2nd time and we get to learn the sex! Anyways, we are back at school and Lindy's hormones have been a little wacky. She through a fit in the school bookstore about the price of a textbook :), well there is actually more to it. Brian needed the book "Charlotte Temple" which is not actually a textbook, it is a tiny short novel. The suggested retail printed on the back of the book under the UPC said "$10.95" Now if we go to Books-A-Million they always sell their books like 20% off the suggested retail. Well at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore on UNC Charlotte's campus things are not like this! Instead of paying the over-priced suggested retail of $10.95 the school is selling the book for $14! Lindy asked the manager why they were charging so much over the suggested retail price and the manager responded "Well we have to mark the prices up. It is our policy with the University". Lindy said "So you mark the books up 40%???!" This is ridiculous. Textbooks are over-priced before they add their "small" mark-up (sarcasm here). Well we ordered our books from half.com and as for "Charlotte Temple" we rented it for free from the library :) Now, we have discussed important pregnancy dates, hormone outrages on campus, now we should discuss being pregnant! Lindy is 4 months pregnant, not showing yet and has not gained any weight (this will probably change in another month). People ask "Are you really pregnant?" Well you do not have to look pregnant to feel pregnant :) The Motherhood store sells an awesome "sleep bra" for only $11.95 and it makes sleeping slightly more comfortable. Our favorite pregnancy book is Jenny McCarthy's Belly Laughs. It adds humor to what the pregnancy books have to say. Well we will write again after our hospital tour (and hopefully have a few pics).

Love,

Lindy, Brian, Bear, and Baby