Another Baby Registry

Today after our 30 week ultrasound, Steph and I ventured to Target to register Sully.  Registration was very simple.  4 small kiosks in the front of the Target invite customers to register for their weddings or baby.  After creating a Target.com account we were well on our way to registering.  After filling in the information required we were issued our Target scanner.  It wasn't as much a scanner, but more like a datapad from Star Trek.  There was however, a small button that produced a laser scanner.  The really nice part of registering at Target was we received in the mail a coupon for a $20 gift card when we registered.  It's Target's way of saying "Thanks for telling all your friends and relatives to buy crap from us for you baby."  The selection was not as large as Babies R Us, but hey we did get a good amount scanned.  

As far as our 30 week ultrasound goes....well...lets just say we're having a big boy.  Sully is sitting at the 69th percentile at the moment with legs in the mid 32 week range and a head around the same place.  His weight is estimated at 4 pounds 2 ounces...thats about a pound more than what he's schedule to be.  Our doctor eased some of our worries and plans on doing a 37 week ultrasound just to see how big he is.  My only complaint was that we only got 1 ultrasound pic this week and its a blurry side profile.  Oh well.  We did tell him about our 3/4-D trip and must have figured we had plenty already.

4-D Frustrations

So Steph and myself went back to Insight Ultrasound in Thousand Oaks for our second attempt to see our little peanut.  Our session started off great and we got to see some great 2-D video of our little guy.  Eventually we switched to 4-D and got some decent (not great) images.  Our tech Bonnie felt we didn't receive our full "Platinum Package."  She offered us another shot to view him, however we decided not to put Steph and the baby through the stress again.  Its not proven that ultrasounds have a harmful effect on unborn children, however we're not taking chances.  They offered us a discount which we happily accepted.  Our only negative was that during our second ultrasound the DVR malfunctioned and we didn't get any of the 2-D images on the disk.  The owner Sharon was really understanding and offered to once again do another scan.  Steph and I might change our mind in a few weeks but as of now we're just going to take the discount and the images we have.  We would definately recommend Insight if you're looking for that little extra peak into your baby's life.

On the other front, many of you know I'm a recent college graduate in search of a job.  The job search is going slow and no one seems to be calling back.  I can only hope that it is due to the slow economy.