In the Belly (1/15/06 thru 9/24/06)

Hannah was conceived in January 2006, and grew from two cells into a beautiful little baby girl. We enjoyed being pregnant. Maria ate lots of nutritious food, and we played lots of music and talked to Hannah constantly. Maria ate a ton of Indian food while she was pregnant, and Hannah has loved those flavors ever since you were born.

For the most part, the pregnancy went smoothly. Maria didn't get too sick, and things progressed normally. Around the 20th week, in May 2006, we found out that we were having a girl. We thought all along that we were, but the ultrasound made it official. Once we found out, we started shopping for baby girl things, painted the room pink, and started addressing Hannah by name.

On September 24, I was supposed to go to the Eagles-49ers game. We went out to breakfast, and I was going to drop Maria off and then head to the game to sit in John Briggs' 2nd row seats. Little did I know that from that day on, I was no longer the boss. Maria's water broke at breakfast, so we went home, packed up some stuff, and headed to the hospital (where we got to watch the Eagles route the Niners).