creature's name
December 30, 2004, 7:54 pm
Lately people are trying to guess the baby's secret name nonchalantly in hopes of magically getting it right. For instance, today my boss Carmen put her hand on my belly and said, "Happy New Year, Trevor," real casually. My friend Krishna just emailed and asked what I was going to do about my job after Nicholas arrives and wondered if anyone was coming to visit once Tanner is born. Today Troy said that if anyone does guess the name we should reward them by telling them they are right. Good luck, everyone![ 16 comments ] ( 138 views )get ready, max
December 27, 2004, 4:42 pm
This is a picture of me trying to explain the baby to Max.;)
[ 6 comments ] ( 64 views )it's a girl?
December 26, 2004, 9:10 am
Someone told Troy the other day that her daughter had three ultrasounds, all of which said she was having a boy, and then she had a girl. So now suddenly I think all this "it's a boy" talk might be premature ... So everyone, let's get into our heads that this baby MIGHT be a girl. Troy and I have gotten so used to preparing for a son that this would be quite shocking. (Not to mention all the cute blue outfits we've been given.) I just thought you all should be prepared. Although I must say ... if what we saw on the ultrasound doesn't make him a boy I am a little confused.[ 1 comment ] ( 33 views )30
December 21, 2004, 8:14 pm
Today I am 30 weeks pregnant! That's a little scary. That means ten more weeks till the due date. Ten weeks is not very long if you ask me.Everything went great at my doctor's appointment today. Even though I ate seventeen dozen Christmas cookies in the last few days I somehow managed to only gain the pound a week that I am supposed to at this point. It's a miracle! I insisted on taking my shoes off to be weighed this time because I was so nervous I had gained at least 77 pounds over the weekend.
Last night I dreamed I gave birth to my Christmas presents. Mostly small candles. Pretty easy deliveries actually. [ 3 comments ] ( 56 views )
max tricks
December 17, 2004, 6:56 pm
Here's a cute little anecdote that stars Max! (as I type this he is struggling to get his fat little short legged body up onto our king size bed and he is panting and moaning ... he's been working on this for about two minutes now ... I'm encouraging him ... ah! he made it!)Anyway, the other night I got home after having been given some baby outfits from a couple of friends. So I began to excitedly show Troy these cute little clothes when I sensed something strange happening at my feet. Now any of you who know Max know that he is very emotional and very attached to me, and during my pregnancy he has been stalking me ... staring at me constantly and sending creepy letters. Anyway, I looked down and there he was frozen, staring intensely straight ahead with his front right leg sticking out at an awkard angle. Our vet calls this "lame puppy syndrome," and Max catches it often. I guess the baby things upset him and he decided to immediately act like his leg was broken. So I scooped him up, threw him on the bed and we gave him some love and attention. Within seconds he was panting and acting totally normal again, using the clothes I had laid out as little pillows.
Heaven help us when Max meets the baby ...[ 7 comments ] ( 75 views )
math problem by pappy t-roy
December 15, 2004, 8:16 pm
As I peek over the various postings on our sweet little baby blog I notice that each entry averages about ten times more views than comments. Which would lead me to believe that there's folks out there sneaking peeks at all our smart remarks who aren't joining in the fun. Now come on, people! Thunder! This baby business is tough work for us parents-to-be. You can drop us a comment-- it's so easy.It can be so simple:
If Jonny writes, 'the baby kicked out my belly button today!' then just jump on that little comment button and write something like, 'really? neato!' or 'you must really be pregnant,' or even, 'hi!'
If she writes about how she's feeling dizzy, just give us a, 'ah, that's too bad, honey,' or maybe a, 'you little dear,' or even 'i'm so glad you put that out there. i was feeling dizzy, too. maybe i'm pregnant.'
you don't have to be clever or cool. you don't have to be jeni, rosi or shannon and sometimes michael. you don't have to be related. you don't even have to know us. but if you're peeking in - give us a little blog-love.
everybody now! give it a try...
(i'll pretend like i'm jonny - so jonny writes:)
I like taking baths now that I'm pregnant. Of course, I always have loved taking baths.
(and now you write...)[ 15 comments ] ( 103 views )
poor little (ok, not so little) old me
December 14, 2004, 6:17 pm
The baby is now about 2-1/2 pounds and 15 inches long! That's huge! No wonder I am now finding life a little frustrating. I seem to drop things a hundred times a day and don't have the energy to bend down and get them. If I need something that's up high or super down low I just decide to go without it, unless Troy's home and I can make him get it for me. Just today after doing some Christmas shopping my A train arrived at 34th Street and was so crowded that I just stayed on my bench and waited for a less crowded one while everyone else pushed their way in. What a sad little pathetic person I've become ...[ 4 comments ] ( 46 views )first home
December 8, 2004, 8:28 pm
The strangest thing about being in our wonderful new apartment that we love with all of our hearts and just wish would unpack and paint itself so that we could get some rest for once in our lives is that we can't help but look around and picture us as parents in this place. (If you got through that sentence, congratulations.) We find ourselves saying things like, "This is where (Insert Secret Baby Name Here) is going to sleep," and "I will sit in this spot and rock (Secret Baby Name) to sleep." Apparently we think babies sleep a lot. Back when we were in our stupid old apartment without an elevator or a dishwasher we were able to maintain a certain detachment because we were pretty sure our baby wasn't going to ever live there. But now! Now we are faced with looking at his little room (currently full of boxes that we can't get motivated to open) and imagining him in there. That is one weird feeling.(My apologies to Shannon who heard all of this spoken aloud today. I will try to write something new for you next time.)[ 6 comments ] ( 92 views )