My new best friend?

This is off of one my "pregnancy boards". I think I want her to be my new best friend.

melisa4(Vip) - 23.4 hours ago I may be VERY crabby today, but I just went to that Name My Baby site to check out the names...are these women serious? Usually, I'd keep this to myself (Not my kid...not my problem)...but I really think they believe they're naming puppies or something! And just because you can add an 'h' or a 'y' or a 'z' DOESN'T mean you should...I'm starting to think I'm in the minority of people who take into consideration how this kid's gonna carry the name throughout his/her entire life...Seriously, I don't ever believe that there will every be a Supreme Court Justice named 'Delicious Diamond Dawson'...how does that not qualify as child abuse? and neglect? Sorry--I feel slightly better--If I could yell at some of these women, face-to-face, I'd feel 100% better...thanks, Mommies!


Now Listen! I am very aware that this is coming from a woman (myself) who is most likely naming her child Phineus Taylor Robbins (hence forth to be called Finn). However, if our child ends up being a Supreme Court Justice, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.

23 Weeks - Kick Part 2

. . . . .and laughing about it. It Just Like Comedy!

23 Weeks - Kick Part 1

Caught on camera. In the middle of kicking me.

Mean doctors. What up with that?

Above is the sonogram from yesterday. I'm 23 weeks. Six months next week and it's going by very quickly. He's definitely a boy, which is good, having only purchased boy things. He's kicking like crazy. It's exciting but it feels like, you know, your being kicked from the inside out, little bit freaky, so after a while, I'm like. . . OK, baby that's not so much fun for mommy anymore.

We finally switched doctors. I've told this a million times so you may have heard it - but my doctor was the nastiest woman ever. I kept thinking I was being overly sensitive - but no - she was definitely hateful. Well, she was hateful until Todd showed her he could put the side of his glasses up his nose and then she was ALL about us. Too late, I was already over her. Our new doctor is fabulous, FABULOUS. We love him!!! And Todd didn't even have to do any sideshow stunts to get him to like us. (However . . . . . we did have to have Dara Gottfried, Gilbert's wife . . . put in a call for us to even get seen by him, since they recommended him . . . .but that's another story)

Also;

You know, you watch movies and see women getting their sonograms. The ultrasound tech says, "Look, there's the baby's leg, oh look there that's the spine, and if you look over there, that's the ear and there's the mouth." Todd and I have yet to have this experience. The techs don't so much care about any of this and rarely speak out loud. And even when we ask, "what's that" we get very mumbled "femur 4 side, b m j." . . . . .

OK, I don't know what that means. . . . .

We try kidding around but apparently they all think we're idiots. Maybe it's us. Their all just so serious.

My mom came up to see the sonogram and so far she has been the only person to feel the baby kick.

So we're good. Baby is coming along perfectly and we love that. I have great friends who are new moms and are recommending dotors, gadgets, tricks. All kinds of stuff. So thank you very much. It is all welcomed!

Baby belly

I seemed to have popped this week. I think I went from "hmm, maybe she's pregnant . . . maybe she just had a good ole' food filled holiday", to looking very much preggo. Here's the belly at 21 weeks.

Identity crisis much?

When Mommy dresses the baby

When Daddy dresses the baby

New Years Eve

Todd and I went to The Big Apple Circus for New Years. During the middle of the first half they do a bit where "Grandma" (Big Apple Circus resident clown, also known as our friend Barry Lubin) comes into the ring. The conductor, who is conducting from the band stand above the ring, "drops his baton" into the ring. He goes down in to the ring, with his trumpet in hand, to get the baton back from Grandma. Of course hilarity ensues. At one point Grandma uses the baton to change the lighting in the ring to mood lighting. The conductor starts playing When I Fall In Love (It Will Be Forever). Grandma comes in to the audience and does what I fear most in life. Grabs my hand. Damn IT!!!! He knows I hate this. We've been through this. I turn around to plead for help from my husband, who I realize is also being pulled into the ring. Barry/Grandma said to me . . ."It's the baby's first circus. You have to do this." Todd and I proceeded to dance in a spot light, in the middle of the ring, in the middle of the Big Apple Circus. Seven years to the day that we got engaged, in a spot light, in the ring, in the middle of the circus. And just like when we got engaged, I forgot 1000 people were watching us. Todd and I. And the baby. It was a good New Years

Christmas

My brother Peter got Todd a robe for christmas. He told Todd that every father needs to forever scar his child by the robe that he wears. My brother Michael got Todd a bottle of bourbon. My Aunt Sue got us a sling for the baby (all of them got us other things but stay with me here for the point). So below is a picture of my Baby Daddy! Back off ladies. He's mine.

Yes, that is Joey in the sling.