Sep 5, 2013 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
We had a little face to face time with baby Sesame yesterday!
We confirmed there’s only one baby on the way. I was little disappointed about it but Christopher was relieved. He’s given many speeches along the lines of, “If God wants us to have more than one baby at a time He will give us the strength to deal with it,” but it was always in the voice of a resigned martyr. He wasn’t quite as excited about the idea of multiples but I don’t blame him. He hasn’t had an extensive career of caring for three sets of twins like I have.
Our little baby is a mover and a shaker. It was the cutest thing to see Sesame wiggle around and kick it’s tiny feet. The chocolate Ensure I drank earlier may have been partially responsible for all the movement. Who wouldn’t do a happy dance after tasting chocolate for the first time? It moved the entire 20 minutes until the ultrasound lady said she was going to take a video for us. Like a switch it went still. I have a feeling this pattern is going to repeat throughout the next 90 years. I can forget about all the grand plans I had for cute baby photo shots.
Based on our 20 minutes together, I think the baby has a possible career in the following areas:
1. a orchestra conductor
2. an NYC Rockette (only if it’s a girl, obviously)
3. an Olympic athlete. I support this since I’d love to hold my opening ceremony party at the real opening ceremony. Look at those legs! They destined for greatness. (Not to be picky, but I would prefer Sesame pick a sport other than track. Maybe something along the lines of gymnastics.)
Either way, our child is obviously a prodigy.
Sep 3, 2013 | Sesame, Uncategorized, What's going on |
Friday was our first doctor’s appointment for the baby. I have never seen anyone so excited about an appointment as Christopher was. He went to Gap and bought a new shirt specifically for our baby doctor date (we turn everything into a date) which was just about the cutest thing ever. I mean the fact that he bought a new shirt was the cutest thing ever, not the shirt itself. Although that was nice too. I think we need to move on.
Normally being in an examining room will send me into fits of giggles. I cannot help it. You understand the problems this causes at the dentist. I warned Christopher of this before we got there but I think I managed to control myself pretty well. To be honest the fact that the midwife brought up the English show Call the Midwives when we were at the midwives in a room with an English intern did strike me as funny, but I remained composed. I’m excited about the baby and all, but I didn’t want to come across as giggling mess at my first appointment. These people are going to be all up in my business and I want to remain professional. Just when I was patting myself on the back for my stellar demeanor, the midwife finished her speech about genetic testing and said, “So you guys can decide about that and get back to me.” And I almost said, “Get back to you about what?” because I was too busy patting myself on the back to hear everything she said. Good thing the father of the child/my scribe was there. And to think he asked if he should stay in the waiting room!
We go back tomorrow for an ultrasound to determine various things, among which many babies are in there. If they say three, Christopher will die in his chair and I will die laughing.
The only exciting thing (and this is really stretching the definition of the word exciting) to happen Saturday was we hung up new curtains in our living room. You may recall that last week I spent an hour of my life I can never get back in the Target curtain section. Turns out my careful measurements and package readings were in vain because look what we discovered when we put the curtains up.
They’re at least 14” too short. Not to mention that the rods are about 3” too long on either end.
Our living room is coming together beautifully!
Aug 27, 2013 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
Yes, we will tell the possible baby names. I’m so nosy I get hives when people keep the name a secret and I don’t want to give anyone else a similar reaction.
No, we’re not going to find out the gender.
Yes, I we are trying to keep up with the royals.
No, I am not kidding. I plan on having a girl to marry baby George.
Yes, there have been some emotions going on over here. Some “WHO’S IDEA WAS THIS ANYWAY???” during moments of weakness and “THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA!” when whatever food one feels like eating is available for the taking. That Christopher. He’s up one minute and down the next.
Aug 22, 2013 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
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