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[Comments] (3) Thu Jul 09 23:23:14 on leave:

Today was my 29th birthday and, coincidentally, my last day of work.  I have a 6 month maternity leave.  I thought taking ~2 weeks before the due date was extravagant, but I really think it is best. I was starting to have a pretty hard time getting through the day.

Not much else is new. We get a lot of questions about names; we have a list of many names but aren't spending much time thinking about them now.  Rather, we just add to the list whenever we hear names we like and figure we'll figure it out when we need to.  It is hard to imagine what to name someone we've never met. I'm not worried about it being hard to choose once we see him. In the meantime, if you have boy name suggestions, please pass them along.

I'm at a loss for more to say. Hope to have some sort of 'nesting' instinct kick in soon, as there is still a lot that could be done.  But nothing critical. Except have a baby.  Holy crap.

 

[Comments] (3) Mon Jul 27 23:35:24 estimated due date-July 28:

My due date begins in less than an hour, but as of today, I have not 'progressed' from 3 weeks ago. 

I am feeling alright and am taking the extra time to get chores done. In fact, I had a ridiculous spurt of energy this weekend and got the following accomplished (some with drew's help):

On top of all of that, drew did some fancy hacking into our palm pre phones which I'm sure he will blog about soon. We will have a baby blog soon; drew is making it and it will use openID, which (I think) uses gmail and yahoo mail IDs to authenticate users.  So if you're interested in reading about the baby, email me your gmail or yahoo email address and we'll add you to the list. 
 
I'm taking a break now; trying to rest as I got a pretty bad head cold and want to be better by the time I go into labor.  If I have no signs of labor by Thursday, for various reasons,  my doctor will probably have me induced that night at the hospital.  But hopefully something will happen before then.  My mother gave birth three times within a day of her estimated due date. Maybe the same will hold true for me.  

In other news, my brother's wife is far into labor as I type this. She wasn't due for another ~10 days or so, but baby said otherwise.  I wish I could be there, but Sacramento is too far to go at this point in the game. She is lucky as my sister's mother-in-law is the head maternity nurse at that hospital, and making sure they get great care.  Lucky them!

We're taking a lot more photos with our phones now that we have fancy palm pre with nice cameras.  

Giving apollo a bath:

How I look from Drew's perspective, who is 1 foot 3 inches taller than me:

 

 

 

[Comments] (5) Thu Jul 30 11:08:54 two days past due date:

Not much new here in ~3 days, but I did sell my car. It was a two seater (Honda Insight Hybrid), and not very practical for carrying a baby around.  I'm quite proud as I owned the car for ~6 years, and sold it for not very much less than what I bought it for.  But really it was just luck-I bought my (used) hybrid when gas was ~$1.60/gallon.  Not expecting to be as lucky on the next car purchase.  

I talked to my doctor yesterday. We decided to hold off on inducing until after the weekend. If nothing happens on its own, I will go in Sunday evening to begin the long process. But I'm *really* hoping something will happen before then. I'm still not over my cold, so hopefully the extra time will give me a chance to get better. Also, I'm still feeling relatively okay, though definitely more tired; and in need of a nap everyday. In the meantime, I'm continuing to do a little tidying and organizing, and watching the great show "Battlestar Galactica" on DVD.


Me last night, with the Apollo who doesn't fly Vipers very well:

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