Your support and fun on the last few posts has just been plain delightful for me. I laugh, I smile, I cry, I laugh again, I realize I should take pictures later in the day, I realize I should be ordering my groceries (if only I had my act that together). I hope you know that the fact that I get days behind on e-mail and my own blog reading at times does not mean I don't get excited about every thought you take the time to type here.
I don't know if you all ever have time to read comments, but here's a few of my recent favorites.
On restricting sugar to reduce baby size at birth, Jessica from Bernthis said, "My version of watching my sugar intake is eating a cupcake while looking at myself in the mirror." Awesomely funny.
In response to shopping with three toddlers, Joe at Irrational Dad said, "I'm going to get a vasectomy." Wise.
On Cusp from For Myself: "Go but Stay! Hurry up but Wait for me! Freeze but Change! It's the positive and negative magnetic forces of humanity." Exactly.
There were some fantastic responses to the constant "are they all yours" question.
Marinka - "Hey, you could say that you got your kids at Costco in bulk! I bet they'd give you a huge discount!"
Manic Mommy - "Four different fathers though."
Maura at One Ping Only asked, "If I have a t-shirt made for you that says, in big bold red letters, "YES, they're ALL mine!!" will you wear it next time you go?"
I would wear it every day, I kid you not.
And finally Nissa had a sweet response to the ubiquitous "you have your hands full" comment - "Yes, but my heart is full too."
Awwww. It is.
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My heart is full, my body is full, my lungs can't expand properly, my bladder always feels full, I am full. (Matt would add "of crap" here, but he's out drinking beer with his friends, so he gets no input.)
Thirty-five weeks full.
The most frequently asked question of this pregnancy is how our current kids are handling things. Do they know? Are they ready? I don't think they "know" know, if you know what I mean. But, they are darn cute. They all pet my stomach and call it baby. They give it kisses. They lay their hands there and yelp and shout "he kicked me" (Gee - brother all the way) or "she kicked me" (Ess - holding out for a sister).
Cue, though. Cue. He's a source of endless amusement for me. He brings me a book and tries to sit in my quickly disappearing lap. He pushes back - hard - against my non-yielding baby belly and whines, "moo! moo baby!" Which is Cue-ese for "get the hell out of my lap, you useless interloper." Two seconds later, he turns around and kisses and pats the baby bump.
"Baby," he tells me with authority.
"That's right," I agree.
Next, he pats my right boob. "Baby?"
"No sweets, boobie."
"Boobie?"
"Baby," I pat my belly for emphasis, "boobie," with a point to the correct location. Kid's not convinced. He thinks I'm growing a big baby and two little ones. Very little ones.
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A beer by any other name ... might be a baby.
The name guesses continue to make me laugh and actually, there are some gorgeous names in here that we hadn't considered. Here they are. This puts everyone on a level playing field. Plus, it's damn funny.
Kate at The Big Piece of Cake - Coors? Bud? Yuengling? I think Pabst is lovely.
Sophie at Our Life, Inzaburbs - Fat Tire
Andrea at The Sweet Life - Vienna
Anne at A Penny Thought - Ruby
Tracey at Just Another Mommy Blog - Bud, Miller, Heineken or Rolling Rock
Heather at Fergiesims Family - Corona
Aunt D - Redhook Full Sail Schlitz Natty
Yo, Maura - Amber or Pilsner
Marinka at Motherhood in NYC - Michelobia
Issa's Crazy World, Loads of Pink, A (really) Simple Life, P-huong, and HarryJack's Mom all guessed - Stella or Sierra
Meghan at A Mom Two Boys suggested Dogfishhead Aprihop. (Love it.)
Tonggu Mommy - Moose Drool (That's the dog's name.)
Bon at crib chronicles - India Pale Ale
Kate, Tracy, Katy, Ewe Are Here - Elysian
Mike in NC - Killian
Susie at Here Only and Michelle of Honest and Truly - Elliot
Luanne at I'm Hungry for Something - Elysian? Sunrae?
Psychmamma - India? Amber? Elysia? Elysian?
Gayle at The White House - Hale
Kari at I left my heart at preschool - Hailey or Elliot
Let's do this guessing thing right. All official like. If anyone's interested. And if not, well, I guess there won't be any comments on this post and I'll tuck my tail between my legs and move on quietly. The baby's birth is the end of this points contest and I'll announce the winner of the beautiful handmade blanket shortly after...so guess well. I'm going to give TEN POINTS for the person closest to each of these:
1) Birthday and time (time will break a tie)* - Gee was ten days late and Cue was ten days early. Gee at 3:30 a.m., Cue 12:27 a.m. My official due date is July 4, 2009.
2) Birth weight - Gee was 8 lbs, 15 oz. Cue was 7 lbs, 8 oz.
3) Beer-inspired name for a girl - Mike, Aunt D and Tracey are disqualified for email over-sharing.
Throw in a sex guess - ten bonus points if you are the date, weight or name winner AND you get the sex correct. Answers have to be in the comments on this post.
*Anyone who guesses any date passed July 6 is banned from this blog. Possibly permanently. Definitely permanently if you're right.
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73 comments:
Oooh, sometimes it pays to be up late! Because if you think there won't be any comments, your head is as full of crazy as your bladder is of pee!
Your kids' relationship to your baby bump cracks me up, especially Cue's.
I'm totally going to have that t-shirt made for you, mama. :-)
OK, here are my guesses:
1. Birthday and time - June 29th at 10:35pm
2. Birth weight - 8 lbs. 5 oz.
3. Beer-inspired name for a girl - Rosyln
Bonus Gender Guess - Girl. Gotta be.
Let's see...
1. June 26 (that's 10 days past my birthday...)
2. 7 lbs. 11 oz. (Why not a convenience store weight if you are doing a beer name...)
3. I'm sticking w/ Ruby - you could convert that to Rudy for a boy...
4. I have only girls...so I gotta stick w/estrogen on this one...a girl!
Love the baby-boobie confusion. Too cute.
I'm terrible at guessing but what the hell, I'll throw mine into the ring too:
1. Since you won't let me pick my birthday (July 7th, a very cool day to be born) I'm going with June 30th, since it's the last day of school here. Time: 4:30pm
2. 8lbs, 3 ozs (no idea why, it just feels right)
3. I'm not a beer drinker, but Jay's been drinking Zipfer lately. That might work well for you. Sounds better than Weihenstephan anyway, which is what he drank yesterday at our favorite beachside bar. (I actually had to go google the bar's menu to figure out how to spell that, so I think all that extra effort should earn me a few bonus points.)
Gender: definitely a girl, otherwise the naming angst would be pointless
Sending the wee one easy on mama birthing vibes, for whenever he/she decides to make his appearance.
I have zero points (I read too late), so I'm just doing this for fun:
1) June 27 - one week early due to all of the strain of those "full hands"
2) 8 lbs. 3 oz. (would have been bigger if not born a little early)
3) Miller - it's one of those popular "last name" names (think the new Morgan) and you will call her Millie for short.
And of course it will be a girl.
I love the comments too!!! You also have found a good posse of bloggers to leave awesome comments!!
My oldest boy pretended there was no baby...
until the baby learned to crawl and pull himself up!!! Then, the fun began. Before the crawling, the older boys simply walked around the baby like it was not there.
I make some guesses too...
1. Birthday - Let's go for 1pm on a Monday. This way you are up and had a sip of coffee before the fun begins.
2. How about 7 pounds and 1 ounce!!! I do not wish a big baby on anyone. My were ten pounds each time.
3. Name??? This is tough since I teach. Most names have a negative memory of some sort. How about "Will or william" for a boy and "Maddie (Madeline) or Rachel" for a girl.
I think your having a boy.
Wow - I left some serious typos!!! Yuck!!
I would love to see Cue's face when he sees the big baby has come out and wants to eat the little babies.
I'll give the contest a try. I may even get some points for once. Or not.
1. June 2, 4:15pm
2. 8lbs 4 oz
3. Being serious about it, and only really having knowledge of the micro brews in my local supermarket, I'm going to go for Amber.
4. If I said a boy would I also be banned from this blog?
Oh, I love how you give us all this useful information for figuring out all the details for this baby -- but then give us such a range that anything could be right. For birthday, I'm going with July 5, 1:04am (you'll go into labor on your due date). Birth weight: 8lbs even. Definitely a girl. As for the name, I'm pretty sure it won't be Milleria (not to be confused with Malaria, which is a totally different name, also lovely), so I'm going with Arcadia.
I can't wait to find out the truth!
Also? You are my hero for going to BlogHer with a few-week-old chickie!
I had to delete my first comment because my computer posted it before I finished typing it. If it had made sense I would have left it but it didn't so I deleted.
Here are my guesses:
1. July 1, 2009 at 9:38 a.m.
2. 7 lbs. 15 oz.
3. A girl named Abbey (from Lost Abbey - I think that is a beer).
I could have guessed from my reading of the tea leaves but my interpretation showed you having a crocodile (or possibly it was an anaconda) and I didn't feel that was right.
1) July 1, 3:08 am
2) 7 lbs, 9 oz
3) Amber
4) Girl
I really love reading your posts.
1. Birthday and time- July 1st at 5am
2. Birth weight- 7lb 12 oz
3. Beer Inspired name- Avery
Bonus: Little Lady
Birth date: I'm going to split the difference on birthday and go with your actual due date. My sister was born on Fourth of July and my parents used to tell her the fireworks were for her.
Birth Time: 10:26 am (HRH's birth time)
Birth Weight: 8 lbs 4 oz. I was going to go with 7 lbs, 14 oz (Gremlin's birth weight) but I'm working with my due date theory.
Sex is a GIRL and her name is Hailey (like my Godchild).
As usual you look absolutely stunning. On the bladder, I am no help. Am waiting for mine to start working properly after 8 months. My mom says she is still waiting, 27 years later. Sigh.
Cue is too dang funny. Moo baby. Love that.
My guess: July 2nd at 11:47pm
Girl, 7lb, 2oz, 20inches. Elliot? For a girl. Serious. I think with Ess's name it could be cool.
1.) July 3 at 10:32 pm (10 days before my birthday. I didn't want to get banned.)
2.) 7 lb 6 oz (76ers, my high school mascot)
3.)How many guesses do I get? I'm going for Stella, Kirin, Sake, MacKenzie, Samantha Adams, and Tecatea.
4.) I'm rooting for a girl.
1. Birthday and time - July 4th at 7:32 PM
2. Birth weight - 8 lbs. 2 oz.
3. Beer-inspired name for a girl - Shandy
Bonus Gender Guess - Girl.
June 27th, 2am, 8 lbs 1oz. Sierra, a girl.
OMG! I *totally* stole the "my heart is full, too" comment so I have to give credit where credit is due! I had to go back and look it up but the classy mom at www.classychaos.com is the REAL author of that sweet thought!
xoxo
You are the cutest pregnant lady ever. How on earth do you keep your arms so damn skinny? I hate you a little.
1) June 17th (Zach's bday is 8/17 and Dylan was 17 days early, which puts us at the 17th for you. Weird coincidence, or the universe telling us something?) at 1:23am.
2) 7lbs 1oz. (Earlier baby, smaller baby, plus, that's what Zach was)
3) I'm thoroughly perplexed on this one. I'm going to rule out Gordon Biersch, Ram Big Horn and Rock Bottom, because that's just mean. I'd say Hale and Elysia (or some variation) are good guesses, but I'm going to go with Harmony for Harmon Brewery.
Love you! xoxo
Oh, and it's totally a girl. Gotta even out the numbers.
I am a mama who has bio and adopted childern too.I have been reading and enjoying your blog.There is a great website (www.adoptionmama.com) who has a shirt that says yes my hands are full but so is my heart.
You are gorgeous. GORGEOUS.
Since this a summer baby, I'm going to throw the name Summer Shandy out there, especially since all I can think of is how much I want one... or twelve right now. Okay, so maybe just Shandy, because Summer Shandy would be a mouthful.
I am guessing a sweet girl, born on July 3rd at 10:54PM, weighing in at 8 pounds 3 ounces.
1. I think it will be born at 4:56 a.m. on 7-8-09. That would be neat.
2. I am thinking 8 lbs. 9 oz. and 22 inches long.
3. Girls name - Kaitryn pronounced Kay trin (Don't know if it's a beer.....just think it's a pretty name). Of course, my guess is a girl:)
Hope all is well!
Sara J
I'm not even going to guess...
Cue's relationship with baby/boobie is hilarious and so sweet.And you look lovely!
Oooh, running your own pool is the coolest!
OK, I go with July 2 at 2:00 am. Weight: 8 lbs 2 oz
Sex: Boy (but you have to know that I am LEGENDARILY wrong. People just ignore my guess altogether. I mean, I painted my own kid's room blue from the word go and she looked awful in that colour :-)
I recall seeing that the girl name isn't Stella, but that's the only beer with a girl name that I can think of. (I don't drink beer!)
I'm a full blown comment junkie. Not only jonesing for my own - I like to read all the others too! Yeah, I'm kind of pathetic.
Here are my guesses:
1. June 30th (my bday!) at 10:50 am
2. Weight of 7lbs, 15oz
3. I really like Stella, so I'm going with that and therefore:
4. Girl
i'm so bad at these guessing games!
i guess colonel mustard, in the library, with the candlestick.
hi, baby pilsner!! oh, and i thought you already said she was a she?
7 am on July 3rd (so you can still watch the fireworks cuz this baby is nothing but considerate).
8 lb 1 oz (cuz that's what Evan weighed and it sounds good to my ears.)
Girl. Totally a girl. Though I am HABITUALLY WRONG. Seriously. TRULY TRULY TRULY I have never guessed the correct sex except for Justin. So... it's actually a boy! Congrats. You can start painting blue. I swear.
So I guess you've got a boob man there, no? Mine decided to see if there was a "ball" in my shirt in front of a group of Gymboree mothers one day and I had to explain to them that we don't play that game often.
I'm not good at the guessing but I've seen Elliot as a suggestion and as the mom of a GIRL Elliot, I have to go with that. I'll also guess June 22nd at 1:46PM and 7lbs 8oz.
A friend told me that your lap disappearing is nature's way of preparing the older siblings. There is literally less of them for you and everyone's positions will change in the family.
Gotta love the kiddy comments. I remember my daughter calling my tummy "Big Gut". Very disrespectful, but oh so accurate.
Birthday and time: June 26, 1:24 a.m.
Weight: 7 lb. 13 oz.
Gender: Girly girl
Beer Name: Helga (that's as good as it gets...sorry)
You know, it puts a smile on my face to see your adorable 35 week pregnant belly. I am so happy for you, happy that this new one is almost here!
Birthday: June 28 @ 1:52 pm
Weight: 8 lbs 4 oz
Name: Amber
Sex: Girl
My name/birthday/time/weight
Love your blog!
1) July 3- 10:50
2) 8 lbs 1 oz
3) Haley
Female!
Oooooh!! A guessing contest I can actually play! (I'm always late to these things)
So here we go:
1. July 4th, 4pm. Female!
2. 8lbs, 4 ounces.
3. Alene?
Ok, here we go:
You are so having a boy. Definitely a boy in there. Sorry, Ess.
Fortunately, the baby will be born on the 2nd. At 2:39pm. See, I'm even giving you a nice middle of the day time.
And the baby will be 8 pounds 3 oz. Just because that's what Mister Man was :)
And the beer name? I do hope it's Eliot because I love that name. But I think the Elysian name is a good one.
Good luck :) Especially with those last two mini babies ;) Egads, what is Cue if right!
1. Birthday and time....July 1 at 3:15pm
2. Birth weight...7lbs. 12oz
3. Hale....Haley (or Haylie?)
4. You will be blessed with a dark haired girl.
You look fabulous by-the-way. I'm jealous. I love being pregnant. You think after five it would lose its appeal, but didn't. Good thing I got fixed or I'd do something irrational!
I bet you're going to look really good when the baby is born, too. I'm not seeing a lot of extra weight (I had lots 'cause I like to eat! :)
Good luck.
Beautiful photo.
I love comments too. There are so many that just make me laugh out loud. In my head, I have been posting a draft where I can link to everyone. Sounds like so much work. But you did it beautifully. And your pregnant. Now I have no excuse.
1. June 30th at 2:37 a.m.
2. 8lbs 9 oz
3. no clue
bonus - girl
1) july 1 7:22 pm
2) 7 lbs 3 oz
3) sclitz...ok, no my real guess is matilda
4) girl
i had a post recently where i said the same thing about having a full heart. uggg...i feel so cliche saying it, but it's true. and i know it's a long way off, but just imagine the amount of grandbabies we get!!!
i'm changing my name choice to scarlett
hmm... let's see:
June 30th at 1:15 pm
Girl
8 lbs even
I don't know beer so my bet is on Fat Tire--just kidding. Maybe Hazel or Roslyn
July 1st, 8.5 oz and I'm not telling you the time, you have to have some surprise. Oh, and you won't be needing that girl beer name either ;-)
1. June 18th @ 6:18am
2. 7 lbs., 9 ozs.
3. Hale (girlie beer name 'cos Elysian isn't "non-exciting" like you said the name actually is).
** You're having a girl!
Are those pregnant lady pants? I've been looking for a pair of light weight ones like that for summer. From where?
BOY
Brennan
June 28th at 10am (so i have time for coffee)
8 lbs on the nose
P.S.
I assume you'd pronounce the name like Hailey (and possibly play with the spelling).
1) Birthday and time- July 1 3:37pm
2) Birth weight - 8 lb 8oz
3) Beer-inspired name for a girl -
Elliot Luna Weitzen :)
I will say June 24th at 12:02 a.m.
Weight: 7 lbs 2 oz.
Beer name: Elyse
I think baby is a girl.
I say June 30th at 10:33 PM PDST.
It's going to be a girl -- and you are going to name her Dixie VooDoo Lager as that's my all time #1 favorite beer!!!!
She's going to weigh 8 lbs 10 ounces:)
FUN!
July 4th, 4:01am
7 pounds, 4 ounces
A little girl, named Elliot
I was due with my first child on July 4! :) I had him on July 5, at 7:47 pm. so I am just going to go with that for my guess!! AND I will guess a boy too!! JUST because!! I really hope you have a girl though!! poor Ess if you don't will be all you hear!!! :) of course that will be after you hear "are these all yours" and "I dont know how you do it" :/
My guesses:
B-day: July 2 @ 2:15 am
Birth Weight: 7lbs 12 oz
Name: We have a brewery in my town that makes 'Jenna Grace' Heffeweissen (sp) - don't know if they made up that or there are other Jenna Grace beers out there. Either way it's a cute name! (obviously, I am guessing it'a a girl)
It will be born this summer. A boy or a girl. At some weight between 5 and 12 pounds.
Sorry, I get too flustered to actually participate in any of your games. Why can't I play? I'm a spaz that's why.
July 08
10:11
8lbs 5oz
Girl
Laurel
Just want you both to be healthy
heheheh!! I think I'll just to Marinka's contest coz then I get to name your kid Michaelobia!!
I am just so damn tickled you are actually looking pregnant here. I mean, most times, and by most times I mean ME, look like you do NOW about 25 seconds after the test turns blue. Seriously, you probably have that baby belly that you can photograph and hang as art. If so, would you be at all creeped out if I wanted to buy one and pass it off as myself. If so, I totally don't understand.
1. Birthday and time: June 22nd, 4 am.
2. Birth weight: 7 lbs. 9 oz.
3. Name: Bud. Boy. Or girl with a penis.
My guesses:
1. June 30th at 4:16am
2. Weight - 7 lbs. 14oz.
3. Beer inspired name for a girl - Eliot (but I like Elli for short!) :)
And I so totally think you need a shirt that says "YES, they are ALL mine!" I'd buy one!
Hmmm....
July 1st, 12:32 pm
8 lbs even
Ginger
Girl
Best wishes for a very uneventful last few weeks of pregnancy, and a healthy, happy mommy and baby (and siblings!)
Wendy
I have no guesses...but just wanted to give you some giant hugs! xoxo
oh jesus, I HATE that my competitive nature is getting all stirred up.
here goes.
1. June 23rd
2. 8lbs 2ox
3. Corona Lime (First and middle...)
4. GIRL. With big boobs.
and a bas ass attitude.
1. June 22nd, noon. (Going with my own scheduled induction date, at the 39 week mark, to be kind.
Must get these babies out! ;-) )
2. 7 lbs, 12 oz.
3. Shandy
And check out http://www.gunaxin.com/strange-beer-names/19488 for strange beer names.
I forgot to add gender: girl.
;-p
I think I have been in Utah too long because I haven't heard of most of those beers.
July 1st at 6:55am
7 pounds 10 ounces
Stella (i believe it's an Irish beer) and I believe you're having a GIRL.
Love the T-Shirt idea...I had one made that says I AM at Work because everyone was asking me if I worked when I had TWO babies 11 months apart under TWO.
Okay, let's see here...
1. I'm going to say that you'll give birth right on your due date: July 4th at 6:33am.
2. Birth weight: 7 pounds, 6 ounces.
3. Beer-inspired named for a girl: Dillon.
Sex guess: GIRL!!
1. Birthday: June 24th
2. Birth time: 7:10 am
3. Birth Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz
4. Gender: Girl
5. Beer Inspired Name: Porter?
So, yeah, I'm a little late on the guessing game. I'm a little slow, but I'm totally in...
1. June 23, 2009 @ 7:38 a.m.
2. 7 pounds
3. Stella Artois
4. It's a girl
I LOVE your blog!!! Found it through Rainbow kids. I'm only going to guess (or offer) name - I'm no good at the other stuff.
I don't think this beer is made anymore, but I remember if - Olympia (if it's a girl, which I guess I think it is - that's not an official guess though).
Robin
OK, scratch my last guess
Here goes:
June 28th (Sunday)
at, uh....11:12am
girl
8 lbs 3 oz
I changed my mind. I'm thinking June 28th, around 3 pmish. 9 poundish. I'm not good at this stuff. Except I always guess the gender right. Boy.
Hi my name is um..Not Issa. Yeah, that's it. I'd like to guess that you will have the baby um yesterday. So yeah, June 28th. And a boy. Oh yes, for sure a boy. Noonish, lets' say. Just for kicks.
Oh and 9 pounds. Sorry dude, but yeah 9 pounds. Small babies are so last year.
Oh and how about an N name?
p.s. I think amber got the closest. Or D, unless that is your sister, which I think it is and then, dude, she so cursed you. Ha.
My friend and I were recently talking about technology, and how integrated it has become to our daily lives. Reading this post makes me think back to that debate we had, and just how inseparable from electronics we have all become.
I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Societal concerns aside... I just hope that as technology further innovates, the possibility of uploading our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I daydream about all the time.
(Posted using Net5s for R4i Nintendo DS.)
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