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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 | baby, family

Well, we’re just under the three week mark and I have to say things have started to get darned uncomfy. I mean, they’ve been uncomfortable for a while, but wow. I’m pretty sure I can make out where his head, shoulders, and rump are – and he’s heavy. Rolling over in bed is a little like feeling boccie balls move around in your innards, and William made the mistake of laughing at my attempt to get off the couch the other day.

That said, everything seems to be going smoothly. I still need to find and buy the little guy a dresser / changing table and his name is still up in the air, but other than that we’re mostly ready for him. I think. I have a prenatal visit with the pediatrician this coming week, and a tour of the hospital’s birthing center. Lisa and Paul gifted us (well, the baby really) with the ViaCord service and we should be getting everything we need from there soon.

In non-baby news I called Granma today. She recently bought a laptop so she can email, but being well into her 80s and having never touched a computer before, her learning curve is pretty steep. She’s just now figured out how to log in to Gmail. But today was also the 7th anniversary of Grandpa’s death and we all like to call and make sure she’s doing alright. Mom and Dad took her out to dinner tonight as well. Its our little way of commemorating him, I guess. Today would also have been his birthday. He’s interred at Arlington, so hopefully next year I can make the trip to his mausoleum and leave flowers. At the risk of getting mushy, he really was the best Grandpa I could have hoped for, and I’m sometimes sad that William and my son will never get the pleasure of knowing or being spoiled by him like I was. I think he would really have liked William.

2 Comments to countdown

Zeb
September 4, 2009

We seriously considered doing the ViaCord thing. We really wanted to, but in the end we just couldn’t afford it. We had hoped we would at least be able to donate to a public cord bank, but unfortunately Maryland doesn’t have access to any.

In other news, we’re probably going to head down to Virginia this weekend. Depending on our scheduling, we might call you guys and see if you’re available for a couple hours either on the way down or the way back if you guys are up for it.

Littlest Penguin
September 4, 2009

We wouldn’t have been able to do the chord blood banking without Lisa and Paul, either. It was a very generous gift, but also one of the more awkward to accept because of the cost.

We’d love to see you guys. I’ll contact you over Facebook to say the same.