Raise a Child Right

Well, for those of you who are looking for the perfect baby gift.....I'm sorry to report that the perfect gift has been bought and is being shipped to us right now.  I'm sure there are plenty more Buckeye clothes, blankets, and other miscellaneous items for our child too.  This just had to be purchased asap.  Maybe I'm just excited for Saturday afternoons with another fan by my side. 

And for any of you fans of Nebraska, Iowa, or any other school that doesn't boast Urban Meyer as a coach, I invite you all over to my house for the indoctrination of my little bambino.  Maybe some of this will rub off on you. 
You'll thank me later.

Big Surprise!

One of the most popular questions we have been getting is "Are you going to find out the sex of the baby?"  The answer to that questions is Yes. 
The inevitable question that comes directly after that (from the person who would never find out early) is, "Don't you want to be surprised?"
I'm never rude when I answer that person, but I have to shake my head (to myself) in amazement.  Surprised?  Really?  Isn't it still only 2 options?  Girl or Boy?  I want to ask them in a very sarcastic way, "Have you ever flipped a coin and was SHOCKED by the outcome?"  Have you flipped a coin and heads came up and wondered aloud, "What kind of voodoo quarter is this?" 

Actually there are several reasons why we want to find out the sex:

1) Planning for baby room
2) Planning for baby toys/clothes/etc...
3) Deciding on names
and most importantly....
4) Em just doesn't have the patience for that.  (jk)

Spoiler Alert

For those of you who don't want to know what our child will look like.....do NOT read this entry.

One of my friends reminded me yesterday that a group (3 couples) of us all went to Dave & Busters several years ago.  While we were there, Em & I decided to get our picture taken in a photo machine and have it show us what our future child would look like.  (As you can tell by the photo, I had an amazing fu manchu  & pork chop side burns and I made a face into the camera to see if that would influence the outcome of what our child would look like.)  I think he turned out fairly cute given the travesty of what I looked like that day. 

Judge for yourself:

I guess the moral of the story is to rest easy, Em's genes will overcome the deficiencies in my own genes.

(Man, I really miss that fu manchu.  Maybe during my paternity leave I can regrow it.)

Questions

Ever since the cat got out of the bag, Em & I have been answering the same questions over and over.  Don't get me wrong, I have actually loved all the phone calls and texts and talking with so many people about it.  But there have been a hint of feeling like we are just answering the exact same questions over and over.  To help alleviate the monotony of answering the same questions I decided I would post the answers to the most popular questions we have been asked here.  I hope this helps.

Yes
Mid July
Yes
False
12 weeks
Yes
Boy
No
Last Thursday
Pumpernickel
Girl
Yes
No
End of February
No

Hope that clears up all the questions you have.  If you think of any other questions just ask. 

And thank you all again for all the wonderful calls, texts, etc...  It's really been wonderful to share this exciting news with all of you. 

Puts It All Into Perspective

My brother got his jar of Prego today.  After he called me to congratulate me & Em, he sent me the following text after he read the blog.  (I have to say that this text made my day.  From everything I've heard, Chad is a great dad -- and Jenna is a great mom.  I'm really proud of them.  I hope he doesn't mind me sharing his text.)  This text made my day.

Ur baby is the size of a lime right now but 1 year from now he or she will look like this.

How cute is my little nephew Jameson? 

As Big as a Lime?

Em & I are subscribed to a pregnancy site that e-mails you weekly with updates on how big the child is and what the development process is looking like each week.  It's fairly fascinating, however I just wish they would compare my child to something other than fruit. It isn't exacty the precedent I want to be set if in fact he is a boy. 

So far, he/she has been compared to a poppy seed, sesame seed, lentil, blueberry, kidney bean, grape, kumkwat, and a fig.  This week's comparison is a lime.  (I don't think they mean he/she is completely as big as a lime....I think the length of the lime -- 2 inches.) 

I guess there are worse things they could compare my child to, but let's try to steer away from fruit. 

Em's "Cravings" Part II

As most of you know, Em & I celebrated our 6 year anniversary last night (Dec 31st).  Instead of going out to eat, we decided to make crab legs at home.  I have never cooked crab legs and was particularly nervous about the whole situation.  I didn't know how much crab legs to buy?  (Is a lb. a person a good standard?)  I didn't know how to cook them or what way was the best.  I decided to go with steaming them.  And it worked out perfectly. 

I mentioned in an earlier blog about Em's "cravings" are everything she enjoyed before her pregnancy.....just more of it.  She "craves" ice cream, sour candy, twizzlers, and potato chips.  (If that menu is "cravings", I think 3/4 of America better get a pregnancy test.)  We have discovered Em's latest "craving".  Crab legs!!

In her defense.....they were delicious.