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I can not get enough of these.  I think I have warmed up to the idea enough where it has gotten my creative juices flowing where now I'm trying to think of crazier, stupider ideas to photograph Em's belly.  She isn't aware of my ambition yet....but even if she isn't completely "for" the idea....she has to sleep sometime.  (And she has been known to sleep through fire alarms.)

Feel free to share any ideas in the comments section of possible scenarios where Em's belly could be photographed.

What To Expect When You're Expecting (Part 3)

This is my last post in regards to the movie "What to Expect When You're Expecting", I promise.

In the movie, Brooklyn Decker plays one of the pregnant women.  However, while everyone else is struggling with different pregnancy symptoms, she is experiencing none of those things and still looks like the swimsuit model that she is in real life.  Because of the relatively ease of her pregnancy, the other women find her slightly annoying because she is just too perfect. 

I have to say.....Emily is my little Brooklyn Decker.

Just like in the movie, many women deal with things such as cankles, swollen feet, bloating, backne, pains of all sorts, morning sickness, etc, etc, etc.....

Emily just simply loves being pregnant, and she has taken to pregnancy much like Brooklyn has in the movie.  She has experienced none of the above symptoms (or if she has....I don't know about it.)

I just hope her delivering the baby is just as easy as it was for Brooklyn in the movie.  (I won't spoil it just in case you still want to see the movie after my 3 posts.)

What To Expect When You're Expecting (Part 2)

Growing up, my mom (and sisters) constantly reminded me of the differences between men & women.  Aside from the obvious diferences, some of the ones they would convey to me are the differences in entertainment, movies, and humor.  (I'm speaking generally here.  Obviously, there are women who like "guy-type" movies and vice versa.)

Since Chad & I were the 2 youngest (and the only males in the family), we didn't exactly get our way when it came to television or movie watching. 

I have seen just about every musical made, and (as much as it kills me to admit) can sing just about all of the songs.  We really didn't have the opportunity to watch sports as a kid unless the TV wasn't being watched at that time by one of my older sisters. 

My mom also informed us that humor was much different.  Some of the things we (Chad & I) found funny....was not embraced as being funny by my mom and sisters.  Specifically.....farts.  In fact, my mom wouldn't even allow us to use that word.  (I'm sure I'll be getting a phone call from her once she reads this post telling me that I shouldn't use that word.)  The word she used (and forced us to use) was "stinker". 

I tell you all that to make this point:

Girls do not find "slapstick" or "potty" humor to be funny.  EXCEPT......when the movie is about babies.

I would get grounded if I used the word "fart" growing up, and if I laughed at a fart joke on tv as a kid, my mom might give me "the look".  However, I was in a movie theatre filled with women (and maybe 2 dudes) howling with laughter regarding the following things:

• Water breaking on hospital floor and people slipping on it
• Pregnant women accidentally farting (or stinkering.....if my mom is reading this.)
• Accidental urination
• Backne (Acne on your back)
• Etc......

I guess I feel a tad bit justified.  Women can laugh at the same things that Chad & I laughed at growing up.  They just need a baby intertwined in the story.

What To Expect When You Are Expecting (Part 1)

It was absolutely inevitable.  

As soon as Em heard that they were turning the book "What To Expect When You Are Expecting" into a movie, it was a given that we would be seeing it.  We saw it tonight.  

I have so many observations from this movie that this post will at least be a 2-parter.....if not more.  

For starters, here was the expression on Emily's face for at least 95% of the movie:

In contrast, here was my look for 100% of the movie:

I'm not saying that the movie was terrible, but I'm also not saying that this movie should reserve seats at the Oscars.  They shouldn't. 

I get why this movie is popular with females.  I really do.  But I have so many other questions that need to be asked.

For example:  When a child is born (or maybe even when their wife is pregnant), do men automatically stop being manly?  Does being a good dad require being a passive "yes" man?  If Hollywood's examples in this movie has any say to it, then the answer is a resounding yes. 

Your "manly" options in this movie include, A) a man who allows his wife to buy all new baby items, a new house, and a trip to Africa to adopt a baby, despite the fact she just lost her job and they can't afford it, B) a man who plays 2nd fiddle to both his legendary, retired NASCAR driver father AND his wife, or C) a group of men who meet every Saturday to walk their kids who take this weekly opportunity to be honest with their feelings because they fear the retribution they will receive if they were to tell their wives the truth of how they feel.

Was it funny?  Sure.  But in a sad sort of way.....at least to me.

(To be honest, the movie was ok.  I just like to overly disect these types of movies to annoy people.) 

Just wait for Part 2 of this blog entry.......

I'm Not THAT Guy!

You've seen him.  I've seen him.  He can't hide.  He's at every mall.  He's at your church.  You see him everywhere....hiding in plain site.  He wishes he could completely blend into the wall, but he can't.  Some of you maybe have been "him". 

Who am I talking about?

This guy.

It's "Feminine Diaper Bag Guy".

Each one of them has the same look on his face.  You know what I'm talking about.  It's the blank stare into nowhere hoping that if he doesn't make eye contact with anyone...nobody will see him.  It doesn't work.  He is in physical pain from the agony of losing his masculinity for all to see.

This won't be me.

Laugh at me all you want.  Make any comment you want.  (The comments section is always open.)  But I took the plunge and purchased my very own diaper bag to guarantee that the trauma that has afflicted so many of my comrades...will not happen to me.

Here are photos of my most recent purchase......arriving this week:

I can smell the jealousy on all of you dads (brother-n-laws included) who didn't have the foresight that I did to find such a stylish, manly diaper bag. 

Life is good.

32 Weeks

We're on the home stretch.  Seems like just yesterday that Em was at just 28 weeks along. 

Go Ahead and Call Me a Liar

I can't help myself.  I know I promised that I wouldn't post anymore pregnancy pictures, but I am anyway. 

It isn't like I seek these types of pictures out, but ever since Em got pregnant I see these pictures everywhere.  I'm obsessed.  Do people think this looks good?  Does this lady have this picture in a frame displayed at her home?  How does the child feel about this work of "art" once he/she is old enough to have an opinion?  I need to know the answers to these questions and more. 

Just to be clear, I'm not saying that all pregnancy photos are horrible.  I'm saying the types of pictures that I have posted are a disaster.