Pink is the devil: ruminations on the possibility of having a daughter

Let’s play a guessing game founded on the principles of Murphy’s Law.  Say that we’ve decided on two boys’ names (to be decided upon seeing the baby), while we’re still tussling with an ever-changing list of about ten girls’ names.  And say that we’re a pro-feminist couple who alternates between gagging and flying into bouts [...]

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Ah, so there’s that ligament I’ve heard so much about

Supposedly I’m coming up on the time when that ligament that holds all my internal business in place begin to come under serious strain.  I’ve been told to expect shooting pains in my groin, which sounds like so much fun I can’t decide if I’d rather be shot in the face.  I’ve had hints of [...]

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Winter/Not Winter

I don’t know if y’all noticed, but it got pretty warm a couple days after Christmas.  Spouse and I had brought our running shoes home to help convince us to get out and about after consuming great quantities of ham, turkey, and sweets.  So on Saturday, when temperatures were hovering around 70º, we set out [...]

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A Holiday Message from Spouse

Dear Readers,
I have been married to Grimsaburger for six years.  In those six years she has never bought me a bad gift.  I have received clothing, records, whiskey, and other little trinkets that have all come in handy. Her talent for purchasing the perfect gift comes from her ability to listen when I drop hints, [...]

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Merry Almost-Christmas!

Spouse and I have never been very good at visiting the dozens of people we need to visit at any holiday or other trip home; part of why our relationship works so well is because we’re equally lazy AND selfish with our time.  So in case we don’t see you this Christmas, and you were [...]

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We’re having a vertebrate!

It’s one thing to feel the baby squirming around 24/7; it’s another to see it squirming around and twitching, and then to have the ultrasound tech comment on how hard it was making her job.  We got views of brain anatomy, heart, stomach, bladder, kidneys, femur, and feet, and all are measuring exactly on schedule.  We [...]

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It’s a….cliffhanger!

So Spouse and I are going for the big ultrasound tomorrow.  It’s the one where parents customarily find out about chambers of the heart, formation of palates, limbs, and other organs, and oh yes, the sex of the baby.  But we’ve decided to hold off until the big reveal at the end to find out [...]

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Birthday wishes and random cuteness

Dad’s birthday was yesterday, and I made nary a mention of it or anything else here.  So let me right that wrong by linking to my sister’s brief photo tribute.  If you didn’t see him risking life and limb (pun intended) last weekend, you can check it out here.  What can we say, the man [...]

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Ta-da! (flop)

I turned in a fellowship application yesterday, and visited bathrooms in two different buildings in my twenty minutes or so on campus.  So in case you were wondering, I’m still peeing an awful lot.  When the pregnancy books advise you on the cost of having a baby, they don’t mention your increased water usage while [...]

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Bulldogs are not cute at 2:30am

I’m house/dog-sitting this week, which means I get to enjoy the heavy duvet and heated mattress pad in the guest bedroom once again.  Unfortunately, it also means that the first night is a wash as far as restful sleep goes.  Last time, the dogs woke me up twice during the first night, doing that muted [...]

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