December 10th he was born! The labor was pretty smooth, and a lot better than I thought it would be. Struggling to find a good nap or night sleep is the worse part of the whole thing. We are almost four weeks into it, and with all the baby books Todd is reading, along with what everybody else says, we are almost at the hump where he wont be needing to eat for 40 min. every 2- 2 1/2 hours. He really is a sweet boy (of course I’m going to say that) he was born with Michael Buble singing in the background. 
My mom leaves tomorrow and we are so sad about this. She has been able to be with us for almost three weeks. I also have some great friends and a great sister in law who makes sure I stay sane with phone calls and invites over to their homes. This is the first blog post I have made using this new thing, so hopefully you will get more from us as time goes on. Gotta go, somebody is hungry… again.
Surprise! We’re Back with an Explanation and the Reveal
Posted by Todd on Sunday Sep 13, 2009 Under Baby, Family, Pregnancy
Okay, so right after I asked everybody what gender they thought the baby was, I updated WordPress. It caused me to lock myself out of the admin section for about a month and a half while I did troubleshooting on the side. In the meantime, here’s the answer if you haven’t heard it already: We’re having a boy!
He made the presence of his manhood very clear during our visit. We pointed it out and stammered, “Is that his–” The answer was, “Yes, that is his [for the sake of not attracting bizarre webtraffic, I'm not going to name the member here].” It was a great experience. Since then, he has steadily grown and we can now see Liz’s belly move when he moves and kicks. Very exciting. I will endeavor to keep everyone posted.
All right, ladies and gentlemen! The time has come for Liz and I to find out the gender of our child! I know I should have posted this earlier (I should have posted a lot of things, but I haven’t), but here it is: a poll. What do you think we will have? A little Boy or a little Girl? Let us know in this poll and share any reasons in the comments below.
We find out tomorrow morning, and will post the results early this week. So hurry up and submit your answer! As an incentive, we will name our child after everyone who guessed right*. We are super excited which is more excited than just normal excited. For those Ultrasound haters out there who say we should be surprised, we say tomorrow we will be just as surprised. So instead of trying to convince us to wait (because you won’t) enjoy the excitement of the moment.
What gender will our baby be?
- Girl (60%, 3 Votes)
- Boy (40%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 5
Loading ...*That is not true. In fact, it is a bald-faced lie, but vote and comment anyway because it is fun.
Here it is, ladies and gentlemen! Liz is starting to show a bit. We took this picture on Saturday and it is thrilling us to be able to see physical progress in this pregnancy. While nausea still rules the day, the actual act of vomiting has started to subside. I’m sure that is something everyone is thrilled to know . Little Bit and Wesley seem to realize that Liz is pregnant. Whenever they have a chance, they step on her stomach and jump on her. Watching this baby grow and Liz go through all the ups and downs is amazing, but I feel somewhat at a loss when there is so much I cannot do to ease the experience. I figure as long as I keep her giant cup of ice water full and keep the dogs from pouncing on the baby, we are on the right track.
Shock and Awe: or, Our Mistrust of all things Analog
Posted by Todd on Saturday May 16, 2009 Under Baby, Pregnancy
So, on Thursday, April 17, 2009, Liz woke up frustrated that her time had not yet come. She took a pregnancy test which claimed she was pregnant. I happened to be working at home that morning, and heard the annoyed growl. Assuming the stick was broken, Liz came into my office, “This thing says I’m pregnant!”
The first thought that came to my mind was “What is wrong now?” Not believing it completely possible, I called my mother and asked, “Do pregnacy tests give out false positives?” She laughed, and combined with Liz’s mother’s advice, we decided to take another one.
I drove to the grocery store at 11 in the morning. Dressed in slacks and a button down shirt for a work meeting later that day, I litterally ran through the entrance to the pleasure/oops isle. I grabbed a set of two tests and ran straight to a register to check out. I can only imagine what the employees were thinking: “Well, this boy has a little surprise on his plate this morning!” Read More
Okay, well it took us long enough to get this blog going again… yeah, about a year. We made the switch from Blogger to WaitsFamilyAnimals.com in September of last year. Once we did that, we did what all aspiring blogger do. We stopped blogging. In that time much has happened:
• Semiotic Technologies work slowed to a stop.
• Liz changed salons to A Peace of Eden.
• Todd started working with Skill-Life making CentsCity.
• Liz and Todd got Pregnant!
