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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Perfecting the waddle

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Posted in photography

Well, I’ve reached that precious point in my pregnancy where I’ve officially acquired the waddle. Having never been pregnant before, I never really understood why pregnant women walked like that.

When we were younger, my brother and I used to love when we had a turkey or some other form of poultry for dinner, and my parents would hang the wish bone up over the sink to dry out. For a few days it would hang there, getting nice and brittle and then Tommy and I would each grab a side, make our wish, and yank to see who “won”. I now equate the way my hips feel to that poor wishbone.

Pretty amazing that God has this all figured out, the loosening of the joints to allow the baby to fit through a woman’s hips and all, but it does kinda hurt, I’m not gonna lie. Thus, the waddle ensues. Once I’m up and going, and the joints get all oiled the waddle seems to subside a bit, but those first few steps… oooohhheeee!

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Baby Name Graveyard

Monday, October 8, 2007 Posted in photography

Well, C and I may be unable to choose a name for our child, but we sure know how to kill them. As I’ve mentioned before, we have chosen a name if LA turns out to be a girl, but since we’re about 90% sure that this munchkin is a boy, it would be nice if we could agree on a boy’s name too lest he be relegated to “Baby A” in the nursery at the hospital.

Names that we’ve considered (and shot down): Adrian, Aiden, Braden and Evan – these were my choices, rejected for not being “manly enough” per C’s requirements. We’ve also discarded David, Daniel, Alejandro and Javier – those were some of C’s choices, and while I like David and Daniel, I do not like Dave, Davey, Danny, Dan or Dan-o which no matter how hard you try, at some point will enter the picture. It was also important to me that our son not have a name that would be too ethnic given that we already have a Latino surname, as that brings with it it’s own set of concerns.

Soooo…. as of now, we have a menagerie of names that have been banished to the baby name graveyard, and one possibility that we agree on. Though, it should be noted we’ve agreed on a few of the above names at some point in time only to have one or both of us change our mind, so no promises. :::::Drumroll please:::::

Christian Thomas Acosta. Any thoughts? Please note; it’s for your own safety that I warn you that I nearly bit C’s cousin’s head off this past weekend when she tried to say that Christian could be a girl’s name too, as gender neutral names were the #1 absolute guaranteed-to-be-vetoed category. She had C going for a minute, and I really thought we’d be back to the drawing board after 8 long months. So far so good though.

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Journie’s Question

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Posted in photography

For those that don’t know, C and I are an interracial couple (puerto rican and white), and our 3 year old niece Journie is also bi-racial though she is 1/2 puerto rican and 1/2 black.

Over the weekend I was at MIL’s house while she was babysitting Journie. At one point, she was sitting on my lap and the baby was squishing my ribs, so I started kinda rubbing my side. Journie turned around and started rubbing my belly gently, and then asked: “You got a baby in der?” Me: “Yup, there’s a baby in there. ” She kinda furrowed her forehead together like she was really thinking about this and then looked up at me confused and asked “Is it gonna be a white one?” I was trying so hard not to laugh when I answered her that the baby would probably be a brown one.
The things kids think about totally crack me up…
Here’s a picture of the munchkin and I almost a year ago when she was the flower girl in our wedding.

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Death by Heartburn

Monday, October 1, 2007 Posted in photography

Of all the awful ways to go in the world, this might take the cake… and unfortunately, I might be on my way out. I’ve never in my life had heartburn, save the last month or so, and it seems to be getting progressively worse. I thought midnight bathroom breaks were bad… in addition to that, I now wake up several times a night just to chew Tums.

C used to have terrible heartburn that he took special medicine for, and I secretly thought he was being a wuss… I have now officially eaten my words, and apologized a thousand times over to him for not being more empathetic.

I’ve adjusted my diet, I’ve been drinking milk like it’s going out of style, and I’m chewing a roll of antacid a day… still that burning, barfy sensation creeps up my throat. I swear I just got heartburn from drinking water.

They say if you have bad heartburn, it means the baby will be born with a lot of hair. At this rate, I’m convinced that I’m giving birth to a gorilla… certainly doesn’t help that both he and I were born with a full head of hair. Lucky me.

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