Before I got pregnant I thought baby blogs were incredibly
narcissistic, right up there with bumper stickers on minivans that say
"My Child is a Star Student at [insert some crappy elementary
school]."
But then I got pregnant and my feelings changed. Lots of things change when you find out you are going to have a baby. You start obsessing over the thread count of crib sheets and you buy books with ridiculous titles like "The Baby Name Wizard" and one day you hear your husband say Pepperoni Nipples and you realize he's talking to you.
Anyway, when I first found out I was pregnant I was 100 % freaked out (whereas now I consider myself a healthy 45 % freaked out). One friend recommended that I check out these blogs of mothers she knew, and she was right. They were (and are) instantly soothing.
This one, http://www.aprileffort.blogspot.com , is written by my friend's niece. She and her husband have two beautiful boys. They are all vegans and live in a trailer park in Portland, Oregon. This one, http://stoplookingatmelikethat.blogspot.com , is by a fellow Prescott grad. She has an amazing little girl and they live in a cabin in the woods that her husband built. Moral of the story: there are thousands of ways to be a creative, loving parent. And babies are cool.
My favorite blog of all is by our friends, Ben and Anna, who live a few blocks away from us here in beautiful Brooklyn. They spent nearly two years trying to adopt two babies from Ethiopia. A week after they finally got their court date and bought their plane tickets to go pick up their babies, they found out that Anna was pregnant! Check out their story at http://youbettermakeitadouble.blogspot.com . The pics of Hilina and Saida are irresistible.
So, yeah, we are blogging, for our amusement and hopefully yours too. I'll let you know when I get my first bumper sticker.
Baby Momma is having trouble sleeping at night, a common symptom at this stage. It's funny though because for years Ben has complained about how Beth is no fun and always goes to bed so early. Now he's the one who is cashed out at 11 pm while Beth is busy writing thank-you notes and scrubbing the bathtub. (Actually she mostly eats pudding and stares endlessly at Ohdeedoh, http://www.ohdeedoh.com/, an addictive design website devoted entirely to spaces and stuff for babies. Beware.)
But then I got pregnant and my feelings changed. Lots of things change when you find out you are going to have a baby. You start obsessing over the thread count of crib sheets and you buy books with ridiculous titles like "The Baby Name Wizard" and one day you hear your husband say Pepperoni Nipples and you realize he's talking to you.
Beth just got her first news about Grad School and found out she is accepted into Columbia's MFA program for nonfiction writing! The timing is priceless, of course, but we are excited about the invitation nonetheless. If she wants it bad enough, Ben and baby will their best to make it work!
