Earlier this week, what I think was a starling flew in through the chimney, leading to this:
Weird, but not too unusual. Now I’m starting to think something is up.
Not long after returning from the market today, I noticed a smallish (adolescent?) Blue Jay in the yard. He obviously couldn’t fly, and seemed really calm considering he was probably a goner soon. I couldn’t conceive a way to help it other than keeping an eye out for kittykittykittys, so I photographed and observed before leaving it alone for a few minutes. When I came back…it was gone. I sure do hope it’s OK…with parenthood looming I’m becoming ever more sensitive to these matters. You should really click on the photos to get the experience, I got some nice macro shots in.
Incidentally, I think this may be his dad. I snapped it last week when I was obsessing over the bird feeder.
June 6th, 2009
Didn’t wake up crazy early today, and decided to have a nice double espresso con panna at Cup O’ Joe before shopping. Tori came with to grab a sweet treat of her own. We grabbed the C-Dubs and headed to Clintonville Market. We missed strawberries (easily rectified by stopping at Weiland’s afterwords) and the sexy, sexy produce was minimal.
Mixed (chicken) eggs, broccoli, lettuce (lolla rosa & mixed oaks and leafs), new potatoes, green beans, pulled pork from Oink Moo Cluck, teeny tiny scallions, asparagus, Blue Jacket chevre, carrots (small and swwet, my favorite!), kale, the aforementioned strawberries from Wielands, and Blue Jacket feta.
June 6th, 2009
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s here. Tori has officially cruised into the third trimester. Not that I had any worries, it’s almost like she’s done this before. Tori has a calm, cool way about her pregnant self, and if you know her it’s hard not to notice it. I had a lot of deep seated worries when we found out she was with child. I was concerned that the uncomfortable side effects of the pregnancy might be too much. I hate, hate, hate seeing my wife unhappy, especially if it’s due to physical pain or emotional duress. I know we have a few months to go; but I feel very assured that she feels secure, comfortable (in love with, actually) with her pregnant body, and truly blessed to be creating this child. She doesn’t even really have bad days…just bad hour-or-twos now and then.
Here’s a list of interesting things I’ve seen or noticed:
- She does the “hand lovingly on top of the belly” thing that every pregnant woman I have even know does. I think it’s one of the most cutest damn things I’ve ever seen.
- The belly sticks out further than the boobs. Cool milestone.
- The thing about “pregnancy brain” is true. For the most part, Tori is sharper than ever before. But every once in a while, she just blanks on stuff. Like her address.
- Tiny E is moving around like crazy in there. Rather than feeling wavy movents, I can feel limbs now.
- I rather expected to have some gut feeling on the sex of our baby, but nope. Nothing. Nada. Tori, on the other hand, has had some intuition…
Tomorrow morning we’re headed to the doc for Tori’s gestational diabetes screen. She’ll have to go easy on food tomorrow, so tonight we grilled and hung out in the backyard for a while. She looked so beautiful in the setting sunlight, and I took some photos by our blooming bizarro lilac tree.
May 20th, 2009
Here’s Tori & Tiny E at 23 weeks…
Previously: 18 Week Picture
April 17th, 2009
Today, a sign of impending parenthood arrived.
April 17th, 2009
Is it coincidence that the 200th post on Infrequent@Best also happens to be Tiny Elvis’s 20 week ultrasound? Probably, but that doesn’t change a thing. Without further ado…
The ultrasound tech was great, giving us ample time to watch her handiwork. Of course, she was doing this to take Very Important Measurements that we do not understand, but it was a nice 10 minutes none the less. Anatomically, everything is A OK. Tiny E has a Single Umbilical Artery, but with good results from the AFP test last month and no other physical abnormalities, that’s totally an OK thing to have. We did NOT learn the sex of the baby, even though the temptation did creep up on us last night. The ultrasound tech said she didn’t notice either. Tiny E was M-O-V-I-N-G! The tech had a hard time pinning down a good image, going as far as jiggling Tori’s belly with the probe to calm baby down (didn’t work!). The above images are the result of a 3D/4D ultrasound, and boy oh boy was it cool to see the moving image. The majority of printed pics were standard 2D, and they stayed with the doctor. I took some iPhone pics of them that you can see here if you’re really interested.
You have to admit, the hair in the first picture is kind of Elvis-y, yeah? Baby has see-thru skin (cool!) right now, so you can see the ulna and radius in their arm in the first picture.
We’re so happy, and this ultrasound just further solidified that I have a real baby on the way. Less than 20 weeks to go, better get my ass in gear!
March 26th, 2009
Tori and I took the k9s to Battelle Darby Creek yesterday for a nice walk in the woods. Cy-dog decided to jump in at the doggy beach (with 40 degree temps!) and even Sassy tried to get in on the action, chasing geese into the lake. We had a great time, and I’m glad I spent a day in the woods during my little vacation. Here are some of the pictures I snapped on our walk…
March 14th, 2009
Well, we’ve finally hit a point where we feel comfortable sharing some belly pictures! We’ll try to update weekly from this point on. For now, enjoy this great 18 week picture from Battelle Darby Creek yesterday. Tiny E is about the size of a bell pepper here…
March 14th, 2009
An old friend posted this vintage photo of me (c. 1996-97) on Facebook today. I love the desaturated color from the Polaroid!
(Hat Tip to Heidi for the title…)
February 28th, 2009
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