Your life depends on this decision

So here is an excerpt of a little decision list I put together prior to the pregnancy to see if the pros outweighed the cons.

For	Against
There will be someone I can make help me with the yard work.	I may not like the way he/she mows the lawn
Britney Spears and J-Lo are doing it, so why shouldn’t I?	I’ll be contributing to the over population of the Earth, further straining precious natural resources.
Can finally find out what a fundus is	Will probably have to be in the delivery room whilst the baby is birthed and be up close and personal with said fundus
Will be able to watch Baby Einstein without having to justify myself	Will probably only be able to use this as an excuse for 2 or 3 years.
Will be able to pull all my old practical jokes on it that mpotter already knows	May be too smart to fall for my lame jokes.
I’ll have a new baby that I can mold into a successful adult.	He/she will probably end up doing whatever his/her friends are doing, negating all of my advice.
He/she may be way more successful than me and able to provide for me financially.  Or at least be able to pick lottery numbers better than me.	He/she may suck at picking lottery numbers.

Reasonable Expectations

I sure hope parenthood isn’t as hard as trying to keep this blog up to date.

I’m sure it can’t be.

doctor, doctor- don’t tell me the news….

we had an ultrasound last week- a full anatomy scan.  we don’t want to know what we’re having, so we turned our heads at the appropriate time.   (like we woulda been able to tell anyway!).

 LB didn’t move near as much as the last ultrasound we had when the dr. all but had to chase it!  but we did see a flip in the finale!  and it crossed its legs. (and arms????)

dr seemed pleased w/ how things were developing.  good heartbeat & all that jazz.  it still sounds like thuds, but i have to admit, i didn’t giggle near as much as i normally do during the heartbeat time!

like mom, LB isn’t very photogenic (this time)…  they even took a picture of the foot.  and you can’t make that out, except that it says “foot”. 

other than all that, i’ve been extremely fortunate, and continue to feel well.  i went to a “moms in motion” class last week and will go again tomorrow.  i don’t do near enough excercise!!! 

just b/c some of you may be wondering: 

i’m beginning to show.  not feeling the little bean quite yet.——my only 2 complaints so far have been that my legs sometimes hurt at night, and my gorgeous acne is still here.  sorry y’all-  ‘fraid there’ll be no “pregancy glow” for me!

but all seems well, and we look forward to march when they measure my “fundus”…  i can’t help but love these pregnancy words!   As my brother Danny would probably be saying right now:   “there’s a fundus among us”  although he’d probably also tell us to name it puddintain!

more on names———     LATER.

Danny Tanner from Full House Offers Up Some Parental Advice for Me

I have been looking recently for advice on fatherhood.  I’ve gone through several books at the store and online and wasn’t able to find anything worthwhile.  That is, until I found Danny Tanner’s Guide To Parenting.  Below are some excerpts of his advice:

•  ”Parenting is a huge task; especially if you’re a single parent like me.  If you have a rock n’ roll type brother-in-law and comedian best friend, get them to move into your house.  It definitely helps, and can lead to a lot of funny situations.”
• “Children can often get pretty fussy at times.  To remedy this, try to get your daughter to be played by twins.  That way, when one gets cranky, you can just get the other one to step in.”
• “Problems with your children sometime seem to last forever with no solution in sight.  But I’ve found that except for a handful of two-part episodes, most of my parental problems were solved in 30 minutes.”
• “The middle child is probably the least important.  Most of my time was focused on my youngest and cutest daughter and the middle one kind of just seemed to get in the way.  Heck, they even got rid of the middle kid on Urkel.”
• “If you’re busy and away from your children, but still want to supervise their activity, listen for the studio audience.  They can pretty much give away what’s happening, especially if someone is kissing or getting into trouble.”

No, No…. here’s the names list:

1. Helga
2. Millicent
3. Penelope
4. Bernice
5. Rain- after my favorite college fish
6. Jed
7. Groban
8. Hank
9. Leroy
10. Edgar

Top 10 Names To Be Considered For The New Baby*

1. Grouchy
2. Brainy
3. Dreamy
4. Handy
5. Vanity
6. Scaredy
7. Slouchy
8. Clumsy
9. Stinky
10. Azrael

*Names taken from “Smurfy Names for Baby Smurfs”