Waiting at the doctors office for what (i think) should be our last OB appointment before Thursday. Getting close!
Category: mi familia
Expectant father quiz
Laurie’s been sharing a great Q&A over on her blog through most of the pregnancy… thought I should share my answers as well (although the questions don’t all fit an expectant dad as well as they do an expectant mom).
How Far Along: Less than 80 hours to go
Total Weight Gained/Loss: 10-15 pounds… although I’ve started watching what I’m eating again and I’ve lost 7 or 8 pounds in the last few weeks… so a net gain of 4-7 as of today.
Sleep: No real changes for me.
Best Moment of the Week: seeing Laurie get excited as we countdown the days and hours till the boys arrive.
Movement: Laurie says they’re still moving fairly regularly but not as much as before. It’s amazing to feel them move and squirm from time to time — especially when you can feel something recognizable like a foot, hand or a knee.
Food Craving: Chinese food and Mexican food.
Labor Signs: We haven’t worked out our signals yet… but I’m keeping my phone near me at all times just in case. Luckily unless something changes drastically in the next 70 hours or so we won’t be making any rush trips in the middle of the night to the hospital.
Belly Button: Mine hasn’t changed in the last 31 years or so that I can tell.
Stretch Marks: Those appeared in college when I took on my “freshman 50.”
Wedding rings: It’s scuffed up and scratched up but still fits like it did the day we bought it.
What I miss: Walks at night with Laurie and her being able to go where she wants with me.
What I’m looking forward to: Getting to meet my baby boys in less than 4 days!
Other NEW news this week: My co-workers threw me a surprise baby shower this past week. It was very sweet to have everyone there and their presence (and gifts of diapers and wipes) were so greatly appreciated!
97 hours without Twitter?
This morning I was checking in on Twitter and realized I’ve posted 19,998 Tweets since I joined Twitter in October 2007.
I posed the question… does this make me an oversharer?
To which my brother-in-law posed the response… go on a tweet holiday and use the 20,000 to announce the birth! Unless you’ve already passed it by now!
Sounds like a reasonable enough challenge… 97 hours or so without Twitter (well at least without posting to my main Twitter account @jdblundell :-))
So we’ll see if I can do it.
Granted my biggest worry is the various online accounts that automatically post to Twitter for me (probably one of the reasons I’ve reached 19,999 tweets). I think I’ve disabled all the connections, but we’ll see.
Thankfully, Twitter’s started using OAauth, so hopefully I’ve disconnected all these services (check https://twitter.com/settings/connections) to see what sites/applications have rights to your Twitter account).
So there you have it… no Twitter for 97 hours… but I’m betting that may lead to more blog posts, video updates and posts to Facebook.
And for those of you who don’t have Twitter… you can still get the big announcement via a SMS text message.
Simply send a text with the following message to 40404:
follow jdblundell
You’ll likely get a response asking for a username. Simply pick a random username, send it as a reply to the same account and you’ll get the big announcement as a text message on your phone.
And in case you didn’t know…
I also tweet from @sbpodcast @welivesimply @orangenoise @stpetersbrew @blundybabies @travisranch
Yeah, I’m probably an oversharer.
One more week!
One more week.
Things are gonna be a changin’!
50 things I look forward to teaching my boys
- God is love
- Learning to love God and love others is the best thing you can do in this life
- Everyone is beautiful
- How to treat their mother with respect and love
- Life is all about relationships — not the stuff we collect along the way
- Learn to forgive — even when others refuse to apologize or forgive you
- There’s nothing you can’t tell your mother and I
- Your parents will love you no matter what
- Family comes first
- How to be a gentleman
- U2 is the greatest band in the world
- You can’t go wrong with The Beatles, Beach Boys, Lenny Kravitz or Johnny Cash
- How to build a campfire
- How to put a tent together
- How to enjoy the freezing waters of Sulphur, Oklahoma
- How to blow a bubble
- How to blow a bubble with bubble gum
- How to throw a football
- How to throw a baseball
- How to dribble a soccer ball
- How to catch a football
- How to catch a baseball
- How to throw a frisbee
- How to catch a frisbee
- How to play disc golf
- The difference between a goal, a touchdown and a home run
- How to fish
- How to clean a fish (I may need to learn this myself first)
- How to grill the perfect steak
- How to grill the perfect burger
- How to play the guitar
- How to tie their shoes
- How to change the oil in a car
- How to change a tire
- How to drive a car — but only after you turn 21
- How to (properly) shoot fireworks
- How to ride a bike
- How to ride a bike without training wheels
- How to pop a wheelie
- How to draw
- How to cut with scissors
- How to imagine
- How to shave
- How to avoid shaving as much as possible
- How to “skin the cat”
- How to enjoy good art
- How to eat sushi
- How to pack for vacation using only carry-on luggage
- No one knows everything — not even your parents
- Be leery of those who claim they do
Daddy quiz
I found a quiz for new dads over at babycentre… apparently I know quite a bit about raising a baby… I doubt that… but we’ll find out for sure in 6 more weeks.
I got 12 of the 15 or so questions correct (although I’m not sure I like all their answers, and what in the world is a “nappy”?! Silly UK site. ;-)) Continue reading Daddy quiz