You're the pilot, Violet!

Well, Jaime has been having lots of contractions today. This morning they got to where she couldn't sleep through them anymore. So I stayed home from work and watched Asher so she could sleep. Later this afternoon the contractions seemed to lessen so we went to Tower Grove park and walked around for a while. Asher learned how to throw rocks into a pond and it was really cute. He would pretty much drop a pebble into the pond and then giggle and laugh so hard when it plopped into the water. He has no clue his little sister will be here soon.

After the park we stopped by Costco to pick some things up. Jaime had a few really good contractions while we were there and so we decided to get home and get ready to go the hospital. We got home and called the doctor and our babysitters and our doula, Maria. We are waiting for our babysitter to get here now, but Jaime says we need to leave. So I'll write again tomorrow and let you know how this goes!

Change the namey, Amy

Ransom Scoob
Originally uploaded by blogenstein.

I realized I had two posts that had rhyming titles ending with a name of a man so I changed all of my posts to have similar titles. I also included a womans name for this post as well so the females get some representation. Of course, all this hard work is for your enjoyment.

It's early in the morning still, but no sign of baby Violet coming today. At least not right now.

Funny story time: At church Asher was playing with a Scooby-Doo doll that belongs to the daughter of some of our friends. We forgot to give it back before we left church. Later, I received an email and the girl's dad did a "by the way" and asked if we had the doll. Here is what happened:

The Killer (Aaron):

Yes, we have the doll. And you'll never see Scooby alive again unless you leave a stainless steel suitcase full of unmarked crispy cremes on the doorstep of 4242 Louisiana Ave in the city. Just leave them in front of our door.... um, I mean in front of the green door and I'll contact you with further instructions.
-The Killer

Reply:

ok, ok, the cremes are yours, just don't hurt the dog.

The Killer:

Let's "cut" to the chase: Scoobs whiskers are getting a little long. I suggest you quickly comply with our demands or else Scooby will get a really close "shave". If you are "sharp" you may want to get a "handle" on this situation and purchase a handsome "cutlery". Uh... I guess that last one didn't work, but do you get the "point"?

And the above image was attached to that email.

Yeah, the spookiness is what is so funny about this right? Right.

-The Killer

No go, Joe

No baby yet. So quit calling and asking about it! Why don't you just check this website, huh? That's what it's here for, you know? So I'm thinking tomorrow we'll have a baby. I'll be sure to post it here if we do.

Quickie, Rickie

I'm late for work, but I just wanted to blog that Jaime went to the doctor yesterday and had her "membranes stripped". Basically, the doctor separates the placenta from the uterine wall near the cervix to help speed things along. Often after having this done labor onsets within 24-48 hours. So I'm gathering all our stuff that we'll need if we have to run to the hospital and that's why I'm late. Since having this done Jaime says she's had lots of cramping and contractions so it sounds like its working. I'm hoping for the baby to come today so we can have the cool birthdate 06-07-05.

Cute song, Wong

No baby yet. Tomorrow at her appointment Jaime is going to ask her doctor to strip the membranes. Basically, that makes the baby come out sooner - sometimes within a day or two. Maybe Violet will be born on June 7 and then she and Asher will be exactly eighteen months apart. And her birthday would be 06-07-05 which is kind of a cool date.

I've started my research for the summer. I'm working with Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) to learn about a protein called ELL that is implicated in different forms of cancer. It's pretty interesting, but I bet you're already bored of me talking about this.

I bought a bike. I found a used steel 12-speed circa 1989 for $60. It's in pretty good shape, but I'll need to put a little bit of money to get it going well. I'll put pictures up when it's all set to go.

Here's a funny anecdote: we decided to buy an armoire style entertainment center for our TV so we can lock it up and keep Asher from playing with it. We found a nice rustic pine one at the Goodwill and loaded it into the Volvo and brought it home. I brought it into our house by myself with a hand truck and it was a real pain. We finally got it where we wanted and I put in the VCR and DVD player. Then the TV goes in. But wait... the TV is too deep to fit in the armoire! So do we buy a new TV now or get a different armoire. Hmmmm.

Back on track, Jack.

Well, I've been gone from the blog for a little while because we've just moved to our new apartment in the city. It's much bigger and nicer than our old one, but comes with all the minor annoyances that the living in the city presents. Jaime's belly is still huge, and baby Violet is still inside. She moves around a lot more than Asher did and Jaime's belly looks like an alien is about to pop out of it sometimes. She feels like that's going to happen to sometimes.