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January 29, 2006

Only Seven Weeks To Go!

Yes, as crazy as it seems, Baby Buddha is scheduled to make his debut in seven weeks. My girlfriends Kiley and Jennifer threw an awesome baby shower (click for pictures) last weekend, complete with brunch and mimosas. After three baby showers, we have enough onesies, blankets, and burp cloths to last us for quite a while...or at least I hope we do. I'm starting to get the impression that when it comes to baby gear, you can never have too many of anything.

Greg and I have been taking Bradley classes for the past few weeks. Bradley advocates natural, husband coached childbirth. They stress that birth is a natural biological process that should rarely warrant medical intervention. My philosohphy is really closesly matched with Bradley- I figured that women have been having babies for thousands of years without pain medication, episiotomies, or even doctors so hopefully I'll be able to do it too. Greg and I are both learning an unbelieveable amount about the birth process (in some cases more maybe than we wanted to know) but its incredibly empowering to understand what will be happening during Buddha's birth and to connect with other couples that will be having babies at the same time that we are.

Buddha continues to get bigger every day; he's started kicking me in the ribs which I really appreciate. Check out all of the latest belly picks to see how big our little boy is getting.

January 16, 2006

2006- The Year of the Buddha

Greg has seriously slacked on the blogging front, so I thought I'd jump in and give an update. Tomorrow starts week 31 of the pregnancy; not long to go now! We are nearly finished with the nursery. The rocker and crib came in last week and the only piece missing is the rug that Greg's parents are driving out after junior makes his appearance.

We are no closer to having a proper name for Buddha. Greg has a favorite and I have a favorite and so far neither of us have been able to persuade the other to change their mind. Our current strategy is to spend a week calling the baby one name or the other in hopes that it will grow on us, but we're still at a stalemate. I have visions of my poor baby going to kindergarten as Buddha Toon.

Unfortunately there aren't any new pics available at the moment; we have some updated belly pics and pics from Christmas, so hopefully I can talk the webmaster into posting those soon. Hope everyone is doing well.

Claire