The State of the Nursery

I am 14 weeks pregnant, leaving about 26 weeks (hopefully) to get ready for the arrival of a newborn. The nursery is an obvious place that needs to be worked on. We have previously ripped up the blue carpet (the same carpet that was in the living room) to reveal the hardwood floor underneath. The floor needs more fixing than the living room floor though.

Random holes need to be fixed (I think they were bringing up cable from the basement)


Old air vents need to be fixed with nicer looking wood, we want to replace the grill with an old style of grill (as in the living room)

Ali is planning on sanding and refinishing the floor.

The paint colour for the walls is in the process of being chosen
We are slowly eliminating some choices everyday

The closet is a good closet for the age of the house. It is the only place that there is wallpaper (and two different ones).
The current plan, which as all plans is subject to change, is to have a series of adjustable rods on one side, and adjustable shelves and drawers on the other side.
I have stripped about 1/2 of the wall paper and so far has not been a problem. We will repaint the closet white before installing the shelving units.

We have chosen an area rug for the floor. On Saturday, we went to Kids Interior Design Store and ordered the "Somethin Fishy" rug on this page.

Since people have been asking, I am feeling okay. I am getting over the exhaustion of the first trimester and once I figured out that I need to eat constantly my stomach has been feeling better. I am still fitting in regular clothes, although most of my jeans no longer fit.

"A superhero powered by heavy metal music..."

Many of you may be wondering why, in this age of sky-rocketing gas prices, environmental catastrophe, un-parallelled corporate corruption and shady election year shenanigans, would Number One Mom and I bring a child into such a crazy world.

I argue that those of you who would ask such things, obviously haven't watched this:



That's right True Believers! Next weekend, Ninja Embryo will be exposed in-utero, to the coolest (read: loudest) comic-book movie ever to hit movie screens since Michael Bay's crap-tacular transforming car flick.


I wonder, is it safe to expose un-born children to such high levels of CGI and Robert Downey Jr. at the same time?

Diet

An article in the Globe and Mail today discusses diet of the Mom, and sex of the baby.

I can't seem to find the online article but here is the original paper. The group of women in the high calorie group tended to have more boys (56%) compared to the low calorie group (45% boys)
Eating more bananas and cereal increase the number of boys. There is an old wives tale that drinking lots of milk means that you will have girl, but it seemed that drinking lots of milk increased the number of boys. (This could explain my extended family).

I can't remember if I was eating lots of bananas in Jan/Feb or not. I do eat cereal and milk everyday.

** yes I am a geek - you didn't think that was going to change did you.

"The One Whose Name Should Only Be Whispered"

For centuries, The Ancient One's prophesied the birth of a prodigal child, armed with the ancient skills of the dreaded shinobi. In the language of the old country, the name of this child of destiny is roughly translated as: "The One Whose Name Should Only Be Whispered". Whether this child is a bane or boon to mankind has yet to be determined. And lo', in this Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eight, the time of the child's emergence is nigh...

Sightings of the prophesied child are extremely rare, and we have discovered why. The child has used it knowledge of the ancient mystical arts to prevent itself by being detected by hiding in here:



It currently lives within a host, hereafter designated "Number One Mom", an avid knitter, occasional blogger and dog-owner who has been serving as an incubator of sorts. The picture above was taken by one we shall designate "Number One Dad", a hapless, amateur photographer, amateur entertainment critic, and a recovering Asia-phile.

By using the most up-to-date tools science, including ultra-sonic imagery, we here at this blog have caught a glimpse of the elusive master of the stealthy arts. Here, at last, is the proof of the existence of one, whom for now we shall designate "Ninja Embryo":


A review of video evidence from this sighting reveals that Ninja Embryo is very active, and moves around quite a lot, thus restricting the efforts of our scientific team to record certain measurements. Therefore much about Ninja Embryo, including its gender, remains a mystery. One wonders if this a deliberate effort on the part of Ninja Embryo. One can almost hear the child's terribly smug laughter. We here at this blog will keep you posted on future developments.

Ninja Skills Observed So Far:

1) The ability to engage in a benign, symbiotic relationship with Number One Mom.

2) Cranium size is relatively large for the size of its body, thus indicating a genetic link with Number One Dad.

3) Ninja Embryo seems to have a cute, button-like nose, thus indicating a genetic link with Number One Mom.

4) Foot motions observed during the ultrasound strangely resemble martial arts kicks.

5) Hand motions observed during the ultrasound strangely resemble the techniques one would employ when throwing ninja stars.