I am posting the news here first as an exclusive for all of the faithful readers of Have a nice summer, which, from recent comments, would seem to consist of Mavis and myself.
My wife and I are expecting! My lovely wife just entered her second trimester, which means the wee one should arrive (well, emerge) around the end of September or beginning of October. Our child seems to be destined to be a Libra (who will hopefully balance us) and I'm going to hazard a guess s/he will be left-handed, as seemingly every Libra I know is left-handed (to balance out how ridiculously right-wing our leaders, if not our nation, are?--sorry Mavis, I know you wanted to keep this blog politics-free).
We don't know the sex yet so names are on the back-burner for now. I'm kind of fond of Ganesh, although my wife is not so sure we should be naming our child after other people's gods. I think she may actually believe in karma. I hope for my sake it doesn't exist--I just killed the first fly of the season and I've already been battling the ants. I love all creatures just so long as they stay out of my house.
We may not be able to make the trek north this year since the wee one will be so wee, but we'll definitely send pictures, although we do plan on coming north at the end of June for my parents' 50th anniversary.
Really, maybe we should name the child after my friend Tasnima, a new mother herself, who sent her "have baby" blessings when we were weren't sure we would succeed.
I'm not sure I have the same powers as Tasnima, but for anyone out there who wants them, I send my "have baby" blessings, too.
3 comments:
We are very proud that your trip to Cleveland over the New Year resulted in the conception of your first born. Much happiness to you!!
We'll look for some blessings end of next year. Or at least some good adoption vibes.
Lefty Libra's are nuts. I married one and have a best friend one. They're everywhere. They are the new NeoCon, I think.
See you in June, pregnant bitches.
Right-handed Libras are the best! Woo Hoo!
Mavis--I don't have the power of Tasnima, but I'll put in a word for you with Buddha, Ganesh, Krsna, and any other deity who might listen to me.
CHW--They certainly do!
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