Pseudonym Suggestions (Month Nine Poll)

Following the lead of the ever awesome Stefania and Brenda who refer to their daughters online as “Bunny,” “Wallie,” and “Baby Bug,” we thought we’d come up with a pseudonym for our baby to be used online. We feel this is important to protect the privacy and safety of our child.

So, while we have planned to call the wee one “Baby Spritzer Leyba,” we thought maybe you could come up with something more creative and interesting. What sorts of fun, silly, or outrageous name suggestions can you come up with?

For our final month’s poll — What do you think we should call our baby online?

So much to say, so little energy to type


28 (left) vs 36 weeks (right)

Let’s just say these past three weeks on bedrest have been interesting. I’ve gone through periods of extreme grouchiness and discomfort (being idle really doesn’t suit me), coupled with constant exhaustion; however, this weekend I am feeling better since we can now give birth safely at home.

Hooray! We’ve made it to 36 weeks and the baby is still cooking! And active! (Oh, the acid reflux!) And hiccuping! (Oh, the lack of sleep!) And constantly trying to bounce its head on mama’s cervix! (Very sensitive. Ouch!) Thank goodness for the most awesome prize ever waiting for me at the end of this pregnancy adventure. Despite my complaining about bedrest and the aches and pains of pregnancy, it’s all so worth it.

The freshly laundered pile of diapers, towels, wipes, clothes, blankets, and sheets to be put away.

David has been a complete saint and has taken awesome care of me. I’ve eaten better these last three weeks than over the course of the entire pregnancy. He’s done everything: the laundry, the dishes, the cleaning, the cooking. He’s gotten all the birth equipment and baby stuff washed and ready. He has even helped me in the shower! All this plus continuing to work full time. Luckily, he’s been telecommuting for three weeks, so he’s been home with me. Wow, we are lucky that David has such an awesome situation at work.

So, we’re now in the home stretch. It will be interesting to see exactly when I go into labor once I go off the herbs currently keeping me from going into labor. Could be a day, could be a month. It all depends on how quickly the herbs leave my system and the pace at which my body decides it’s time!

In the meantime, I’ve finally perfected my left-handed mouse action and am getting pretty good at typing with one hand while lying on my side, so I’m online a bit more now. We… (who am I kidding?!)… David has completed nearly everything on our pre-baby checklist, so I believe we’re as ready as we can be to welcome our little baby into the world!


Some recent flickr favorites

p.s. It’s such a relief having contractions and not flipping out!

Reminder — join in our Virtual Baby Shower

Guess the baby!Final Reminder!

If you want to submit photos to our Photo Matching Game, please email in a photo of yourself when you were a baby and a photo of you taken recently.

Then we will all get to guess which baby photo belongs to whom.

I hope you will join us! The more the merrier!

Photos are due by December 21st.
Thanks for participating!

Virtual Baby Shower

In case you haven’t heard, we’re hosting our baby shower online!

Because we have friends and family scattered across the country, we’ve decided to forgo the typical baby shower gathering. Rather than travel to New Jersey or Northern California or New Mexico, you can participate sitting at home in front of your computer. All our friends and family can then take part, feel included, and not spend a cent.

Our first Baby Shower activity is a photo matching game. To join in, please email Carrie one of your baby photos, as well as a photo taken recently. Then we will all get to guess which baby photo belongs to which friend! Photo submissions are due by December 21st, so please hop on it and email me your photos!

David and I hope you all join in. The more folks participating, the more fun and the greater challenge it will be!

UPDATED: No stress if you can’t find photos to submit! Everyone is welcome to join in and play the guessing game!

And please stay tuned to learn more about our next virtual baby shower activity…

Monthly Baby Polls  

We’ve also been hosting polls about the baby! Check out and vote in our month six poll (what color hair will the baby have?) and month seven poll (when will our baby arrive?). Our month eight poll will be online soon. (Please email Carrie or leave a comment bellow with topic suggestions!)