Well, I guess you all proved me wrong.
Natalie beat Jasmine.
Let’s see who else Natalie beat to get here: Circe, Noemi, Alia
Amelie (of course) beat out Grace.
Let’s see who else Amelie beat to get here: Claudette, Lily, Jasmine
In both cases it looks like they got a free pass on the first round, but the competition got [...]

Someone asked me yesterday when I am due (since my belly is too huge to be ignored), and I replied “Oh I dunno, now?” Yes fans, any time now! All of a sudden I am paying way more attention to all those little practice contractions I’ve been having for the last 6 weeks or so. [...]

Seriously, people?
Grace and Natalie over Penelope and Alia?
Seriously?
Well, at lease Alia was close to making it…
At any rate, here we are down to the final four. It appears if we’ve got a couple of Dark Horses going up against a certain fan favorite, Amelie, and the most divisive name in the tournament, Jasmine.
It seems [...]

If our counting is right, then baby is 37 weeks today and now considered full term! Happy T-Day little girl!

Now it’s just up to Baby to decide when she wants to come out. Hopefully that won’t be for the next few weeks, but I suppose she’ll come on out when the time is right. [...]

Tomorrow, the biggest piece of baby stuff we’re going to get will arrive.
The crib.
All the little onesies, and books, and dolls, are tucked into a corner that I can pretend not to see.
This crib, though?
No.
Not *this* crib.
There’ll be no ignoring it.
If it’s traumatic, I’ll tell you about it.
OH, THE APPRENESION!
I wish I could put pictures [...]

By popular request: target.com
I think I was supposed to do this *before* the shower, but it didn’t really matter since our savvy friends chose such thoughtful gifts. Anyway, for those of you who have been asking…here you go!
I think you can all guess what “must-have” item Rahul added to the list.

I think it would be nice to have some music for in the hospital. So far, my playlist includes “Eye of the Tiger” and some mellow harp music.
Any suggestions?
Also, from you experienced parents–any suggestions on what to pack for the hospital? I am going to try and avoid wearing one of those dumb gowns [...]

Yet another manifestation of this new chapter in our lives.

I’m not much of a gamer.
Though I’ve owned every Nintendo console since the original, I’ve played each one less and less leading up to the last console, the Gamecube, which I probably play once every 6 months. So when the new Nintendo came out, [...]

…apparently the father of my baby (as pictured above) was separated at birth from:

Whoa. Now I REALLY can’t wait to see what baby looks like.

Last week, Baby seemed to have hiccups every day. They feel just like when you have hiccups, but down low and real small. It’s slightly annoying and very cute.
So anyway, Rahul was out of town and Baby was hiccuping. And since it was just the two of us (me and my belly), I decided [...]