We took Naomi to her pediatrician yesterday, and found out we aren't yet failing as parents! She's down to 8 pounds 1 oz, which is better than normal, since most newborns lose about 7% body weight in the first few days. All of her newborn clothes are just a little too big for her right now, and she looks SO CUTE in her huge outfits.
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I know it's not technically my due date, but I already feel overdue. I started my maternity leave from work this week, thinking that something would have happened by now, but no. This baby is coming on her own time. Luckily, I've got maternity paid until June 20th, which is my lay-off date. Then we'll be living large on my severance package for another month before panic sets in and I start trying to figure out a way to make money from home. Avon? Amway? Packing up baby in the bjorn and hocking incense at the intersections? We'll figure it out.
Garrett just called me and told me that we could use my baby name! I'm so excited about this! We didn't agree on anything, until Lenora, and the more I say it the less I like it. If she turns out to be a boy (surprise!) then we've already agreed on Hunter. So now we need to meet her first, and if she looks like Lenora, then Garrett wins. If she looks like Naomi, then I win!
This is Tanya - I lost interest in the blog and forgot my password. I just wanted to let everyone know that Garrett and I are SO ready to have this baby. We've been nesting for the last week, and finally bought a "family" car - it's a Subaru Legacy wagon and baby's carseat is already installed and ready to take her home! I never thought I would be driving a forest green Subaru wagon in Seattle; if we aren't careful, Garrett and I will soon be wearing polar fleece and socks with sandals.
I've been pigging out on spicy foods and pineapple in the hopes that it speeds things along, but I'm trying to be patient. Garrett has packed his new dad bag for the hospital, and he's put together a birthing playlist for me on the ipod - mostly folk rock and stuff he's not crazy about. We finished birthing classes a few weeks ago, and hopefully we'll remember everything we learned once things start happening. I hope to maintain the blog once the baby is born because THAT is when it will get interesting. We're going to take a lot of pictures and videos and and and and and lots of stuff. So stay tuned.
Love,
Tanya
