Report for mom

This one is for you mom. Don and I were getting the distinct impression that a concerned parent was getting a little worried that the baby still needed "stuff".

You will be happy to know that we did get out and did some shopping before returning to work. The little guy now has most of the necessities including a crib, change table, baby monitor, tub, stroller, bottles, blankets, clothes [including many little socks that Don assures me get lost in the wash], bath and grooming supplies, diaper bag, hats, jackets, shoes, soothers and even a nifty digital thermometer that can take the baby's temp. from under his arm. A friend has offered to loan us her baby car seat as her son has just outgrown it and has even more clothes for the baby.

Next we will stock up on the other little things including many, many diapers. I'm a little concerned though because Don keeps informing me that a tightly wrapped baby diaper [used] makes a good football. Wonder what he will think of a loosely wrapped one tossed in his direction? [No I'm not suggesting I'd do that to him - I'm just saying that it could happen]. The book collection continues to grow and everytime we go out Don keeps looking for the "classic kids" DVDs to add to our collection.

The one thing that we still need is a name. We haven't really discussed it much lately but so far have only agreed on Elias or Eli. Nobody but us seems to like that name though. It's not an easy thing to pick out a name given the size of our families - all family names have been taken up by the cousins and we certainly don't need another junior, junior [Don is a junior and my brother is a junior]. We'll work it out.

Finally, I've started playing music for the baby while I work. I put the speaker close to my belly and let the baby listen to the classics. When I told Don he respectfully requested that I play some Iron Maiden. I tried but just couldn't do it. Unfortunately for him, I'm attached to that belly and short of playing it while I'm sleeping he's out of luck. Not that I'm afraid he'd do something like that - I'm sure he'd think of a much more complicated way like making the phone ring play Crazy Train or something. Mind you, I think Des and Dakota have their own plot going because Dakota told me that you can get baby t-shirts and onsies with logos like the Ramones [a theme common in a lot of her own clothes these days]. It's going to be a challenge but somehow, someway I'm going to make sure the baby learns to appreciate Edith Piaf and Ella Fitzgerald too.