My Real Life

November 22, 2010

Names

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So, Real Man and I have realized that we have about three months left to come up with a name for the baby.

Actually, we probably have more like two and a half months.

So, the baby naming discussions have begun.

The only downside of not finding out the sex ahead of time is having to come up with two name possibilities instead of one.

So, we’re working on it.

We have, as you can imagine, included the monkeys in the discussion.

They have been…how shall I say…not incredibly helpful.

Okay, that’s not exactly true.

Monkey Girl has come up with some names that she likes, however, they are all for baby girls.

The boys have also made suggestions.

However…

Monkey in the Middle suggested Sprinkle Cookie and figured it could work for a boy or a girl.

Baby Monkey suggested Batman Baby, and if it is a girl, Batman Girl Baby.

When you suggest any name to Baby Monkey, he says “No way Jose are we naming the baby that!”

It’s pretty darn cute.

Of course, at this rate, this baby will have no name.

Or, we could go with… here, imagine me whistling and drawing the number “7” in the air.

Seinfeld, anyone?  Anyone?

Anywho…it’ll come, probably in the eleventh hour, but it’ll come.

In the meantime, the monkeys have nicknamed it “Peanut” and it’s working for now.

November 20, 2010

Girl’s Day Out for Harry Potter

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So, Monkey Girl and I had a day at the movies, today.

We went to see Harry Potter.

We’re Harry Potter buddies, she and me.

We loved the movie.

I had a thought, midway through.

Why isn’t there a Team Harry and a Team Ron?

I mean, I realize they aren’t vying for the heart of Hermione, nor are the Harry Potter books a love story.

But still…isn’t that what we do?

Pick sides?

Or, is it not cool to pick sides when both of the contenders are friends?

I digress.

We loved the movie.

Then, we hit the library.

We picked such classics as “Walter the Farting Dog.”

Our sophistication is sometimes just too much to handle.

It was a good day with my girl.

Ah, it’s always a good day with my girl.

November 19, 2010

Baby Update

Filed under: Uncategorized — Amy @ 8:30 pm
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So, I figure, every now and then, I should give you a baby update, even though nothing is really happening, except for the baby cooking away in there.

This is what I look like today:

I almost didn’t post this, because as I downloaded it to the computer, I noticed that my butt looks almost as big as my belly.

I immediately hopped up to check it out.

Nothing to fear.

Baggy jeans…that’s all.

Phewf!

Because, let me tell you, I don’t need to be expanding anywhere else.  So far, I seem to be all baby, and I mean ALL baby.  I’m huge.  24 weeks and 25 pounds up from where I was back in June.  Heck, 25 pounds up from where I was in August.  So, I’ll keep the expanding to the belly if I can.

Anyway, vanity aside, things are going well.

Apparently I’m carrying low, as this is what every person who crosses my path tells me.

Apparently, this means I’m having a boy, and apparently, it is not up for discussion.

I had forgotten how quickly the experts come out of the woodwork when you are pregnant.  They know what you are having and when you are having it and you can’t tell them any differently.

So, I just smile and nod and say “Oh, well, we’ll see!”

They are watching me for placenta previa, so I’m being careful.  I’ll find out in late December how things are going there.  I’m not thinking about it until then.  Wait to worry is my motto.

Baby is measuring large, but is looking fantastic and healthy and strong.

Just heard the heartbeat again yesterday and loving that little PacMan “wokka, wokka, wokka, wokka” sounding heartbeat.

So, basically, the baby update is that things are good. 🙂

November 16, 2010

The Morning Travels of Baby Monkey

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Yesterday, our bed.

Today?

The flash of the camera woke them, which was fine because I was looking for him because he needed to get up anyway.

Wonder where he’ll be tomorrow!

November 15, 2010

Monday Morning

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Real Man and I woke up this morning to this sight in between us, in our bed.

Makes a Monday morning much more bearable.

November 13, 2010

Huh?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Amy @ 5:15 pm
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So, I was uploading a picture to Facebook, today, from my camera.

As it came up on iPhoto, so did all the other photos that are saved on the camera.

This photo appeared.

I have no recollection of ever taking this picture.

This makes me nervous for a few reasons:

1)  I should remember the pictures I take on my camera.

2)  If I didn’t take this picture, someone else in the house did and didn’t tell me there was a snake on the premises (looks like the driveway after a rain).

3)  There’s a snake on the premises.

4)  I have no idea when this picture was taken.  Ick.

Surprise pictures.

Not such a fun surprise.

November 10, 2010

Fever

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Monkey in the Middle was sent home, at the very end of the day, with a fever today.

I gave him some Motrin and he’s all settled in, and so I started doing some work.

I had to go to one of my flash drives to find a letter that I needed to send home to parents, and I came across a picture that, for some reason, I had on my school flash drive.

That’s Monkey in the Middle when he was 5 months old.

Are you kidding me?

ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME?

Excuse me while I go sob at how big he’s gotten and mourn how quickly time goes by.

November 6, 2010

Baby Monkey’s Doppleganger

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Is it Baby Monkey?

Or is it Rerun, from “What’s Happening?”

You be the judge.

November 5, 2010

Megamind – Our Review

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Here in Jersey, it’s time for the annual New Jersey Education Association conference in Atlantic City.

The result is that we get Thursday and Friday off from school during the first week of November, every year.

I did not attend the conference this year, and Real Man took two vacation days so he could hang with the fam.

We decided to take the monkeys to see Megamind this afternoon.

It was packed and we wound up sitting in the second row, but it really wasn’t too bad.

Baby Monkey had M&M’s, Monkey in the Middle had Twizzlers, and Monkey Girl got the Kid’s Combo which is a little popcorn, a few gummy bears, and some fruit punch.

I always like to give the food report, because really, the food makes the movie so much better.

Just a personal observation.

It was a great movie.

There were jokes for everyone, and even the jokes for the adults were appropriate and okay for little ears.

There was only one part that I would have loved to have seen coming so I could have covered some ears.

One of the characters said, “There is no Easter Bunny and there is no Tooth Fairy!  You have to stop believing in that nonsense!”

Luckily, Baby Monkey was in the bathroom with Real Man during that line.

Monkey in the Middle looked over at me and shook his head, as if to say, “What a fool.  No Easter Bunny, no Tooth Fairy.  Puh-lease.”

Monkey Girl gave me a wink.

Other than that, it was a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

Highly recommend it to anyone.

Now we can’t wait for Thanksgiving so we can go see “Tangled.”

November 4, 2010

Being a Little Brother

Filed under: Uncategorized — Amy @ 11:39 am
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None of us have school today, and so Monkey in the Middle asked if he could invite his friend, Zach, over.

We said sure, and so Zach is here today from 10-3.

Monkey in the Middle and Zach are good boys and play really nicely together, so it’s always a nice day when he’s here.

Baby Monkey, however, I think is more excited than Monkey in the Middle.

It’s his chance to “hang with the big boys.”

Real Man and I try to distract him and engage him in other things so the big guys can have their fun, but he just wants to be with them.

Desperately.

Where they go, he follows.

What they play, he wants to play.

Luckily, Zach is the second of four children, so he understands both being the little brother and having a little sibling.

After some initial, “Baby Monkey has the cooties” stuff, they are now playing happily in Monkey in the Middle’s room, making the biggest train track that ever existed.

Baby Monkey keeps coming down and checking on the rest of us, because that’s his thing, but then he goes right back upstairs to be one of the guys.

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