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     notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3459 Registered: 5-2001  |
This will be The First 100% MOL Baby!! Wooo hoooooooooooo!!! Yes, folks, it's true. Pippi and I are thrilled to announce that we're due to have a baby on or around Christmas! It's our first, and we are very happy and excited, and of course nervous, too. For those of you not familiar with the back story... I bought my house all by my lonely self about 7 years ago and it didn't take me long to become a MOL addict. After I started a thread about myself, the yentas came out of the cyber-woodwork! Virtual It Girl, formerly known as Shh, sent me Pippi's email address and said "go for it!". (Note that she had never actually met me at that point!) Well, I eventually managed to arrange a date with Pippi. It was Mother's Day, and I had to push all my relatives out the door in order to get to the Knitting Factory on time. Pippi was looking hot in a black Rolling Stones t-shirt with that famous tongue logo. Somehow, Pippi's mother got my address. Every few days, an envelope would arrive with a dollar in it and some words of encouragement, like "She likes you! Keep it up!" or "She's not really like that, she's PMS-ing!" or "If you dump my daughter I'll drag you behind my Skylark by your intestines!" I gotta say that those dollars added up, and by the time I had fifty bucks I knew that it was time to turn those dollars into quarters and get the best ring for my Best Girl out of the gumball machine at Pathmark. The previous paragraph may not be entirely accurate. But we definitely did get married on October 10, 2004 in a gorgeous, tree-filled outdoor setting in Basking Ridge. We wrote our own vows. The ceremony featured an 11-minute piece for a small orchestra that I composed, titled "Overture for a Life Together". It also featured quite a lot of bees, who were mostly harmless, although they stung one guy twice! Pippi knows a very hot DJ in the city, and he spun records for us. I felt terrible when the crowd on the dance floor suddenly evaporated, but in my family when the ice cream is brought out nothing is more important. We honeymooned in Spain. What a great trip! (I'd show you the video, but I haven't quite finished editing it yet.) We then returned to a happy life of suburban bliss. I love, love, love Pippi. We consider ourselves quite modern, but Pippi has leaped into the traditional woman's role of pointing out everything that is wrong, and reminding me of everything that needs to be done. This takes up all her time, which reveals more about me than about her. (One would think an individual such as myself is able to remember what is happening tonight, or tomorrow, or this weekend. Sadly, no.) I endeavor daily to make Pippi realize that I am infallible, extremely capable, and an expert in literally every subject, which is an easy position to take when your wife is a person who can't tell you where the sun sets without murmuring "rises in the East..." first. On the other hand, my halo of perfection vanishes the moment I install a screen door backwards. (Whoa, that was a headslapper. I think I fixed it before she found out.) I've also been known to lose bills on the kitchen table for months, drive a drill bit into my palm, over-tip the Cluck-U delivery guy, leave a saw stuck in a tree branch for a week, run out of gas, lend things away forever, turn off the lights in rooms that are - HEY! - occupied, eat all the cookies, etc. I'm fun like that. Pippi sticks around anyway. Well, you know how it goes... naturally, the subject of having a child came up now and again. We discussed it like mature adults and fortunately we were both in complete agreement. It's something that, well... it happens all the time. Just look at humanity. There you go. Now what's for dinner? Most of our friends have children. Some of them, like Virtual It Girl's, make you want to dash home and breed a brood. Others, after an hour or two of screaming, puking, whining, running off, falling down, throwing applesauce, biting each other, shrieking expletives, playing with knives, fondling dog poo, etc., make Pippi turn quite pale, and by this time my testes have usually retracted up into my body and gone temporarily dormant. In spite of the coaxing and cajoling and coddling and coaching and coercion of our parents, it was really our cats that inspired us to attempt a spawning. (I'm only realizing that as I write this, actually.) I'd had some wonderful cats but Pippi had never had any. The two kitties we have now, though, (Kid Charlemagne and Aja) are so cute and sweet that they could win over a voracious wolverine. We coo at them and giggle at their antics and we love them so much, and when the whole family is cozily curled up on the couch, well, we... we... are treating the cats like they are our kids. That's what's happening. We really want a baby, even if he or she won't have a fluffy tail. (In fact, one hopes this is the case.) Even though the scale of the responsibility is terrifyingly huge, and even though we won't have clear answers to every single question, and even though our lives are going to change completely, forever, it's something we want to do. I can't wait until the moment when I hold that little baby in my arms for the first time, and wet myself out of anxiety. Now we're through the first trimester, and reality is starting to sink in. Pippi is just starting to "show" and I think it's very, very cute. I already feel the need to shout words of wisdom into her abdomen, like "Hey! Did you like that spicy food? Mommy didn't!" We need to make some important decisions, and it seems like every tiny thing could have such a big influence on the little dude. Why, when a well-made chest of drawers can be had for $500, is a "changing table" of lesser complexity and quality $900? Should we get a stroller with big wheels or little wheels? Do we produce a mountain of garbage with plastic diapers, or spend the baby's college fund on cloth diapers? When we go out for some time to ourselves, how long can we leave the kid in the refrigerator? And most importantly, what steps can we take today to make sure our kid will marry into wealth tomorrow? Yep. It's a big deal. The biggest. But we're thrilled. Pippi is delighted to have made it this far without feeling unwell, and I'm delighted that I've made it this far without being ordered at midnight to obtain licorice or mashed potatoes. I recently saw a guy at the South Orange train station with a tiny tot in a strapped-on slingy thingy on his chest and I couldn't wait to have my own baby similarly mounted. I want to take my kid on bike rides, and to the Museum of Natural History, and read bed-time stories, and answer a thousand questions, and wave good-bye to inadvertently released balloons, and show him or her how to put creamed corn in mommy's shoe. It's gonna be great. | ||
| Pippi Supporter Username: Pippi Post Number: 2371 Registered: 8-2003  |
"But we definitely did get married on October 10, 2004" "Pippi has leaped into the traditional woman's role of pointing out everything that is wrong" Um, dear. we were married on October 3 | ||
| MeAndTheBoys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 4022 Registered: 12-2004  |
What wonderful news. Congratulations to the two of you. Clearly you are lovely and happy together. Adding baby will only make it more so. | ||
| Dave Supporter Username: Dave  Post Number: 9907 Registered: 4-1997  |
Congrats! (missed anniversary by a week? ouchy. that'll cost ya) | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 8110 Registered: 5-2001  |
 I'm laughing too hard to say "congrats".... I hope we continue to get both perspectives throughout our MOL pregnancy! | ||
| Virtual It Girl Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 4639 Registered: 5-2001 |
I can't believe you got the date wrong!!! Do you forget her actual birthday too? I am sooo happy for you guys! Now that my kids are a little older I will be able to appreciate your baby. (And my girls will make great babysitters, in due time of course.) What you said about my kids was very sweet Notehead! (remind me to give you that money I owe you.) Mazel Tov...I hope the baby is born on my birthday! | ||
| Bob K Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 11871 Registered: 5-2001 |
Congrats, we Ks are very happy for you and find the news wonderful. Notes, Mrs. K and I have been married for 28, or is that 29 years, and the only reason I remember our anniversay is that our daughter calls to remind me.  | ||
| doulamomma Citizen Username: Doulamomma Post Number: 1581 Registered: 3-2002 |
Incredibly sweet announcement- causing a bit of welling up for me & I'm not even pregnant! Congrats! | ||
| tototoo Citizen Username: Tototoo Post Number: 179 Registered: 1-2002 |
Notehead, that is the one of the sweetest and funniest true confessions I've ever read in my life. Pippi, Notehead is one extraordinarily lucky man! And the real winner here? The BLESSED EVENT. Congratulations and best of happiness, health and joy to all of you (that includes your cats)! | ||
| Pippi Supporter Username: Pippi Post Number: 2372 Registered: 8-2003 |
Thanks to all for your good wishes! VIG - I hope the baby is born on your birthday too - that'll be one less thing to remember! tototoo - I consider myself the lucky one. Really. Yep. Knocked up. Feeling really really good. I read the "Morning (Really 24 hour) Sickness Remedies?" thread and am quite aware how lucky I am. The "Post Partum Tips" thread has been very very helpful. Up until the last week or so it has been very easy to forget that I am pregnant. Especially since we didn't tell anyone aside from our immediate family. At this point I am showing and we are telling people. Now, it's the main topic of conversation . I am not sure I am ready for that. It's so overwhelming and, damn, three months went by so quickly! Feel free to share your experiences (as long as they are not about the pain of child birth) We look forward to receiving a great deal of unsolicited advice from our fellow MOLers  bring it on! PS - Meandtheboys - Can you repost your great list of child care options? we haven't put a great deal of thought into it, but I know I am going back to work and we are 99% sure day care will be the thing for us. | ||
| sac Supporter Username: Sac Post Number: 3525 Registered: 5-2001 |
Congratulations! I predict that this blog will rival the Greenetree's mom blog for post count. | ||
| SoOrLady Citizen Username: Soorlady Post Number: 3358 Registered: 9-2003 |
THAT'S AWESOME!!!! Congratulations!!! Here's a fun site for you to play with: http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html | ||
| Pizzaz Supporter Username: Pizzaz Post Number: 3758 Registered: 11-2001  |
Wonderful news. Best Wishes always.. | ||
| Monster© Supporter Username: Monster Post Number: 3651 Registered: 7-2002  |
First) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Second) Notehead, I hope you don't get all the indegestion and gain all the weight like I did, not to mention the weird cravings. Third)    | ||
| Calliope Citizen Username: Calliope Post Number: 432 Registered: 3-2006  |
WOW! (WHO CAN FOLLOW THAT???^) any way ---A VIRTUAL HUG{{{{{}}}}}}for both of you and the little Piphead too! When the time comes, I am sure we will have suggestions to help the kitties accept the kiddy---we don't want any sibling rivalry. Much love and luck! Calli | ||
| composerjohn Citizen Username: Composerjohn Post Number: 848 Registered: 8-2004  |
Congratulations. What terrific news! Are you going to teach the baby ProTools?  | ||
| las Citizen Username: Las Post Number: 1889 Registered: 10-2003 |
Mazel Tov to the parents to be! | ||
| eliz Supporter Username: Eliz Post Number: 1526 Registered: 5-2001 |
This is great news! I remember back when Shh set you guys up. I hope if it's a girl you name her MOLly  . | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 1573 Registered: 5-2001 |
That is such exciting and wonderful news! Congratulations to both of you. (and I'm really glad that VIG's "yenta-ing" worked out so marvelously well.) | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 2339 Registered: 5-2001 |
Yes...Molly! Perfect! | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 2875 Registered: 9-2003  |
WHOAA!! This is GREAT! So the morning train schedule changes, so do our travel patterns, and I miss this. Yikes! Sure hope you're knitting some really cool stuff out of those European pattern books. Expecting this child to be a fashion plate! And now, you have something to put in that cool car of yours. Congratulations! | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 5054 Registered: 5-2001  |
Pipi !!! Notehead!!! This is such great news. I am so so so happy for the both of you. You were the first people that I met in "real" life from MOL. WOWOWOW. sleep now. | ||
| Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 1249 Registered: 5-2005  |
Congratulations!!!! | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 2340 Registered: 5-2001 |
and if it's a boy...Dave! | ||
| Lizziecat Citizen Username: Lizziecat Post Number: 1281 Registered: 5-2003 |
Congratulations! And to the prospective grandmas and grandpas, too! | ||
| Wendy Supporter Username: Wendy Post Number: 2626 Registered: 5-2001 |
Yay, yay, yay! Mazel tov, congrats and all of that! What wonderful news and what a delightful way to hear of it. Can't wait to say all this in person too! | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3460 Registered: 5-2001 |
I can't believe I got the wedding date wrong! I know it's 10/3..... but my birthday is 9/10 and Pip's is 10/4, and I originally wrote the month as a number, and then... and then... I got confused.  Thanks for all the good wishes, everybody! | ||
| red Citizen Username: Redy67 Post Number: 5878 Registered: 2-2003  |
Fantastic, congratulations! | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 8114 Registered: 5-2001 |
Since it's an MOL baby, do we get to name him/her? We can skip the stripper names from the other thread if it makes you feel any better. | ||
| Virtual It Girl Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 4640 Registered: 5-2001 |
Molly is SO perfect guys! And Pippi does kind of look like Molly Ringwald too. (Or at least we used to say that circa 1986.) Notehead, I thought that may have been why you confused the dates but I didn't want to seem like a know-it-all. | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3461 Registered: 5-2001 |
This might be a good time to tell you all that we're not gonna find out the baby's gender until the big day. For the nonce, we are calling the baby "Mrbtabr". (MIR-buh-tabber) This is a word I made up whilst playing Scrabble one time. There aren't enough 7-letter words with only one vowel, don't you agree? This is a picture of Mrbtabr from a week ago... (freaky that we can do this, ain't it?)  | ||
| Wendy Supporter Username: Wendy Post Number: 2628 Registered: 5-2001 |
No problemo. Did the same thing (although no one believed that we did). Good thing we had a boy cause we had only agreed on a boy's name. This gives us double the pleasure of giving you wonderful suggestions. Just don't tell anyone what you decide. Should you do, the following can happen: "We decided to name the baby X if it's a boy." "X? Are you sure? Ewwwww." X is born and the Ewww person now has to live with the fact that they know and you know they had a definite opinion about X's name. Don't share; don't share. Should the name be really ewwwy, the kid can always change it legally. | ||
| Jersey_Boy Citizen Username: Jersey_boy Post Number: 1137 Registered: 1-2006  |
I never read the blogs. (okay I read Las's cover to cover when I started here.) But I'm so glad I came to see what's up. A 100% MOL baby! It's like woodstock in here. And I know because I took some of the brown acid. Good luck and don't feel bad if you don't search before asking about Obs, baby doctors, or how to change a diaper. My advice regarding names: don't discuss it with anyone. Choose what feels right and everyone will love it. However, MOLly would be so freakin' great that I can't control my selfjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj. Congrats, JJ.B. | ||
| Lucy Supporter Username: Lucy Post Number: 4227 Registered: 5-2005  |
Wonderful news for you both and what a joy for your baby. He or she will be loved and a life of joy to all. Now when is the baby shower??? | ||
| jamie Citizen Username: Jamie Post Number: 552 Registered: 6-2001  |
Congrats to you two! So happy to hear the news. Jamie | ||
| ess Citizen Username: Ess Post Number: 2297 Registered: 11-2001  |
A public and heartfelt and totally kvelling Mazel Tov to you both!!! What a great joy for you incredibly special parents-to-be. Let me volunteer my own Little Ess (the girl one) as a babysitter down the road. She, too, is thrilled to hear the news! Btw, sorry Pippi, but so far, I think the baby looks like Notehead. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox | ||
| Project 37 Citizen Username: Project37 Post Number: 121 Registered: 3-2006  |
Such a great story (even if the actual date was in question) and brilliant news. CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes to all three (!) of you  | ||
| jbirchby Citizen Username: Jbirchby Post Number: 79 Registered: 11-2001 |
Hahahaa, I can totally empathize with you on the wrong date seeing as SO and I were to be wed October 10, 1999 until the fateful day 3 months before our wedding I received the phone call from the venue "um... we're really sorry, we double booked that date, how's October 3 work for you?". Oh well, no matter 10/10/99 it poured. 10/3/99 was beautiful. Of course each year I have to think really hard if it's the 3rd or the 10th... usually I just call my mom, she always remembers. You know, seeing as we do share an anniversary I can set up a yearly reminder for you (if I can remember myself). But. Back to the important stuff. CONGRATULATIONS again!!! We are soooooo happy for you two! And BTW, since this will be the first kid on our side of the family, s/he will probably be the most spoiled kid. Ever. (PS, thanks for taking some of the pressure off me  ) | ||
| Pippi Supporter Username: Pippi Post Number: 2373 Registered: 8-2003 |
You MOLers are the best, thanks! I'll have you know it was VERY difficult not to turn to my normal source of information and comfort during the last 3 months! I would have written last night but, boy was I tired. What's up with that? Why am I SO exhausted?? I know my body is busy and all, but still....I would like to not be so exhausted. I was working out up until about a month ago, but this heat is too much. Plus Sensei at Blue Life Karate won't let pregnant women take kick boxing classes (even though my doc says it's ok). I plan to take the prenatal yoga classes offered at Shakti. Any other good ideas for working out? And food. Can someone please explain my obsession with food. I generally spend meal times thinking about what my next meal will be. OINK. RE: Names MOLly is a perfect name since we are picking "M" names. It might have just made it to the short list. No, we won't be telling in advance. We happen to have two names picked out, but welcome suggestions. We are looking for something different, but not trendy. So let 'er rip! | ||
| Pippi Supporter Username: Pippi Post Number: 2374 Registered: 8-2003 |
Jbirchby - I am pleased to take the pressure off you. Your cousin might need an anniversary reminder, but I clearly don't ess - Little ess is already on the list of future babysitters, along with the VIG girls! |
