"The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles" (Season1 Episode 9)

Almost everyone who has talked to me since this time last year knows that the one thing I have been looking forward to is Rock Hall’s Pirate Weekend. Three days of pirate ships, pirate costumes, pirate songs, and pirate drinks (aka Rum). As a long time fan of preemptive nautical salvage experts there is nothing better in the world.

The weekend was awesome we partied, we danced, we had water fights, we even fired off cannons. However with all of that packed into one weekend it’s almost strange to think that the most memorable moment for me was when I got to feel my baby move. Yes Spraggle Kicked Me!

It was Saturday afternoon. We had just gotten back from a long day at sea and we were relaxing and taking turns getting showers. Michelle and I were chilled out laying down talking and she said “Give Me Your Hand!” with a bit more excitement then I would have expected her to be able to muster up. After strategically placing my hand where Spraggle was she told me to wait. Not knowing what I was waiting for I started to think the salt water and sun had fried her brain (still a possibility) however when I was sure nothing was going to happen, it did. I felt a strong push against my hand.

I was shocked to say the least and yes I let out a gasp. (But quickly covered it up by claiming Michelle just had gas) But really I was thinking “Damn I don’t ever want to be on the receiving end of that front kick. Kid’s got legs like her mother; that’s for sure.” All of a sudden all the other events of the weekend paled in comparison to that moment and my soon to be fatherhood became much more of a reality. I had spent the past year completely stoked for our piratical vacation but none of that mattered now.

Sadly the thoughts of pride and excitement faded when I realized: “That little bitch just KICKED ME! And I can’t even fight back! Just wait until she get’s bigger and I can actually see those feet against Michelle’s stomach, we are going to throw down and have some serious tickle/poking fights!”

From one Proud (Soon-to-be) Poppa

Tony

"All Work and All Play" (Season 2 Episode 8)

Well it’s been a very busy and exciting time around the Sprague Crew lately. Most of which has not been baby related although Michelle and Tony have been basking in the glow and relief of knowing they are having a baby girl.

That is not to say they were hoping for a girl as opposed to a boy. They were just getting VERY anxious (and impatient) to find out Spraggle’s gender. We can all finally stop using ambiguous pronouns or switching ‘he’ and ‘she’ between sentences.

We went and visited with our normal hospital yesterday. They had received the ultrasound from the specialists and wanted to look them over with us. Everything looks and sounds Great. Spraggle is growing nicely and we got to hear the heartbeat again which sounds Really Strong.

Although we were back at DCMH we sat with a new doctor this time, Dr. Troy. Our first impressions of Dr. Troy was…well…He’s more of a smartass then Tony! Suffice to say that if he is the doctor handling the delivery we may want to set up a recording device because it’s going to be too funny too miss. When he starts off with, “So how are the twins doing?” and Michelle’s eyes damn near pop out of her head you know it’s going to be good. He even made a crack about setting up bleachers in the delivery room so the family could watch. OH and he didn’t want to waste the trees it would take to Michelle a doctor’s note allowing her on her parent’s boat. (LONG STORY!)

On a rather Exciting note, Michelle has started to feel Spraggle move. The first few times she wasn’t entirely sure but the last few days she has definitely felt movement. We even got to hear some while listening to the heartbeat yesterday. Soon Michelle will be getting kicked from the inside and not think it’s *cute* anymore.

One quick story before we wrap up today’s post. Nathan and Adam came over to visit last night. While getting ready to leave Nathan said he wanted to say Bye to Spraggle. The only problem was he couldn’t find her. Michelle tried explaining that Spraggle was in her tummy but she would be coming out soon. Nathan lifted up Michelle’s shirt and stared at her stomach. He patted her tummy a few times then said “But I want to see her!” Michelle tried again to explain that Spraggle was in her tummy. Nathan looked up like he was thinking REALLY HARD then he stuck his eye up to Michelle’s belly button and squinted as if he was trying to look down a dark hallway. LOL! We laughed so hard! Guess you had to be there.

Talk to you all soon!