"Scared Silly" (Season 3 Episode 13

As the Thanksgiving holiday comes to an end and the final days of November mark themselves in the history books we find ourselves growing very anxious for Spraggle’s arrival. And not knowing when she will come is both humorous and nerve-racking.

The past few weeks have been very busy. Tony was very ill for a few weeks which put a wrench in our plans. However once he healed up we’ve gotten some serious work done on the nursery as well as taken care of collecting a few more last minute supplies. Tony’s Dad has been doing an AMAZING job on the walls (pictures when he is done) and Eric came in to install the new carpet yesterday. The room is looking REALLY NICE! We built the crib last night and will be working on the dresser tonight. We’re hoping to have the room completely set up by the end of the week. At which point we’ll probably commence pacing around the house waiting for baby delivery.



Another Awesome thing that we want to tell you all about is the photoshoot we did with Mike Ermilio. Mike has a great eye and amazing talent and we can’t thank him enough for taking these shots. The pictures cam out AMAZING! And you can see them all here: Maternity Photoshoot



On another note we started a Baby Pool. It’s a five dollar buy in per guess. The person chooses the Date, Time, and Weight that they think Spraggle will be born at. The person who chooses the right date wins. If multiple people guess the same date then we go by closest time. If that’s too close we go to weight. So far the pot is up to almost $100. (Even though we still have to collect money from most people) Winner takes all.

Most people seem to be favoring a slightly late baby, between December 17th and the 19th. Although the guesses do go as far as the 27th. And most guesses have Spraggle at about 7 and a half pounds. I know it’s not polite to talk about a girl’s weight but I think she will forgive us. We’re still taking bets!

Well we’re off to construct a nursery. Only 17 days until the due date!

"A Cave of One's Own" (Season 2 Episode 20)

As we get ever so much closer to Spraggle being born, we have found ourselves with too much to do in too little time. Although I have to keep reminding Michelle that MANY other people have had and raised babies with far less then we already have, she constantly seems determined to go out and buy “one more thing” or take care of “one more thing” in the house.

We finally began work on the nursery and although there is still a great deal to do we have to remind ourselves that Spraggle will not be staying in that room for at least a few months after she is born. True it would be nice to have it completed (which it should be) but the Due Date is a very flexible deadline for multiple reasons.

Another little hiccup (LOL I’ll get back to that) in planning for the next few weeks is the holidays. Not knowing when Spraggle will be born has forced us to consider our holiday plans and gift purchasing much earlier then we normally would. For all we know Spraggle could have intentions of being a Christmas baby and that would REALLY throw a kink into the works.

One thing that we are VERY happy to have checked off our list is our photoshoot with Mike. As a shower gift to my wife I scheduled a pregnancy photoshoot with our good friend Mike Ermilio. (http://www.michaeltakespictures.com) Although the shoot had to be pushed back a week, we had A LOT of fun posing for pictures and we CAN’t WAIT to see the finished product.

Anything else?…Oh yeah the hiccups. Spraggle has had the hiccups earlier and if you thought watching a person with those tiny gasps of air was funny try listening to a pregnant woman’s stomach while her child has the hiccups. IT’S HILARIOUS!!! Although the strange movements and creeping bumps of Michelle’s stomach have looked like something out of a deep space horror movie, I’ve actually been have A LOT of fun chasing Spraggle all around Mommy’s internals. (HEHEHE!) Michelle starts going to the doctor’s office once a week now so it’s almost time for Spraggle to burst out like jelly covered bread from a toaster. Ok bad analogy however it’s a humorous mental image.

More updates as we get them.