Worst blogging dad of the century right here

Its not that I have been too busy or anything, the reason that i havent been keeping up on this blog is.....im the worst baby dad blogger in the history of baby dad blogging. The last month of Lindy's pregnancy have been pretty uneventful....and Katie (yes it looks like i won the name spelling contest) has been boorrrrrrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnnggggggggg.

So in keeping with the pattern of me being the worst dad on the planet

except maybe this guy

I have decided to give Katie the never ending gift of being a cubs fan

Not just an outfit but also a bib, bottle, and pacifier all plastered in cubs gear. Not to mention that 50 games into the season Lindy is already asking me "OMG how much longer until we dont have to watch cubs games" and "do the cubs EVER win?" To which i have to give the answers "seasons almost over" and then explain that while the cubs do win some games, they havent won a world series in over 100 years. 

In baby news the last month has been pretty boring (ok the last 5 months) but today was my last day of work before my leave of absence so naturally i called out sick. At the doctors appointment the doctor told us Lindy is 3cm dilated.....which means absolutely nothing. But we are officially going to have a baby on or before May 25th because the 25th at 6am we will be going to the hospital and starting an induction.

*side note* for the love of god dont preach on this blog about "zomg you should have done it all natural" Just go ahead and keep that to yourself. We have done our research and every decision we make is informed and talked over with our doctor. *

So yeah, i pinky promise this blog will get better after Katie Taylor Davidson is here.

Adios for now

One month between blog posts

and somehow i dont have much significant to say.....got some Katy pics (oh in regards to that Lindy is starting to lean Katie over Katy, but i told to wait, push the baby out, look her in her face and then decide)

so heres the pics....they kinda suck cuz the ultrasound machine wasnt as good as the one we previously went to

 this is katy/ie looking at us

and this is a profile shot

the other pics just get worse as far as quality goes. Lindy has been making a shit town of bows and ribbons things for Katie/y's head and matching them up and stuff. I think this is her version of nesting. Also we got a dresser for us and a dresser for Katie/y so yay real furniture. 

Uh yeah sorry this blog is sucking....hopefully i find stuff to write about when my boring as fetus daughter is real

See ya in another month or so

Eric

so uhhhhhhhh ummmmmmmm and.....

Sorry about the hiatus.....i just needed a break from the whole loving Katy thing. Shes such a boring little baby and i thought if i was an absent father for awhile it would make her realize she better bring her A game or daddy goes bye bye again!

Orrrrr ive just had writers block when it comes to writing about a baby who is not here yet and hasnt had any real milestones since she was like -20 weeks old. You decide which i guess.

We've had some good news and some bad news recently.

Good news....were getting another ultra sound
Bad new.....its because Lindy got the gestational sugar'betes

Honestly i think the doctors are just being cautious with her. She did test high on her glucose tests but ever since shes been taking her blood sugar after regular meals shes not tested high.....so yeah. Either way MORE ULTRASOUND PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!

Katy is super active lately and its funny because i can literally wake her up and get her to punch and kick wherever im pushing in on Lindy's stomach.

We have obviously settled in on the Katy spelling and like i said its not really a huge deal either way to me.

So yeah! 9 or 10 more weeks to go but expect an update when we get our ultra sound pics too

Ok peace out M town down.....

.....always

The spelling

Oh boy! Major parental issue blog time. Katy is her name....no doubt, thats it, ship the birth certificate on that one except for onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne little thing.....the spelling. Lindy has been pro K A T Y this whole time and im in the K A T I E camp.

Lindy has a couple good arguments.
1) the middle name is marie so she thinks it looks better with a Y on the first name so its not IE name IE name and i kinda agree but am meh on the point overall.
2) Katy/ie's name is katy/ie not Katelynn. This i do agree with big time. If her name is spelled Katy on like roll sheets and formal documents then it should be fairly obvious her name is Katy and not Katelynn. 

I counter with
1) No! I like the way Katie looks better and so does a majority of the population, hence why you can find fridge magnets and such with Katie on them much more often than you see them with Katy on them.
2) Well thats really all i got.

I think we are going to settle on Katy because thats what weve been typing it as, Lindy likes it better and if Lindy aint happy nobody is happy, and it will be easy to let Katy know she can spell it however she likes it. I have a friend whose birth certificate name is Tyson, she went by Tye and throughout high school spelled it Tye, Tie, Ty, etc.

I hope we choose the right way to make katy as normal as possible but if not.......add more money to our monthly "we messed up and now were paying for it via therapist" account for Katy/ie

Bah parenting is easy.....

At this point I'm wondering how any parents screw up really. Dont they have access to all these wonderful books, websites, etc? In our 25th week of pregnancy Lindy and I have already talked over every imaginable situation and value that we could possibly have to deal with/instill in our little Katy and all of our future children. (you hear that y chromosomes? We will keep going until one of you gets it right!)

From religion, to temper tantrums over a toy we refuse to get, to alcohol abuse in high school, we got this covered! What could possible go wrong here that we havent read about and are 100% ready to tackle head on?

Seriously though im finding it hard to write new blogs. Katy is at that boring stage and shes not even born yet. Do i still get pumped and giddy when she kicks while im feeling lindy's stomach? Of course. Do Lindy and i talk about katy as if she is here already, discussing her bubbly personality and sure to be awesome laugh? LDO. But do i think that you all want to read that or really that i could type much more about it than what i just did??? Not really

Lindy and i do not have it figured out obviously. There will be unforeseen situations and reactions to everything we do. We will make mistakes, and we will proly surprise ourselves in a few situations. The important thing is we are taking an active role and giving things a lot of thought. We know how we want to raise our family and we know what we want to instill and are being very involved in learning way to do that and that is honestly all anybody can do. 

Well that and save up for a good therapist

Good luck to you katy 

Mozart, Bethoven, Frank

So Katy is growing FAST! Like i said she was already at the top of her 20 week range and now within 2 weeks she has pushed Lindy's belly button out (YUCK!) and kicks non stop. We can see and feel the kicks on the outside of the stomach now and its crazy.

Weve been reading that you can play games with the baby while its still in utero. Like for instance when Katy kicks we will push back on that spot. Allegedly it gets the baby thinking and more often than not she will kick back in the same spot and often times harder. Might just be a coincidence, might be good for the baby, either way its pretty funny and makes me feel like i actually am part of the Katy's life right now, so thats cool. Another thing we read is that babies have a good sense of rhythm from the time they are in utero on. So many parents will play Mozart, Bethoven, stuff that some say will make your baby smarter.....what did we choose to play for Katy?







Now we just have to cross our fingers that Sinatra will calm her down when shes a loud crying baby.

Katy Cash, Katy Cash, Boy Girl AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Boy? Girl? Alien!!?!??!?!

In early December we made an appointment with a private ultrasound place to determine what the gender was....at the last second we decided meh lets wait it out and save the 100 bucks. At first i was like no big deal, what is a 3 or 4 weeks in the grand scheme of things. Up until about the 3 of January that is. With the gender date that 6th right in sight i was losing it...BIG TIME! Lindy was going nuts, pink or blue whats it gonna be. There is only so much gender neutral stuff one can register for until insanity starts to kick in .

Last night i was up until about 3am. I was a little preoccupied messing around on the internet but really my mind was racing. Its our first baby, boy or girl im going to be happy. But lets be real here, being a dad to a boy, and being a dad to a girl are two totally different things. Seriously though i would be just as happy either way. So we drove to the hospital and talked the whole way about how excited we were. 

The nurse hooked up the ultra sound and we were off. Of course baby ______ was not being cooperative at first. Baby _______ was rolling around, crossing its legs, flipping us off, just everything it could do and then in one swift motion captured on the monitor the gender was shown. We both grinned ear to ear and watched the rest of the ultrasound as baby _______ got high grade after high grade on it's development of organs, limbs, etc. 

Yup still perfect!

Perfect little foot!

Such high grades in fact that i think Lindy might be due in a few weeks and not a few months. Typical babies at 20 weeks weigh about 11ounces. Our baby measured in at 15!!!! Thank god us dads dont have to push that out. I have never been more pro epidural than right now thinking that our baby is about 33% bigger than most babies. God bless you Lindy. 

We left the hospital and went for a big celebratory meal (which is about an average meal for lindy nowadays......ok who am i kidding its an average meal for both of us). We finished up and went shopping for the most gender defining outfits we could find and we bought 6 total outfits at once!!! Boy or girl can you say spoiled. 

So a big day today and were happy with our perfect little........baby

See you later

Eric

Proud Dad of a little

baby

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!