Metal Meredith

We find out on Tuesday whether or not this child will be a boy or girl. Tiny Human is getting more active, making me less sick but still a thorn in my side (internally, of course). I thought this would be a good chance to let everyone predict what, when and how big this baby will be. We won’t keep gender a secret, but we aren’t sharing names with anyone. Neener neener.

If you would like to play, you will be able to adjust your predictions for a while before we close the contest (like Thanksgiving, god help me I will still be pregnant at Thanksgiving.) Here is a link for you to follow: http://www.expectnet.com/games/TinyHuman2007

Although we are excited to see what we are having, we had some tragic family news and will be dealing with that first. Maybe soon I will do a post and update everyone. Suffice it to say that on Monday, I will be attending my third funeral in my lifetime for someone who should have well outlived me.

As to not end this post on a depressing note, here are some silly pictures of Vivienne.

Vivienne thinks she is whistling:

Vivienne playing in the sand during her first trip to a beach:

Today Vivienne is sitting on the sofa watching a sappy cartoon about a turtle family in the woods. She looks at me and says “Mom, I HATE....” and that was it. I stopped immediately and felt the need to ask (in reality, I hate this cartoon, so had some seething rage as well), “Vivienne, what do you hate?”

In a sing songy voice she replied “I don’t know” and went back to her cartoon.