Practice Makes Perfect

We celebrated Mother's Day by watching May perform a solo at church and hanging with family. The solo went great, and May showed her true star power.

She also spent some QT with her cousin, testing out which books will be his favorites when he arrives...



The test: the more he kicked, the more he liked the book.

A visit from Desmond gave her a more realistic practice run...



She's definitely ready for her new cousin...except, she said "her sister," Ellen, will be in charge of changing his diapers.

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B & B: Brunch & a Baby Bed

We both had a rare weekend of rest and relaxation, and we fully took advantage of one of our very last full weekends off pre-baby.


First, we decided to make brunch while we had Uverse installed Saturday morning. We invited Katie and Desmond over to enjoy the late-morning spread...



On the menu: fresh fruit, homemade banana muffins, breakfast casserole and hashbrowns (Desi's favorite).

Sunday was both lazy and productive as we started our day enjoying a little bit of our new and amazing new TV service followed by a walk around the neighborhood.

The big accomplishment, though, was putting the baby bed together. It was a task we completed without much trouble and without even having to enlist any of the seasoned crib owners we know.


Now our baby can sleep in style!



That is, of course, if he sleeps.

Three Bumps

We were invited for a guest spot at the International Supper Club at Sandy's. Unfortunately, our inclusion this week — which marks 26 weeks of pregnancy, by the way — was due to an illness at Team Lindsay's house.
We took the opportunity to gather with our favorite expectant families and our hostess. We also enjoyed some delicious kosher food to celebrate the Seder.

Here are "the bumps" in order of due dates...



Gathering with friends and enjoying good food — brisket, potatoes, cabbage and kugel, among other goodness — was the perfect way to welcome Easter weekend...



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Tummy Time

Mojo showed her future little brother some love while cuddling on the couch.


The tummy continues to grow, and our little man's kicks are getting stronger. We just hope Mojo doesn't get the boot during one of these sweet love moments.


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Modern Technology

On the eve of Lauchlin's 32nd birthday and Baby Bean's 24-week milestone, we took the opportunity to go online and find out how handsome he's going to be by morphing a mom and dad picture online.  Drumroll, please....

Now that we've figured that out, we're off to spend a beautiful weekend in New Orleans after a night of manicotti on Thursday with Janie and a check-up with Dr. Ory Friday morning.  Will the fun ever end?

Beer Huggies

They've been the prize souvenir of many a high school reunion party, wedding, art fair, or school crawfish bowl. And, as the nesting phase of the pregnancy continues, they're being replaced with...


Baby Bean's Bibs!

The Way We Stroll

They're all the rage in Atlanta and other art show venues, and they bare Lauchlin's middle name (or the clan from which she came.)


So, while we were eagerly looking for a way to spend the Babies R Us card Olivia received from Jay and Denise for her birthday, we stumbled upon the floor model version of this coveted MacLaren stroller...(cat not included)


And, although an employee assured us that there would still be some strollers there from the year 2009 that we could get for last season's price (cheap!) in about two weeks' time, we're not sure he knew what he was talking about.


Case in point: this is the price tag on the box they put away for us (or Lavia Sophie, actually.) Not cheap.


A long story short, they gave us the 2011 model stroller for the price of the 2009 floor model minus the gift card minus an extra thirty percent (We didn't ask why,) and "Nanie" got this Desmond-approved ride for less than thirty-five bucks! Cheap. ( Then, the three of us had dinner for the same price at Newk's,) and that's the way we stroll.