Yikes!
Peggy’s pregnant!
If we’re lucky, the kid will have Peggy’s looks, Peggy’s brains, Peggy’s sense of time, Peggy’s ability to make things out of nothing, and my ability to speak in complete verbal sentences. If we’re not lucky, we’ll have a kid that’s exactly like me but talks like Peggy. We’d have no idea anything was wrong until we got blown out of the house by a chemistry experiment gone wrong.
Also, this means that Peggy is no longer going south to do some Katrina relief. Instead she’ll be holed up in the house trying to keep her crackers and bananas down. Also, every stereotype of pregnant women is ABSOLUTELY TRUE. (At least it has been so far. I’ll keep you updated.)
Voice of wife over shoulder: You’re supposed to say when I’m due! Mid-October. And you’re the cute one, not me. Hang on, I have to go to the bathroom.
Time passes.
Voice of wife over shoulder: And every stereotype of pregnant women is not true I think that’s really mean and I’m going to cry, and hit you because you’re so mean, and …. oooh, butterflies! We can paint the nursery with butterflies! Um, just a sec, I have to go to the bathroom again.
Okay, so I made up the part about the butterflies. The point about mood swings is still valid though. Also, does anyone want a cat? I’m now in charge of kitty litter and, um, am looking for ways to lighten the load.
Note to our friends from college: Yes, this means that John Wilson and Peggy Norquist will be having a baby. It’s like matter and anti-matter, really… I keep expecting her womb to explode.
March 20th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
That part about the butterflies was mean!
March 20th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
let me be the first to say YIKES! :)
March 20th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Congrats!!
March 20th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Congratulations, y’all!
March 20th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
Congratulations!
March 21st, 2006 at 8:45 am
Geeks, Round Two, begins…
Congrats, guys :)
March 21st, 2006 at 12:15 pm
So, has the “needing 10 hours of sleep per night” phase set in yet? MLW was pretty proud of herself for staying up until 10 last night…
March 21st, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Yes. It seems to be 10 hours of sleep + catnaps. Also, the weird food cravings. It’s not that the foods are weird, it’s just that the foods she wants are so weird and different from what she usually wants. One day it’s this, the next day it’s that. The staples seem to be creamy foods / fruits / pork and beans / sugary water (juice, pop, etc.). Anything else is highly variable.
March 21st, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Huh. Danica went right to comfort foods and hasn’t strayed far, except for the occasional green olive cravings (she liked those a lot already, though). She also has anti-cravings, in that she only wants certain types of food (Chipotle comes to mind) very rarely compared to before. And I’ve noticed the juice thing, too.
March 21st, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Ah, yes, anti-cravings. Ground beef is absolutely forbidden at the house, as is nearly all meat and grease, hot and sour soup, kale… I’m trying to think of more examples, but it basically comes down to being not allowed to eat most of the foods I like. I can’t even cook it for myself, because with her new-found super-sensitive sense of smell she can smell meat cooking anywhere in the house.
March 22nd, 2006 at 2:02 am
I thought something was brewing by the titles of some of the books sitting on your shelves last time I was there!
March 22nd, 2006 at 2:04 am
Peggy,
Since John isn’t that fond of kitty litter, you can trade him for diaper duty when the kid pops out.
March 22nd, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Congrats!
As a little note, you might want to consider stopping by Kohls to start looking for baby clothes — as of today they’ve got 70% off yellow tag clearance and 50% off red tag clearance. Just stick with gender-neutral colors and you’ll be all set.
March 24th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Congrats, kids! =)
March 25th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Congrats. :D
March 29th, 2006 at 1:34 am
What wonderful news! Jenni and I could not be happier for you both.
John, the food smell sensitivity should pass soon. Just be careful, if Peggy has a strong maternal reaction during pregnancy, it may stick forever. That could mean no more trips to the Carnivore!
If there is ANYTHING we can do to help, please let us know. You are both in our prayers.
May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He make His face shine upon you and grant you peace!
April 4th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Mmmmmm… The carnivore-
Meat…