My hand is tired
I think my wrist has carpal tunnel. My fingers are alternately warm and numb. I have just spent the morning writing replies to over twenty people who were so sweet as to send emails with congratulations this morning - thank god I had today off work so that I could devote the required three hours to the task! James has stolen my little thing that holds my wrist up and he won't give it up (even though I've been typing all morning and all he's doing is playing a game) so I have officially decided to hate him.
As has been said the family telling times were pretty cool. The paternal grandparents nearly wet themselves and my dad's family took a while to get it. Then my dad paid for lunch for 9 people at a pretty expensive cafe so that was impressive!
Next time we go for an u/s we've been told to take a video, so no doubt James will convert it to a quicktime file or something similar so you can all check it out. Georgia nearly wet herself at being asked to be 'godmother' but we need a new term - any heathen/secular suggestions? Someone on another website suggested 'mentor' but I thinks that sounds like she needs to be giving hourly lectures every six months. Please help us out!
Other than that, I have nothing really to say. I think I'll go for a nana nap.
posted by casso at 11:02 am
7 Comments:
I have no technology for turning the ultrasound into a quicktime file, you'll all just have to make do with stills. Sorry.
11:25 am
I hope your ultrasound stills are better than mine! You can barely make out schnoogy, let alone which end the head is at!
Check with the place you're getting your scans done at before you plan taking a video tape - not all places will allow a tape to be made, for litigation reasons. (Chances of the video being used in court as evidence that Things Went Wrong And No One Picked It Up On The Scans And They Should Have are remote, but people have learnt to be cautious...)
No help with the "god"parent issue. I do know someone who had a non-religious Baby Welcoming ceremony (or some such), so I'll try to remember to ask her what name she used. If any. (I'm a godmother to my nephew, btw. Not that I do anything 'cept give him extra nice birthday presents. Oh, and I did say in front of a priest that I rejected Satan and all his empty temptations. And I wasn't struck down by lightening, so God must've been looking elsewhere that day. ;)
We don't have any formal "god"parent setup, but all our bestest mates are "aunt" or "uncle" for Max.
And I see Max's website is listed as one of your links! Too cool!
cheers!
Tania
1:16 pm
Tania,
When we booked the ultrasound they said to bring a video so we could get one done! Awesome! Although unless you know what you're looking at it's hard out what you're looking at...
Cheers
2:57 pm
Some Alternatives to Godmother
Heathen:
"Moon Mother"
"Birth Hag"
"Ombiasy" (prounounced Omby-Ash)
Secular & Gender Neutral:
"Awe Parent"
"Faith Guide"
"Neutral Nancy"
Other:
"Ego Aunt"
"Simian Saint"
"Neptune Nan"
7:52 pm
I *really* like "birth hag". Class, all the way ;)
7:01 am
"Birth Hag" has a certain ring to it but who wouldn't want to be an "Awe Parent"? Makes you sound better than the real parent, and you can be 'cause the only responsibility you have is to bring gifts and take the spawn on holidays and stuff. Just like Christian used to do with Matt till he found out he was his real son...
10:19 am
I suppose we should ask you Georgia, since you will be the birth hag... I'm sure we can manage Aunty Georgia though ;)
8:30 am
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