Painting a scene

Let me paint a scene for you, dear friends: Todd is on all fours being caressed and coo'ed by an attractive woman nearly 20 years his senior.  They are being watched by a humored crowd of 40 people or so, including his wife.  "Is this a messed up dream?" you ask.  No, it's reality and not just reality in this crazy town called San Francisco where costumes and nudity are the norm. 

This scene was something I witnessed first hand in Childbirth class last night!  When Todd and I arrived at our first class, I was exhausted from the day- and from the extra weight I'm carrying in front- but I was pleasantly surprised by how engaging the instructor was!  We learned about all sorts of interesting topics like preterm labor warning signs, labor terminology, phases, timeline, etc.  When Todd was in the vulnerable position mentioned above, the instructor was asking the partners of pregnant women to act out strategies to cope with labor pain. 

On a separate note, but related to the "painting" theme, Todd and I got the baby's room painted last weekend!  It's a grey color with hints of light blue and lavendar.  Fun stuff.

Signing off for now.  Coming soon: Pictures of the evolution of the baby bump. 

Getting Started

Inspired by cousin Carly, I have decided to start a blog to write about the adventures of married life, pregnancy, and eventually parenthood in the city by the bay.  Tuesday marked the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy and what an journey it has been so far!  Life has felt so different and exciting from the moment that Todd and I spotted the smiley face on the at home pregnancy test.  The main differences so far have included eating more baked goods and Indian food than I thought humanly possible, not recognizing my reflection in the mirror, getting offered seats on the train, and feeling so close to someone I haven't met yet (Shorts).  We chat to her sometimes and we've been lucky enough to feel her responses lately in the form of big stomach pulses- especially at night.  Last week at the Marco Benevento concert at Yoshi's, she was really kicking up a storm!  Maybe she has a thing for handsome, talented piano players.  Can you blame her?


The name of this blog (thanks, Momma Nogg, for the idea!) is inspired by the nickname of our baby to be.  Several years ago, I was given the nickname Anniepants (or Pants) by Sierra then Len gave our baby bump the nickname "Shorts".  I figure she'll deal with it at least until adolescence... it has really stuck.  Len tried to give Todd various clothing-related nicknames but no winners yet.  If you have creative ideas, send them my way!