Holy moly

13 days between posts. That’s got to change. But … it’s a function of relatively little happening. Critter is growing. Ms is growing. Critter is making Ms’ belly do incredibly creepy things. But it’s mostly about waiting right now.

The First Purchases

Well, we’ve done it. We’ve started outfitting. There’s little to report. It was painless, even fun.  I think the only issue I’m having is with the registry. I hate registries, but that’s not the problem. The problem is that everyone seems to be saying “ask for lots of diapers!” but we don’t know which diapers we’ll like, which ones will fit Critter best, how long he’ll be in a given size, or even the rate at which diapers will be … consumed. Which reminds me: the dogs love poop. If they get their grubby little paws on a used diaper, the consequences will be dire.  Anyway, this is a reminder that it’s an organic process. The child is not a mechanism. He doesn’t have standardized parts or behaviors. All that makes planning, other than in a very broad sense, almost impossible....