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One eggplant bake coming up!

Tristan is making a baked eggplant dish to help induce labor and cause it’s just plain good.

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Well Tristan is definitely in the homestretch now up to the baby’s delivery, with an expected due date of January 22nd, leaving just two weeks and two days.

Interestingly, many babies are due on or around full or new moons. Interesting because her birthday is January 11th and the next full moon is January 10th, at 10:27pm, to be exact.

We just received our first diaper bag today as a gift from her sister Olivia; it’ll be packed tomorrow, along with Tristan’s overnight bag. Now we’re just waiting on the changing table, which we’ll help allow us to get some of the baby’s stuff organized.

Who knew someone who doesn’t even exist on its own needed so much stuff? It’s freaking crazy.

Anyway, the baby’s getting really, really active and driving Tristan nuts with his rapid, apparent chaotic movements. She’s even been starting to time her Braxton Hicks contractions pain. That and the fact that she’s been instructed to “get semen in there no matter how you do it”, to orgasm, and to start using evening primrose oil – all to weaken things up for the big show.

We’ve also discussed how our two cats, Storm and Luna, will behave once the baby’s here. We got rid of Elvis last week in preparation for his arrival but we’re not getting rid of the cats. Luna especially has Tristan concerned, as she’s very territorial, particular and possessive even of us at times.

Yes indeed: lights-camera-action aren’t that far around the bend at all. Unless of course, he’s late as some would say first-time baby/mothers are. Then again, that’s reportedly just a myth. Time will tell, heh?

Someone hit us today. 4th accident since Tristan got pregnant. None of them were our fault, just crappy luck!

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Seriously. None of the four accidents we’ve been in in the last months were our fault:

1. Some guy smashed through the front driver-side quarter panel in LA
2. A UPS driver rear-ended us after driving up to a redlight too fast (also in LA)
3. Tristan got rear-ended waiting at another traffic light here in PA
4. I got rear-ended by someone reversing too quickly out of their spot today (also in PA)

2009 will be a better driving year or we’re trading the car in and taking public transit!

Tristan’s pregnant belly cast

Originally uploaded by JediWright

I’ve always strongly supported homemade gifts and I wasn’t disappointed at all today when Tristan presented me with a paper mache breast and belly cast (now 8 months pregnant).

It’s the coolest, most original handmade gift I’ve ever received and certainly something I’ve never heard of before.

The picture doesn’t do it a ton of justice, but it’s still pretty cool looking here too.