Blog | Jason
Here is a picture of Jenn from yesterday (March 22, 2008). She is between 37 and 38 weeks pregnant.
Here is a picture of Jenn from a few days ago (February 10, 2008). She is between 31 and 32 weeks pregnant.
As Jenn mentioned in her 28-week progress report, we painted the one wall of the baby room a pale green, but we didn’t like it with the beige of the other walls. At the time, we were going to change the color of the green wall to better complement the other walls, but we decided to paint all the other walls instead. That is, we decided to paint the whole room. So, the project expanded from what was initially planned (as these things often do), but we like the way it turned out.
Here’s a picture.
We temporarily put up a few dots so you can get a feel for how it will look. We are going to let the paint dry a few more weeks before putting the dots up “for real”.
The other walls are now a much lighter beige than before. The whole room now has a lighter, brighter, happier feel.
Here is a picture from before we painted, for comparison.
Here is the ultrasound of Baby from Jenn’s 28-week checkup.
This was taken on January 17, 2008. It’s taken me a few weeks to get around to putting it online. D’oh!
Okay, so we found our dots. If you haven’t seen the dots yet, check out the Dots Dots Dots post.
Now the question is whether or not we want to paint that wall.
The wall is currently beige. Again, we might not use as much pink as shown in these examples, but you get the idea.
We may paint it a pale green.
Or maybe a pale blue.
I think the pale colors make a better background than the beige, but the beige has the advantage of already being on the wall. Not painting is better than painting. So, we’ll see what happens.
As Jenn already mentioned, we toured the maternity ward at the hospital. Near the end of the tour, the nurse asked the guys to please keep our pants on while staying with the new mother in the hospital. I don’t mean she asked us to please be patient and stay calm. I mean she literally asked us to please wear pants at all times while wandering around the hospital. She did more than ask, really. She implored us, for the sake of all the nurses. Please wear pants.
Apparently, it’s not unheard of for a nurse to come around the corner and see someone’s husband in his underwear (or less). I imagine this leads to some awkward exchanges. So, I will do my best to remember to cover up while at the hospital. 
My office recently had a beard-growing contest, the Fortnight-Long Beard Challenge. “Why a beard-growing contest?” you may ask. Well, it’s just one part of the larger Mountain Man Challenge.
“Mountain Man Challenge?”
Yep. Mountain Man Challenge.
My office currently has just seven guys with no gals to keep us in line. That occasionally leads to some silliness. As I recall, our manager was bragging (jokingly) about his toughness, and our fresh-out-of-college guy disagreed and basically called him a sissy boy. And so the Mountain Man Challenge was born, to prove our manliness.
It is at this point when people inevitably ask, “Do you guys get any work done?” Yes, we are actually quite serious about our work, but we like to have fun, too.
Anyway, I didn’t win the beard contest. Booooooo. The guy who won does have a thicker beard than I do, but I think I should have gotten bonus points for going to Jenn’s formal office Christmas party without shaving. That’s commitment.
Here is a picture at the end of the contest.
I’m trying to give a tough-guy look for extra manliness. You be the judge.
Next up in the Mountain Man Challenge: log rolling, or maybe axe throwing.
Several people have asked if I’m keeping the car once baby comes.
Yes. Yes I am.
Nobody believes me, but I will keep it. My will is strong.
Just look at it. Is that not the most beautiful machine you have ever beheld? And Jenn is fine with keeping it, so what’s the problem?
Okay, I admit the impracticalities of having a car that the child shouldn’t ride in until he or she is 13 years old (at least according to the NHTSA), due to no back seat and no switch to disable the passenger-side air bag. However, the plan is to keep an old car around that has a back seat. And Jennifer’s car will have a back seat, as well.
So, the S2000 may become more of a weekend-only car, but I’m definitely keeping it. Roadsters are in my blood. My dad owned a Fiat 124 Spider when I was growing up that he eventually gave me in college. That car was practically a member of the family, as far as I was concerned. My S2000’s light-blue color is partially an homage to that beloved Fiat. My hope is that Baby will eventually be equally fond of the S2000.
Here is a picture of Jenn taken today (December 9, 2007). She is currently between 22 and 23 weeks pregnant.
