Would you prefer me to delete it?

Of course not! That's totally fine!

Did anybody else from your family catch it?

Frances had an ear infection of her own to deal with, but DH stayed healthy. Mostly.

I can't believe he'll be here in a month either. Frances kind of gets it. She gets that there is a baby inside me. We tell her that she's going to be a big sister soon. What that actually entails, however, is impossible to explain to her.

Burrell, I don't think I've ever mention it, but my 91-year-old grandmother (the one who lives with us) is named Frances. Every time you mention Franny, it makes me smile.

Well it is a rather old fashioned name. I'm glad it makes you smile.

trackers found a fresh print on the median of Highway 23.

Every time I've driven down 23 recently I've thought "Hmm. Tiger country." I thought I was being way facetious.

Anyone here watch the new Kojak? It's waiting for me on my TiVo.

Frances had an ear infection

Poor thing.

She gets that there is a baby inside me.

The funny thing is, as a grownup, I still find it so difficult to grasp.

The funny thing is, as a grownup, I still find it so difficult to grasp.

Perhaps if you saw a recent picture of me.... It's either a baby or a basketball.

I'm looking at my friend B's 4-months-old baby, remembering the way she looked right before giving birth (a bit quite a-symmetric basketball), and can't connect the two. How that little creature who already can communicate with the world, used to be that basketball.

Oh, and I've seen pictures of you from when you were pregnant with Franny, from the LA F2F.

Timelies, everyone.

At this point in the pregnancy, you can easily see the squirming that's going on, so you know that there's something alive in there. It's both reassuring and uncanny.