See, I was sitting here nodding along with all the 'Emmett'll be a great big brother, he'll learn to love the wee Zmaybe as soon as she shows up', and then I read this:

That is, until Halloweenie dubs Emmett "Schmacky the man-pony". Then all bets are off.

...and I'm still giggling.

Bless. Buffistasprogs are the best.

Seriously, though, I'm sure Emmett will be a fab big brother. I was 9 when my parents had my wee sister - 'course, mine was a different situation, and I'd been clamouring for a sibling for years. But I can agree that although I was a bit pissed off about suddenly having my issues get pushed to the bottom of the priority pile, I didn't blame the baby. I did understand that them's the breaks, type of thing. Plus - hero worship does make it a lot easier to put up with wee siblings. (Although in my case my wee sister was more All About The Competing And Ass Kicking, regardless of the 9 year headstart I'd got over her. Sigh. A Type personality? Why yes...)

I think Emmett is going to be a fabulous big brother and that the baby is going to worship him for Emmett is very worshipable.

(I'm not really here, really I'm not.)

Hec! JZ! Congratulations! And omg, how much do I approve of the Halloweenie nickname? Now Clovis and I just have to aim the mind-control lasers at you so you decide to name Halloweenie Elphaba Clovis. C'mon, wouldn't that be a pretty name?

There is a newspaper editor here at the black paper whose name really is Clovis. He's a man of A Certain Age, though, and probably from the South.

Oh, bleah. The conference room across the hall is full of sushi. Which, normally, yum, but in my present condition I'm physically restraining myself from jumping up, punching the attendees, and throwing it all out the window. Curse you filthy humans and your smelly, smelly food!

SOMEONE has watched a little too much Zim....

There is a newspaper editor here at the black paper whose name really is Clovis. He's a man of A Certain Age, though, and probably from the South.

So, asking him if you could put a pair of bunny ears on him and take a picture probably wouldn't happen, would it?

That's going to be one beautiful baby - possibly worth doing without sushi, corsets, and hair coloring for several months.

I prefer to think that I have watched exactly the right amount of Zim.

Man. I just closed the door and it's still all stinky. I am full of sushi rage.

SOMEONE has watched a little too much Zim....

Hey! Zim gives you lots of useful references for pregnancy. Not only can you fly into a rage for the tiniest slight, and be repulsed by food, but you can come out of an ultrasound thinking, "It's a perfectly normal human worm baby."