Votes

No this is not a political post.

This is YOUR chance to weigh in on whether or not you think we're having a BOY or a GIRL.

We're finding out September 18th.  So you have until the 17th at midnight to vote....see the poll on the side.

GO!

Ninjago COSTUME?!!?

Seriously Lego folks, you're missing the market.  WHY OH WHY don't you make Ninjago costumes?

D has moved his decision from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle to Ninjago.  (Granted, still in the ninja family). I've discovered that there are NO Ninjago costumes.  So I may have to buckle down and try to make one, if D keeps this as his decision.

For reference - here's the Ninjago guy D wants to be...the blue one, Jay:

There are some crazy parents out there who have crafted large helmets out of buckets and ducktape and paint and all sorts of good things - then styrofoam to make legs so that their kid looks like a Lego man.  However, my child is 3 - he will not put up with a bucket head - and will not be able to get in and out of the car in styrofoam.

So after some more research I thought, okay I can craft this...
Then I found this:

I mean, I'm not gonna do much better, right?  I should just plan on this being the costume and save myself a month of frustration and shopping, where I'd ultimately end up with something that would look nothing like a Ninjago, right?

There's still a part of me that wants him to have a Lego head.  But maybe we'll just get a Lego head container and make it into a candy bucket to drive the point home. 
Yeah.

It's Time for Halloween Shopping!!!

We've already started looking at Halloween costumes.  Of course we have - it's only 2 months away and I'm dangerously obsessed.

Mostly we started looking because D will tell me he wants to be an obscure "guy" like Blue Beetle or Hawkeye - and I was fairly certain that there weren't costumes for those.  So we hopped on our favorite costume site - officialsuperherocostumes.com to check it out - and we were pleased to find out they DO have Blue Beetle - but not Hawkeye.

However, while we were there - D discovered a set of guys that he's not been introduced to, but now has a dangerous obsession with...TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.

So - I'm not posting pics of costumes YET for voting because it's up in the air.  Most days he's sure he wants to be a ninja turtle - but he occasionally throws out Batman, Optimus Prime or even a ghost or skeleton...so the voting is postponed.

Just know it's coming.  You know you're excited.

Steam, Process, Feed

When D was a baby I had big dreams of making my own baby food.  But with a full time job, full time husband, full time dog, full time house, etc...it just didn't pan out.  I did what I could but for the most part he ate organic jarred baby food.  Which is great.  But I still realized I might be able to do this more cost-effectively with my own ingredients that I choose.

The baby food-maker that's a combo steamer and processor came on the market just a year or so ago.  GENIUS.  There's already SEVERAL brands - but it seems like this is the answer I wanted!  These little machines handle both processes and take up little to no room in your house.  No pans to wash, no food processors to clean for a tiny amount of food, no mashing to be done in pots/pans/bowls. 

I just wonder if anyone has used one of these...this is the guy I'm considering for baby #2...the Beaba Babycook.

Most of the reviews are positive.  There's always a few Debbie Downers of the world too.  But it seems like a great idea!

Thoughts?  Have you talked to anyone who has one?

Will we or won't we?

It's been an argument as to whether or not we will find out what this baby is...

For those of you who have followed "In the Wings" for years, you will recall that we were informed that D was a girl for about a month before learning he actually was a boy.  So, needless to say I'm not the most trusting.

All that aside, I feel like I wouldn't mind waiting.  Being surprised.  Waiting to hear the doctor announce "it's a ___!!!" like they do in the movies.  But as Dain says, it's a surprise no matter when you find out.

I was the one who didn't want to find out if you hadn't guessed...and Dain, being the logical one, does.  But I have had a bit of a change of heart...just looking around our teeny tiny house and seeing all the stuff laying around.  Stuff that is not one iota neutral in gender...meaning that if D's done playing with it, and we have a girl...unless she REALLY loves superheroes...it's not necessarily going to be of full use.  So I'd like to do a big clean-out if it IS a girl this time around.

(PS - I'm not saying that any daughter of mine will be playing with pretty princesses and pink frilly stuff at all hours of the day [have we met?] and I would want any daughter to have a few superhero toys - but the chance of another Meyer offspring being as obsessed with "guys" as D is, boy or girl, is slim to none).

So - we may find out.  Maybe.  I still reserve the right to change my mind...I have 6 weeks.

Long Time - New News!

SOOOOO sorry I've been missing from this blog for 2 months.  Actually it's pretty much been longer than that.  But I have good reason...

WE'RE HAVING BABY MEYER #2!!!  

I've been sick as a dog with this baby and for the past couple of months I could barely find the strength to do anything after I got D to bed in the evenings - which is when I usually blog.
I still feel like garbage most of the time - but it's time to go public.

I'm 13 weeks pregnant tomorrow - and the little booger is already making me look like I'm about 5 months along.  Seriously OUT OF CONTROL showing.  Already in full maternity pants, and seriously, I looked back at the 2008 photos of my pregnancy with D, and I think I was 20 weeks before I looked this big that time!

So - here's the photo of the bambino from the last ultrasound a few weeks ago.  

We're still debating whether or not to find out what we're having.  We'll see how it goes...

For now - stay tuned.  I will have lots to post on with this pregnancy...and my little superhero who we think will be the best big brother EVER.

One of the best...

pictures ever.

Two of the best men ever born.