Baby Shower: Part Deux

First off, I'll say that I don't know what goes on at baby showers and in all honesty I don't want to know what goes on at baby showers. About all I'm sure of is that whatever goes on, it may involve rituals similar to what are seen in the Masons or Shriner's secret ceremonies - time honored traditions that aren't to be messed with.

I do remember that soon after we ate on Saturday night, I was watching the Twins game in the living room and my sister-in-law said "the TV needs to be turned off for the shower." The dumb look I gave her and my hesitation to see one more at bat must not have been the response she was looking for because she reiterated her point that TV's and baby showers don't mix.

Luckily I had my XM radio in my pickup tuned into the game and I got there just in time to hear Nick Punto ground weakly to the shortstop.

Things are definitely different than they used to be 10 or 15 years ago. Had this been a normal night where we were all together we would have had a few adult beverages and watched the end of the game. The ones that had kids though, were asleep on the couches within 10 minutes, so I just kind of watched the game in silence.

Now it's been preached to me by everyone that I've talked to, that I should "enjoy my sleep now because I won't be getting any once the baby comes". So maybe my brothers have trained themselves like bears to hibernate and sleep whenever possible? It sounds like a plausible theory to me. I'll be the first to admit that I enjoy my sleep as much or more than anyone, but even with the loss of sleep I do see some gains. Here's just a short list of things I'll be able to do while walking a baby to sleep at 3:00 a.m..

1.) 3:00 a.m. fantasy baseball transactions. Nothing beats getting the first crack at Jose Lopez on the waiver wire.

2.) Re watching every episode of "The Jeffersons" on TV Land.

3.) Infomercials. I haven't see a good late night infomercial since the Ron Popiel "set it and forget it days". I NEED A SHAM-WOW!!!

4.) Watch the babies' Aunt Kaylan drive by on her way home from a night out on the town.

5.) Stare. I don't think people take enough time to just stare anymore.

6.) Read. Sure, they'll be books about Little Bunny Foo Foo or baby farm animals, but it's still reading and the books will have pictures so I'll be able to understand them.

7.) Learn the proper way to walk past the bedroom door as the baby is crying so that it wakes Katie up and guilt's her into trading places with me.

Ok, kidding on the last one. I'll enjoy it I think. (Parents, insert "let me hear the same thing 6 months from now" comments here).

Back to the baby shower now. It was done with around 9:00 so I went back over to pick up Katie and her Mom. There was a little room left in my pickup box when we got everything packed in, but not much. Thanks everyone for the gifts! I also found out I was the topic of conversation at the shower. I'm still not sure if thats a good or bad thing, but theres no such thing as bad press so I'm going to call it good.

Well, so here we are. The due date is around the 16th of May, but when we had our Dr. appt this morning she told us that she really doesn't know when it's going to come. From what I understand of what the Dr. is saying, baby is lining itself up for a headfirst slide and will probably still stay put for a little while still, but her Dr. told her the same thing on her first baby and she delivered the next day.

I stopped by the house and changed underwear before going back to work...........