Anticipation...

In exactly 24 hours, Jen and I will be at the hopspital (as Claire calls it) getting ready for the delivery of the newest Miller. I can't help but think what will be different tomorrow from today. The baby (nope, no name yet!) will certainly have the worst of it! Claire will be pretty weirded out as well. Audrey is taking it all really well. At this point she just wants her book to be published and she'll be happy.

As for me, I'll be very happy to have my wife back. Yet again we have learned that Jen and pregnancy don't mix. Plus I get another baby girl to spoil, coddle to the point of her developing a near co-dependency on me, and love. And feed...And bathe...And change...oh sweet mother McCree, what have we done???

Its all about perspective...

As you may know, we took a family trip to Las Vegas last August. We did typical stuff that you would expect with having two kids: swimming, M&M World, Coney Island at NY NY, etc. Perhaps the best time we had was at the Shark Reef Exhibit at Mandalay Bay. Claire absolutely loved every minute of our time there.

Well it goes without saying that Claire wants to go back to Vegas, and talks about it constantly. Tonight, as we were getting newborn clothes out and storing Claire's old outfits, Claire marches up and says (again) that she want to go to Vegas. Jen tells her (again) that we cant because the baby will be here on Thursday. Undaunted, Claire plaintively replied, "But what about ME???"

Due Date Update

Right now we're looking at next Thursday. I do believe an Irish name will be in order. Current favorites (mine anyway) now are:
Brigid
Sile (pronounced Sheila)
I truly wonder which it will be!

The due date: Monday, the 15th - 17th, or the 30th...

For those of you not in the know, Jen is expecting our third child. Before you ask, its a girl. It seems as though I can't make anything else. Oh well.

When, you ask, is the newest arrival arriving? Well, your guess is as good as the OB/GYN's! At this point it feels like the stork is throwing darts at a calendar.

A name? Well, no. We don't name our children. Each time the Social Security rep came to pick up our paperwork for each of the first two, we had names written on the whiteboard. I asked them each time which name they liked. Clearly I have problems making decisions. I can tell you the names that are "in the running", in descending order:
Evelyn
Josephine
Bridget
Tierney
Kennedy (a 4000 to 1 long shot at best!)
I'm partial to Josephine, but we'll see.

OOPS, so much for keeping you informed.

WOW, I can't believe its been over a year since I posted anything. I SUCK! However, I promise to do better from now on. Let the boring of the populace continue without further delay.

The basics:
1) Audrey is in 3rd grade
2) Claire runs the house, more or less

Details to follow. No, really, I mean it this time!

Personalities...

Remember a few years ago when all the Child Psychologists were pontificating about girls? It was right around the time the movie Mean Girls came out. Everyone was so worried about their daughters being manipulative little brats. The CPs eventually came up with an alternative to the Alpha/Beta girls debate; the Gamma girl. Remember all that?

I wish I knew what my girls were going to be. Where's that darn future seeing crystal ball?

Where the hell did 6 months go????

This prolonged break started off as time helping Jen with Claire, like any good dad would (should) do. Now all of a sudden my girls are grown ups! Well, ok, I exagerate a little. However there are new devolpments since I last bored you with our familial details.

Claire now has 2 bottom teeth; Audrey has lost her two front teeth, but has managed to get two earrings as replacements; Claire was 90th percentile everything at her last check up (Audrey was never 90th percentile anything, so having a big baby is kind of weird); and Audrey is out of first grade.

There is of course much more going on, but you'll read more later.