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| Dads Are Great |
| 06.20.04 (3:23 am) [edit] |
Awaiting the not so little one to make her debut appearance in this world, it's Erik's Almost First Father's Day today.
Now that we have the (car seat), we are ready for the birthing center. The bebe may have other ideas, I think she wants to be a Cancer instead of a Gemini.
Thanks to Roger and Joe for being wonderful Dads. Because of you, we have role models of dads being unconditionally loving, patient and lots-o-fun.
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| The Hood |
| 06.08.04 (6:53 am) [edit] |
Those intimate with Williamsburg 11211 (Brooklyln, NOT Virginia) are all too familiar with the sounds of car alarms, blaring ice cream truck musak, really loud spanish music and the rumblings of misc. trucks/buses/motorcycles, often all at once.
There are not alot of dogs around here (no parks or dog runs). There are no squirrels (same reason). There are alot, alot of pigeons. They are so big, I sometimes mistake them for a small dog.
Also, there is a well known watering hole that resembles a holding pen for californians, this image is enhanced by the corrugated aluminum wire-topped fence, they are the post-college-we're-so-boh emian-we-are-in-Williamsb urg-drinking-beer-out-of- doors-kind-of-crowd. This establishment by the way, does not allow dogs. (I know of many indoor bars that allow dogs, WTF Mate?).
Williamsburg has a very enthusiastic ManWithAVan who posts flyers on every available surface throughout the whole neighborhood.
One of the true charms in the neighborhood are the Helados men who walk around the neighborhood with carts on wheels selling the Puerto Rican version of Italian Ices. Coco, Cherry or Pineapple, any flavor for a dollar.
You always have to chase them down the sidewalk, so you get fresh air and excercise before your treat. Helados carts are the antidote to the unrelenting KoolMan Softee Ice Cream trucks that drive by with their too loud really bad musak. Helados men sometimes alert you by way of a bike horn (honk, honk) that sounds like a strange goose, or you have to listen for the squeak of their cart wheels going by.
y
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| The Waiting Game |
| 06.08.04 (5:49 am) [edit] |
When they give you a "due date" it's really a due month. The so-called "due date" is the 40th week (Yes, 40 weeks). But expected delivery can be anywhere from 38-42 weeks.
We are now entering week 39. Our main goal this weekend was to get a car seat. If you're an expecting parent in NYC, it's one of the true ironies that you have to have a car seat but you don't have a car.
The hospital requires you to have a car seat to bring baby home. Understandable, but what the heck would we do with it after that special One Time Use?
Sure, we may be inclined to take a taxi to the city for a SuperFunKidFriendlyEvent, (although we'd be more inclined to sling the baby onto Mom or Dad) but then we'd be stuck lugging a heavy car seat around the city on our outing.
The only solution we could think of was to get a Sit-N-Stroll. It's a 5 in one Stroller, Car Seat, Booster, Flight Seat. So you can put baby in a car, then convert the car seat instantly into a stroller, more so we won't have to carry the car seat than to stroll the baby.
I know this is all TMI for most of you, but it had to be said.
xoxo,
y
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