Halfway There!

Here is the money shot at 20 weeks. The baby is halfway cooked at this point and there is no turning back. At my 20 week ultrasound we had another clear confirmation that's its another boy and yet another doctor warning me I will have my hands full. Do they really think they are helping? I am up a lucky 13 pounds so far and hope to gain at least 20 more in attempts to have a large portly chunk of a baby that can sleep more than two hours without eating unlike somebody else I know. Okay I am not complaining now since the kid has been sleeping in past 8 lately but I paid my dues with him...ROYALLY.

This baby looks like it can sleep though the night:

 The L name is not looking good at this point. Mostly because my mother-in-law shot down my top name of Luke for being too Christian and we all know one of life's biggest mistakes to to cross their mother-in-law. These are the names in no particular order we like at this point. Please give feedback because we can't figure it out!

CHARLIE JAMES "CJ" OSMAN

THEODORE (THEO) JAMES "TJ" OSMAN

JACK THOMAS "JT" OSMAN

OWEN ALEXANDER OSMAN

CAMERON JAMES "CJ" OSMAN

LEVI'S OBSESSIONS:

Levi is almost 15 months and is hilarious. He flirts with women and always says HI to people especially red heads (yes it's true he has a fetish). He is learning new words everyday and probably uses 40 words now.

1.He is obsessed with cleaning. I am not complaining. He actually throws food off his high chair just so he can say "up" and get out to go get his broom and sweep it up. He also cleans windows and will throw trash away when asked. So, if college doesn't work out he can always work for Merry Maids. 

2.His other obsession is fish.The second I put him in his carseat he says "fish, fish" because he knows he sometimes can find goldfish under his seat. You are probably getting some mental pictures of what backseat looks like. He also walks into the pantry, grabs the container of goldfish, bring it to be, points to the fish on the box, says fish fish fish. At this point I'm like okay kid I get the picture. However, he is also obsessed with fish in his books. He knows exactly what books have pictures of fish inside and brings me those books so he can see the fish. We are taking him to Petco today to get his first pet fish- one that can be flushed and quickly replaced when it dies (sad but true).

3. Chalk is his other love. He calls is "ACK". He knows where it is, where I try to hide it, and demands it all day. He does enjoy drawing with it but also enjoys sneaking tastes to my disgust. Lawrence claims it is just like taking calcium pills but I am not so convinced.

Until next time, The Three L's!

Why I Want Nerdy Kids

Let's face it..Levi and offspring #2 don't stand much a chance genetically. I mean, when my parents had to tell me in high school not to study so much that was a sign right there. Another sign might be when the father excels in math and science and wore four inch thick glasses as a child (sorry Lawrence it's true). Going into having children, I told people we were gunning for chess champions not cheerleaders. 

Sure, there is the teasing but we have it all figured out. Note: I am going to come off stereoptying my own kind here.....deal with it. But, if this is the case, we will enroll our children in an all Jewish school. I mean even if the kid can hit a baseball ten feet he would be considered cool and athletic. I can only say this because I attended a "gifted magnet" (read nerdville) elementary. I thought I was really cool coming out of 5th grade. I can not stress this enough. I mean the giant New Kids On The Block button on my denim jacket, my neon slap bracelets, the high pony tail with multiple scrunchies.....I had it all together. Reality hit fast and hard I was forced to mainstream into a general public middle school in the Bay Area away from my Jewish nerdy posse. I was suddenly the opposite of cool. How was I fooled for so long? 

The key my friends is to isolate your child in this window of nerdiness (aka nerd bubble) until college. (<-----Please sense tiny amount of sarcasm here, tiny). If you can bypass that window of horror between the ages of 12-18, you are in clear waters. College and post college rewards nerds: Mark Zuckerberg was probably not voted COOLEST KID in high school right?

So why would a parent wish this on their child? Well, while the cool kids were attending parties and doing drugs in high school, I was too busy sucking up to my Spanish teacher working on my extra credit pinata and calculating the lap splits I had to run to improve my mile time. On that topic, I will also encourage my sons to run cross country (read nerd magnet #2). I mean, was it really a surprise that our cross country team won high GPA award every freaking year in high school AND college? How can you even get into trouble when you have to go to bed at 9pm because you have to run 10 miles in the morning? Drinks at a party? Forget about it... too dehydrating! 

See, nerds are really a parent's dream and nothing would make me happier than to see my sons become cross country running nerds (Minus the glasses). So, will nerds breed nerds? It is far to early to tell although Levi was wearing his pants a "tad" high today.

Boys + Names?

A mother's intuition is supposedly a very powerful thing. So powerful, I had already planned possible names for the little girl inside me. Finally,  I could buy one of those damn pair of "jeggings" for my kid (for those not in the baby loop think skinny jeans for baby perfectly paired with pink baby uggs of course). I mean clearly, this pregnancy was different. I was feeling great and I am still downing my cup of coffee a day which thanks to morning sickness, was impossible with Levi. My OB of course told me she was also 75% sure I was having a girl..until.....

Note: Not OUR baby- what parent posts this online? Well, I thank them because this is exactly what our picture looked like

The baby opened HIS legs and we saw something, something that was not to be mistaken. " Are you sure it's not the cord?" No, she says..I can see there is no blood flow on the ultrasound. Silence. This, of course, is after the OB is giving me a lecture how great girls are because "they can talk." Okay so boys are great and this will be better for Levi, but the thought of 2 boys 19 months apart makes my brain tired. There will be fighting, yelling, tears, and dirt. But I do have to say I would take this anyday over 2 teenage girls 19 months apart..our future cell phone bill thanks us.

Then of course comes the challenge of names. Lawrence and I sort of dug ourselves in a hole by giving Levi a L name. Of course my little girl would have been Lily but the L boys name is more challenging. How about Luke? Love it but it's a super Christian name and let's face it we aren't Jews for Jesus. Liam is another nice name..but we call Levi "Leaves" for short and would probably end up calling Liam "Leems" or something. This will mess will their heads don't you think? Lawrence and I decided one night we like the name Toby James (TJ) for the baby. I of course go straight to my information Bible (aka GOOGLE) and type in "baby name Toby" and people are writing in right and left saying it sounds like a dog's name. So we have gotten nowhere. The question is will our kid resent us for life if we don't give him an L name too?  Should we just do a L name? What do you think? Anybody have other good male L names? Remember that a bad name dooms children for life..so no pressure.


Okay why not throw in some bonus cuteness to this rant-y post. I am at the lake here people. I now walk around and grab my head and say "head" when not asked and I point to my foot and say "oot". I go to yoga now and do a killer downward dog and stick my hand between my legs and wave hi to the people behind me while in the position.What can you do?

that crazy "MOMster" lady attacking me again: