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« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2005, 12:57:37 am »
Weird little bump all gone now.

Can I come for a beer?  I don't know.  Maybe.  I mean, I'd like to come for a beer, but it depends on how Mrs. del Vaca feels about things.  New baby + recovering from C-section + rambunctious 2 year old = "I really need you here."  We'll see.

And as for being armed on prom night... don't I know it.  I know we have to be wary of teenage boys, because I was a teenage boy once.

Cliche as all hell, but being a parent changes your outlook on damn near everything.  Case in point:  Remember when you were in high school, and you stayed out past your curfew, and when you came home your parents were all up in your shit and you were all such as, "Gawd, Mom, chill, it's fine."  I will try to keep that in mind the first time Elizabeth isn't home on time and I'm all "She's lying DEAD by the SIDE OF THE ROAD I KNOW IT!!!!"
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« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2005, 01:52:40 am »
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Um.... does this mean you can come have beer with us now?


I admire your spunk but honestly, a 1 month old child is not something you'd want to abandon for beer.


Uh, actually, if it were me, I'd be abandoning it for beer so fast...

You know, it would be nice to meet you, Carlos, but it sounds like the Mrs. is the one that really needs the beer.
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« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2005, 01:09:28 pm »
congratulations!
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« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2005, 05:47:07 pm »
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Um.... does this mean you can come have beer with us now?


I admire your spunk but honestly, a 1 month old child is not something you'd want to abandon for beer.


Uh, actually, if it were me, I'd be abandoning it for beer so fast...

You know, it would be nice to meet you, Carlos, but it sounds like the Mrs. is the one that really needs the beer.


Beer helps maintain/increase the milk flow. So does fenugreek, but beer tastes and smells better. Give the Mrs. beer! It's good for her.
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« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2005, 07:31:49 pm »
Congratulations, multiple, from our little corner of the world.  

I would like to point out with approval that your taste in female baby names is (almost) exactly like mine.  (Baby Girl Name #1: Hero Elizabeth.  Baby Girl Name #2: Catherine Grace.)  

She's gorgeous.  More pictures?  Please?
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« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2005, 08:09:37 pm »
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She's gorgeous.  More pictures?  Please?


In a day or two.  For now, here's my oldest drinking coffee.

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« Reply #21 on: August 01, 2005, 10:00:56 pm »
We are considering attempting to create a male life within the next year. We gots two little girls too...anyone know any good wives tales intended to ensure male progeny?
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« Reply #22 on: August 01, 2005, 10:45:07 pm »
AD, my sister in law found Taking Charge of Your Fertility helpful in conceiving, and she recommends their chapter on gender selection (although I'm not sure if they actually tried it).  You might also check out How to Choose the Sex of your Baby.  It's the "classic" in gender selection that everybody recommends.  

That said, you can probably find all the information you need on the web.  Personally, I used the tips found on BabyHopes.com (culled from the above-referenced book, as far as I can tell).  They also sell the cheapest ovulation predictor and home pregnancy tests I could find on the web, and they're extremely good tests.  (Up to twice as sensitive as the drugstore variety.)  Ovulation prediction is the single most important factor in gender determination, so in order to pinpoint the exact day you'll need dozens of the little pee-strips, take my word.  

Not to sound like some sort of infomercial, but we followed the advice on the BabyHopes website (linked above) and were -- obviously -- rewarded with the son we dreamed of.  Granted, we had a (roughly) 50/50 chance, but I like to think that we helped things along at least a little.  

IMHO, trying for a boy is much more fun for the lady than trying for a girl.  ;)  Good luck!

Edit: For the more clinically-minded, here's one last link: http://www.childbirth.org/articles/sex.html#sum
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« Reply #23 on: August 01, 2005, 11:33:52 pm »
Don't "try" for anything.  Have a kid and love whatever you get.
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« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2005, 12:27:03 am »
Well, yes, of course we would. That doesn't mean we wouldn't like to have a boy to go with our two girls.

Certainly it doesn't mean we would tie a girl up in a burlap big with a dumbell and throw her in the ocean.

I am sure we wouldn't consider a chilld of the opposite gender a failure on our parts. But we think that in the next year or two we would like to have a boy and if we can affect that outcome in some way, we would.
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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2005, 05:22:52 am »
I know you wouldn't, AD.  I'm just sayin'.
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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2005, 05:22:51 pm »
I'm with you - I'm still curious about thins people have heard about trying to affect the gender of the baby...There is this ancient Chinese chart that is supposedly 85% accurate using the mothers age and month of conception, if you can believe that...
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« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2005, 05:32:24 pm »
In other baby news, my friends Ben and Christine (the Stillers) had a baby boy recently and named him after me (well, the lad's name is Quinlan Dempsey, so it's really only the middle name after me - but I'm honoured anyway).

So many babies!
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« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2005, 08:23:37 pm »
Is that a combination baby announcement and celebrity name drop?

Are you talking about Mr Furious or just a regular old Ben Stiller?
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« Reply #29 on: August 02, 2005, 08:41:33 pm »
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Is that a combination baby announcement and celebrity name drop?


Yeah, I wasn't going to include the parenthetical info there but I figured what the hell...
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