*Alternative title 2: Toddler Jeneric is obsessed with Baby Wily.
Although Toddler Jeneric has no concept of time at a scale of minutes or hours (1 more minute means until I am done), she is keenly attuned to the cycle of a week. Five days a week and two weekend days translates to sleeping until 8 or 8:30 Monday through Friday and waking at 6 or 7 am on Saturday and Sunday.
And she doesn't even watch cartoons.
Thus, it was at 7 am Saturday morning that Toddler Jeneric padded into our room and began her running commentary for the day. A few highlights:
Toddler Jeneric: Here's Mama's blanket.
Mama: Yes. Where's TJ's blanket?
TJ: .... Mama knit Baby Wy Blanket (translation: Mama knit Baby Wily a blanket).
Mama: Yes, I did. Would you like Mama to make you a blanket?
TJ: ...
Dad: Would you like Mama to make you some socks?
TJ: Yes. Mama knit TJ socks (points to foot).
Moments later, Toddler Jeneric points to the bassinet.
TJ: Baby Wy sleep!
Mama: Yes, Baby Wily will sleep there.
TJ: Shh!
Later in the day, as Toddler Jeneric climbed into her carseat:
TJ: Baby Wy seatbelt! (points to the empty carseat next to her).
Daddy: Yes, Baby Wily will sit there.
TJ: But not yet!
Still later in the day:
Daddy: So TJ, when will Baby Wily arrive?
TJ: Two weeks!
Mama: Two weeks! Not three or four?
TJ: Two weeks!
Thus, we proudly re-open the guessing game, as we did for Toddler Jeneric nearly 2 years ago. By Friday, September 12, leave a comment to this post with the following:
1. Baby Wily's birth date
2. Baby Wily's gender
3. For tie breaking purposes: Baby Wily's weight.
Ideally, the winner will receive an original piece of Toddler Jeneric art, depicting her new brother/sister. In reality, winner will receive whatever Toddler Jeneric draws.
Information that may prove helpful:
1. Jenni is carrying exactly the same as for Toddler Jeneric but with the added bonus of occasional headaches.
2. Jenni is convinced it is a boy.
3. The doctor has not warned of a particularly large baby.
4. The doctor feels Baby Wily will be late, though not as late as his/her sister.
5. Toddler Jeneric generally feels Baby Wily will arrive in 2 weeks. She has no clear preference for gender.
Gratuitous kid photos:
10 comments:
Hmmm, I have been thinking of what day it would be, consulted many different calendars and have come up with this analysis.
Day: Sept 24
Time: 10:33 pm
Gender: boy
Weight: 7lbs 0z
September 26, 2008
7:30 pm
Boy
8 lbs, 5 oz.
Oh. Do we go with the crowd (& expectant mommy)? yes!
Boy!
7:38 PM
Oct. 1
7 lbs 12 oz.
Because everyone else is guessing boy, I'll have to guess girl, just to improve my odds of winning. So:
girl
Oct. 1, 8pm
weight: 7lbs, 0z
(Important note: I'm writing this from Australia, where everything is upside down, so it's quite possible that the correct answers are the opposite of what I'm saying!)
Date: Sept. 24th
Gender: Girl
Weight: 7 lbs, 6 oz.
Birthdate: Sept. 30
Gender: Boy
Weight: 7 lbs. 14 oz.
The price is right answer...
September 24
10:34 pm
7 lbs, 1oz
Boy +1
Since someone already took my birthday I will go with:
Oct 3
11 pm
Boy
8 lb, 1 oz
Grampy says it's a boy
Arriving on October 3rd
4:30 am
weighing in at 8# 3 oz
Grammy says Sept. 28th
Girl-(just to be different from Grampy)
7# 15 oz.
In the wee hours of the morning
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