Eggnog...?

We're having a baby. Another boy to be precise. For some reason it is biologically impossible for a male in my family to have more than one female a generation. Since my cousin has a daughter I guess I'm the one who is keeping the family name going.

I can live with that.


We had the 3-D ultrasound last Friday and my son was with us. He wanted to make sure that his mom was ok during the whole process and was wondering why they put jelly on mommies belly.

When he saw the baby and we found out it was a boy he asked if it was playing with cars in there.

He will be a good big brother.

We started talking about boy names on the way home. I used to like the name Noah, but Kat has a kid named that and frankly if it's good enough for her, then I want better.

I like the name Myles and Cole. We've talked about Ben or Daniel as well. I tend to like the name Jake, but since my oldest is Jack it might be confusing.

I'm really leaning towards Cole. It's a short name which I like and it is distinctly masculine and American.

Anyways...

We asked my son what he thought a good name was. He was fully on the Lightning McQueen and Mater bandwagon.

My son is somewhat obsessed with the PIXAR movie "Cars".

We called my folks and gave them the good news. My parents were quite happy.

I called my grandmother and told her and her reply was

"That's OK."

That's OK? Like I said I didn't get the raise I wanted or I only got a C on a test. I am telling them about their second great- grandchild, the second great-grandchild that they made quite a production out of saying that they would not live long enough to see.

My family is big with the drama.

So when we told my folks about the sex of the baby they asked my son what he wanted to name his new little brother.

I was expecting any number of Cars characters.

My son, never one to go with the expected, says "Eggnog".

So I hope to welcome baby Eggnog to the family sometime in early July. We might work on the name between now and then though.