The good news and the bad news

I wasn't going to post this until much later (say in early August) but as some of you know, Wendy is pregnant. We weren't going to say much about it with our previous problems with miscarriages and the fact that it generally causes a lot of problems with some people who really despise her. We don't know what it is (other than a baby) but according to several old wives tales, it looks to be a baby girl but who knows. We don't have a preference on the sex of the baby so whatever it is, I will muddle through.

With Wendy being 38, there was some concerns but things were going well. She has a wonderful bout of morning sickness that she is finally over but yesterday in a visit to the doctor, she was warned that the road ahead could be bumpy and more difficult than it was with Mark.

The answer to the question that every is asking is; Mark is handling it well and is looking forward to being a big brother. He will be evicted from his room upstairs and moved to the larger bedroom in the basement. Some friends have told me that they think Mark is way to young to move to the basement but Mark asked me the other night if he could move out with Lee so Lee wouldn't be so lonely without us. I don't know if being separated by a couple of floors will traumatize him too much. As a co-worker said, "He's a young male, living in sub-subterranean housing appeals to him." He is already lobbying for some two way radios and a computer so he can e-mail us.

As I mentioned, the big change is that Lee is moving out and I will lose the chance of ever getting my office back. The other concern we have but am not sure how to deal with it is that Maggi is like a bull in a china shop some times and while is gentle and never aggressive with Mark, she has gone through him a couple of times when excited (kind of a Dino greeting Fred Flintstone type of scene) and steps on my feet all of the time which at 100+ pounds kind of hurts.

Wendy's only complaint until yesterday is that she isn't crazy about a summer baby and the heat but considering that she has spent our entire marriage complaining about how cold I like the house, I am sure she will survive.