Belly! At 31 weeks and 4 days

Mealz is excited!

Memo to Ruby

Since Emilia is likely too nice to ask, I'll take the lead. Please do the following a little less:

• Punching your mother's uterus.
  
• Dancing when your mother is trying to sleep.
  
• Kicking your mother's ribs.

Other than that, carry on. We love you.

Take Me To Tokyo

It makes me sad to open Ruby's blog and see the Ike post that David made on the top of the page. I decided that we need something more cheery on here.

David and I went out last night with Jesse and Meaghan to dinner, a movie and drinks (for everyone but me). Our nights out are going to be limited soon so we were very appreciative of a fun night downtown. Sadly, David wouldn't splurge on a carriage right to end the night in style, but I'll get over it.

Ruby got a super cute onesie from Jesus and Meaghan, see pic above. Thank you Jesse and Meaghan for helping her to be a fashionable little girl. We'll have to dress her in it some night and take her to a trendy South Austin restaurant to hang out with the hipsters.

We Don't Like Ike

Hurricane Ike threw a Texas-sized monkey wrench into countless people's plans this weekend, ourselves included. We were excited to be heading to Houston on Friday afternoon for our first baby shower. But when we realized that Ike had painted a target on the City of Houston, we knew the shower was postponed. As everyone knows, Ike thrashed the Gulf Coast:



Emilia's parents, Gigi and Poppa, headed to Austin on Thursday night to escape Ike's wrath. We gladly provided them with a roof and a bed; they in turn provided us with a lobster and steak dinner in celebration of Emilia's birthday. Pretty fair trade, if you ask me.

It's still not known when much of Houston will get the electricity turned back on, so the Guerins are Austinites for the time being. Stella and Stanley have never been happier.

Mom Sandwich Belly Pic

Random Conversation

Emilia had a nice little conversation with a woman on the shuttle bus heading back from the UT game:

Woman: Are y'all having a boy or a girl?

Emilia: She's a girl.

Woman: Have y'all picked a name yet?

Emilia: Yes, her name is Ruby.

Woman: Ohh. (pause) Is that a family name?

Emilia: No, we just like it.

Woman: You like it?

Emilia: Yes, we like it.

Woman: It's so old fashioned.

Hey, lady, if you're reading this: shut up. Maybe you should pay less attention to our daughter's name and more attention to your teenager with the huge hickeys on her neck. Just some friendly advice from a fellow shuttle bus rider.

28 weeks....GAME DAY!

We're going to the UT game tonight with Bill, aka Country Pop. It will be Ruby's first football game, so I figured a belly pic would be a good way to commemorate such an important day in her life.