The showers are done! Long live baby loot!!

Yup, so we had our final baby shower yesterday and how acquired a copious amount of baby items. It's crazy the amount of teeny tiny baby clothes littering this place now and all the crazy colored toys and chewable books...

But it was lots of fun and we are super grateful to everyone that helped us out by getting little Autumn these great and wonderful gifts. Thanks to everyone that contributed, it's really gonna help us out!

Below you'll see a couple of pictures I took of the nursery jammed with all kinds of crap beautiful little items. Baby Autumn is well on her way to spoildom...


And here's a commemorative moment caught on film...

The first load in a never ever ending line of baby laundry. From this day forward till about 18 years from now, we will always have a load of childrens laundry running. And Sharaze seems so happy about it right now. I wonder how long that's gonna last? My guess is till load number 2...

15 days since an update...

Sorry guys! Just been stupid busy with side work and stuff. But here's what's going on briefly.

Both Autumn and Sharaze are doing very well so far. Things are pretty darn normal honestly. Autumn is very very movy and all her doctor visits are going well. Organs, activity, and growth are doing good. We'll get a weight update this Friday so I'll post up once we know where she stands. I'm betting she'll be a touch over 4 pounds.

Sharaze is making it pretty well herself. She's had a couple of painful days but really, nothing too bad which is nice. I asked her if she was at the point where she's ready to get this pregnancy over with, but she said she's cool with things so far.

I do have a new picture to share. It's kind of hard to see real well, but it's a profile pic of her with her lips kind of sticking out. Sharaze said that it looked like she was making "kissy" lips. The ultrasound technician said that she was actually drinking in some of the amniotic fluid. Oh, and they say she's got a good bit of hair going as well. Hopefully we'll have some cool new pics after Friday's checkup. Later folks!



Oh yeah, and PLEASE look at this picture below. Sharaze has been hounding me to post a picture of her doing her martial arts thing just so folks know that she hasn't turned into some "pudding-eating, soap opera-watching, couch potato". She's just about 9 months pregnant and can still toss dudes around. You have been warned...

And it only took me 4 edits to get this video right...

So I woke up this morning to...

Autumn having hiccups. Sharaze grabbed my hand and was like "I think she's got the hiccups." It was pretty funny to feel her belly rhythmically going "boing......boing......boing....." How cute and neat is that? Unborn baby hiccups!

That's all. Get back to work!

A message from beyond the belly...

As you all know, Autumn has been growing and developing quite well so far. Why just last night, I was watching her move around in the belly seeing her roll from one side to the other. And then you could see little bulges in Sharazes belly as she would kick or punch out. Pretty crazy stuff actually! But as I looked closer, I started realizing there was a pattern to her movements. Eventually I figured out that she was trying to communicate...using Morse code!

I know it sounds hard to believe, but Sharaze has been reading these old time mystery novels taking place aboard ocean liners so I can only assume Autumn picked it up from there. So being the astute and terribly intelligent father that I am, I wrote down what she was trying to communicate to us. So now I will share with you what Autumn had to say last night:

Dearest Father,

I first want to thank you and mother for being the ones who gave me life and these wonderful genes that I am still processing. With your incredible intellect, wit, and stunning good looks (and mother's kung-fu) I am shaping up to be the most dominant force of babyhood this world has ever known!

I need for you to pass along this message to your family and friends. As you know, I have almost completed my incubation in these terribly confined quarters and will soon emerge into your world. (The sooner the better! I assume that mother is small, yes? Beautiful too I would surmise since she caught your eye!) Anyway, I will require the use of certain products which will help me grow even more powerful and intelligent than I already am! And keep me smelling nice too, which is of paramount importance.

Using my vast psychic powers (which unfortunately will disappear during my emergence) I have already tapped into the contrivance you call "The Internet" and selected particular goods that would benefit the early stages of my development. The people that wish to find their way into my good graces would be wise to purchase as many of these items as they can. Those foolish enough to ignore this message will suffer untold agonies when I deprive them of being in the exquisite presence of my cuteness! A black cloud of despair would fall o'er their sad little lives...

In closing, I just wanted to thank you again for blessing me with the majestic features you and mother have. I very much look forward to spending time with you and learning about life under your discerning supervision.

Love and hugs,
Autumn Rose Colley

All of that to say, the registries are completed. If we forgot something you feel is really important to get, mention it in the comments please. So you heard the girl. Get to buying folks! (PLEASE!)

Target Baby Registry

Babies R Us Registry

(You can use Sharaze Colley as the name to look up.)

Good news on bebeh Autumn!

Well Sharaze just called me to let me know how this weeks doctor visit and ultrasound went. And so far, everything's cool!

Autumn is now up to 2 pounds and 11 ounces so she's still about 2 weeks behind the growth scale, but that's no big deal they say. The technician remarked that she's got short legs right now. I'll just go ahead and say that I'm shocked that Autumn would have short little legs! Now where in the world would she have gotten those???

I really wish we had been able to get a video or picture of today's visit because Sharaze said you could see Autumn sucking her thumb! How crazy is that? She said you could see her little cheeks just workin' on that thing! Man, I wish I could have seen it, but noooo!! I have to go to work and be all responsible and stuff. Ah well...

Other than that, things are just rolling right along. The doctor said Sharaze needs to rest a little bit more than she has been, but otherwise both momma and baby are doing fine.

But I think Autumn is getting a little antsy in there because she's been really active lately. Sharaze said Autumn is trying to kick her way out and doing all kinds of rolls and dances. It's pretty cool because now I can really feel her moving and bumping around in there if I put my hand on the belly. It's kinda weird thinking that just a little bit beneath that skin lurks a tiny human being waiting to be unleased on the world...

I can't wait to meet her!!!

Super important announcement!!! (not really)

So if you look a couple of posts down you'll see that the bedding poll has been closed and the votes tallied. And it appears that the most popular choice was the Ribbon Nursery Bedding from Pottery Barn Kids. We'll just go ahead and assume that "yellow cat, brown cat, and old cat" didn't vote thus skewing the results...

So, in accordance with the wishes of the humans who voted, Sharaze has gone ahead and placed an order for this merchandise. It better be good, or I'm going to find out who voted for it and make you pay for return shipping!

I'd like to take a final moment here to thank the two brave souls who voted with me for my personal favorite, Sweet Vanilla Baby Crib Bedding. We may not have one this battle today, but we will continue on, fighting the good fight against the unwashed masses who dare to think differently than us.

And for you two who voted for the big loser of "Pink Patchwork Stars Nursery Bedding", what's wrong with you?!