Zach Dotsey

Forty weeks is the generally projected as the time a baby is expected, which means that Amanda and I have hit the halfway point.  In honor of hitting the halfway point, I think I’ll share the name we’ve (probably) finalized for our little girl.

Originally we were naming her Lillian Isabelle, but we decided that both of those names were too popular, which is a shame because I really liked the idea of calling her Lillybelle.  We went through a few other names and thought we’d landed on Maggie Jane or Maggie May.  Both of those are really cute, but we just weren’t settled on them.  On top of that we’ve got some friends who are naming their baby Maggie, and they’re due just a couple weeks before us.  That wasn’t really what made us change our mind though.

So right now, and I think it’s pretty official because Amanda told her mom, it’s Melia May, whom we’ll call Milly.  Amanda is really in love with the name Milly.  I guess that’s probably why we decided to change from Maggie.  It seems we just like a certain type of name: Lilly, Maggie, Milly.  Anyway, it’s Melia May, or possibly MeliaMay with a middle name.  I’m partial to MeliaMay Jane, and Amanda’s floated MeliaMay Lillian as well, but I think that’s too long.  What’s pretty definite right now is Milly.  So our baby’s name is Milly.  Milly Dotsey.

So, how’s Milly doing this week?  Well, she’s about the size of a cantaloupe, which is about how big Cysty (Amanda’s cyst) was.  She’s about ten ounces, six and a half inches crown to rump.

Oddly, she has a fully-formed uterus now and about seven million eggs, although she’ll only have about two million by the time she’s born.  I don’t know why there’s such a big difference- the book doesn’t say.  Anyway, all the stuff that makes me nervous about having a girl is developed or developing.

When I grabbed the electric razor to trim my beard today I put it to my face without even thinking about the setting I had it on until I looked down at the sink and thought to myself, “Those hairs look kind of long.”  I’d accidentally left it on the lowest setting (as opposed to the usual 2 or 3 setting), so now I’ve just got a bunch of short stubble.  Oh well, it’ll grow back out.

Amanda and I went to church today then grabbed some Atlanta Bread for breakfast before heading home and not doing much of anything.  It was rainy today and chilly, but not as cold as it had been the last couple days.  Amanda went back out to pick up a wedding gift for Don and Laurel, whose wedding is next weekend.

While Amanda was out I flipped around on the TV and saw that the first two seasons of Entourage were on HBO On Demand.  I started watching that then and I’m watching it now.  I caught up on episodes of My Name is Earl dating back to October or so.  I told Amanda earlier in the day that I’d try to clear those off the DVR this week.  Not that there’s not plenty of room on the DVR right now, but TV season is ramping up so it’s likely that it will start to fill up before long.

Amanda went to bed around 8:30 after getting me to run out and pick up a Red Baron pizza.

Michael came by for a bit today, mostly to drop off Amanda’s new phone.  I went to show him what my Xbox 360 was doing, and it was working fine!  Well, it still had a green tint for most of the time, but otherwise it was working just peachy.

Zach Dotsey