I am a copycat

I am a HUGE copycat.  I am copying this baby blog idea from my friends Shelley and Aaron who started blogging when they started their family a few years ago.  I also copied the name of this blog "The New Life of the Slavinskys" from another couple I know who had an adorable baby boy in September.  They are not bloggers, but that is the title of their baby’s album on Facebook.  Actually their title is, "The New Life of the Sheltons" because it would be really strange if their title had our last name in it.

I have lots of family and friends who live all over the country, so I am going to try to keep y'all up to date with this here blog.  Today I am officially 11 weeks and 5 days pregnant.  I read that the baby is currently the size of a fig.  That is much easier to visualize than a kumquat, which was last week's baby-to-fruit comparison.  My friend Jess suggested that I buy the fruit each week and take a picture.  I liked that idea, and then Shelley suggested that I eat the fruit too, which seems a bit cannibalistic, so we'll see.

On Friday, Andrew and I went to the doctor and got to hear the baby's lil' heartbeat.  It sounded very strong and quick which I am told is great.  Maybe this baby will grow up to be a marathoner like his/her daddy.  Perhaps the steady beat means that it will grow up to be a musician like her Pop-pop (my daddy).  I am just excited that the baby is healthy regardless of what interests it has.  I used to roll my eyes a bit when mothers-to-be would say, "Oh I don't care if I have a boy or a girl, I just want a healthy baby".  Now I totally get it.

Before I end my first blog, I would like to copy one last thing from someone else.  I know a girl who blogged about living in Egypt.  She ended each of her blogs the same way, with an Egyptian phrase.  While I have no intention on attempting to be as witty as she was in all of her blogs, I have decided to end each of mine the same way.  Yesterday, I asked the kids in my class to write down the attributes of good parenting.  I will end each blog with one of their words of wisdom.

Mrs. S’s class’ parenting rule #1:
"When your kid is bad, only threaten to take something away, don’t actually do it.”