The Week of the Belly - Week 17

Here they are. The belly popped out this week and I also felt the baby move a little bit!

Long over due....week 16!

Ok ok, we are terrible people...but we have had more craziness...the Xterra was in the shop for a week, we had Stewart in town over the weekend to go boarding (Suzi relaxed in the cabin) and this morning the Civic's battery was DEAD! Ugh...so the blog took some neglect here. But we are back hopefully going to try to get back on the weekly update schedule.

Suz is in her 'I'm feeling fat not pregnant' stage right now...but here we are at week 16 and she is on the low end of the weight gain schedule (only 5 lbs to date). Most likely due to her working out, pilates and soon to start up on the prenatal yoga...I think she works out more then me right now! A couple of shots of the pregnant one:


We are only 4 weeks away from finding out the sex of mini Meli, making it feel like time is flying and going sooooooooo s-l-o-w all at the same time.

In other baby news we have come to the conclusion of cloth diapering mini Meli. We have a friend that is doing it right now and she has been nothing short of an encyclopedia of information on the subject...Thanks Cheri! Knowing somebody that is going through cloth diapering (new age cloth diapering....ie - not 1980 cloth diapering) made the decision a little easier and after reading up about it I'm actually looking forward to it...well as much as you can look forward to cleaning up poopoo-kaka filled diapers...

Work topic - how long is to long?

Leo here. Ok this is something that I thought only micromanaging managers do, but noticed I got caught in this vicious cycle sometimes.

You go to visit a coworker or a manager at their desk and they are busy, on the phone or in another conversation...

What do you do? Do you hang out waiting for it to end or to be noticed, if so how long? Do you do a little knock and hold up 3 or 5 fingers, basically asking how long until I should come back (which is what I do)? Do you just jump into a conversation, possibly being 'that guy'?

Personally I hate the people that silently sit around waiting...and waiting...and waiting or butt in on your conversation, completely throwing everything out of wack. I mean I can understand, hanging around for a minute then leaving; but if others noticed you hanging around, then quietly walk off, don't you feel a bit like an unloved, unnoticed red-headed step child that nobody wants to even look at?

• So how long is to long to wait around?
• Does anybody get that, 'oh crap I'm committed to waiting around until they notice me' feeling, explaining the oddness of a person just silently standing around invading the sanctity of your cubicle air space?
• Has anybody been on the receiving end of the odd person waiting around to speak to you? And what did you do? Continue talking on the phone after the other person hung up? Keep your earphones on acting like you can't hear you...testing them to touch you or your desk?