New Serna Baby

Another Poo-Machine Family Addition

Say hello to your furry new cousin, Diego!

HAHAHA, you silly little boy, that’s a puppy, not a cousin. Grant you, he does poo a lot, drool a lot, and lacks all sorts of coordination, but I assure you, he is a puppy. Here’s a cousin. You’re so naïve.

But then, you’re supposed to be. Your being right now is almost the definition of naïveté. In addition to his ability to create unbelievable amounts of poo and drool, you also share with Diego this lack of worldly knowledge and experience. You’re both bestowed with a certain amount of innocence and openness to learn and adapt and become a part of this world you’re coming into. But Diego will forever live in the now, his memories and experiences only seasoning his moment to moment existence. You, on the other hand, are like some sort of super sponge that absorbs and absorbs but never gets squeezed out.

It’s kinda crazy that even holding you and playing with you while you’re so young you won’t even remember will partially shape and mold the boy and man you will someday become. I know, I better not screw that up, eh? Lucky for us your ability to adapt can even compensate for my screw-ups.

Despite not being a cousin, I am looking forward to the two of you playing together, ’cause every little boy needs a dog in his life.

It’s official, I’m pregnant

As this Friday officially marks the end of my 6th month and I thought it was probably time to share a few pictures of the growing belly. We were ‘out on the town’ yesterday down in Dothan, mostly just getting out of the house for the last day of Brian’s 4 day weekend. Literally everywhere we went someone said something about me being pregnant. So I figured, it must be official if complete strangers are telling us congratulations.

Whether it looks it or not, he is definitely getting bigger every day. And stronger too! He continues to get more active every week. His favorite moves are still the sideways stretch and curling up in a ball, most often on my left side. Leaving me of course, quite lopsided. However, he has his baby aerobics at least 2-3 times a day where I get his regular jabs and kicks for a solid half hour or so. And he definitely doesn’t like scary movies! We were watching Event Horizon last night and he was throwing a fit the whole way through.
In other news… I have decided to rejoin America’s work force as the Store Receiving Specialist at Toy’s ‘R’ Us down in Dothan! I have been a little over a week on the new job. All is going well and I think I am starting to get an idea of what all my job entails. And most importantly, how to actually DO it. All in all, it seems as though it was just meant to be. The woman who I am replacing is also pregnant and is due the end of this month! So although the job is not particularly physically, or mentally, taxing, my boss and co-workers are already used to dealing with a pregnant lady on the job. The biggest downside, besides the commute, is yet again I have found myself working retail during the holiday season. At least this time it’s not on the sales floor! On the upside, I get to go to Tallahassee next week for a day of training. Woohoo! A REAL city!!! I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures