Pregnancy Diary: Entry 4

Stuff you might want to know:

1. Tuesday the 21st of December, is the day we are going to the hospital for the c-section, caesarean, cesarean, caesar, caesarian, etc.
2. Yes, since a c-section is major internal surgery, the patient would normally stay in the hospital for five days. You may ask yourself "does that mean Mary will be in the hospital for Christmas?" and it is very astute of you to ask. Thank you. If everything goes well, the doctor said she can come home on the 24th.
3. We have to be at the hospital at 5:30 in the morning which is a little silly because the procedure is scheduled for 7:30. I am confident they won't send us into the delivery room before 9:00, so please be patient.
4. The time difference between Brisbane and Wisconsin is currently 16 hours. That means at 1:30 in the afternoon on the 20th, we will arrive at the hospital.
5. We may be enjoying the moment and take some time with the new person before calling or e-mailing out the announcement, so please be patient. I am sure I will get an e-mail out within six hours of us arriving at the hospital.
6. I may have to follow that up with an e-mail a few days later with the actual name of the baby, so please be patient.
7. Mary's mom and dad, Jim and Jean, are staying with us for a few weeks. Cole and Cora will be well cared for while we spend our waking moments trying to figure out a name for this baby.

The current list of rejected names is:

Noodle (this is a favorite of mine)
Ruby (this was in our top three girl names for so long and was a guarded secret, but has not made the cut)
Cashew Kelpa (a suggestion by Cora for a girl name. I think it is cute.)
Foster
Pancreas
Sterling
Apollo
Cobra Python, or Python Cobra (Cole is still deciding which should go first)
Rolf

Mary is enjoying her last day of being pregnant and looks forward to seeing her toes.