conception inception

hi everyone :)

It's midnight and it's our very first BLOG ever!

For some reason I was completely awake at 2:25 am yesterday morning, so I watched Cesar Millan--The Dog Whisperer and my new spiritual leader on TiVo re-runs. I took a shower, painted my nails and mused that up until last year I never had insomnia ever. I am the person who slept through fire alarms in college. Apparently it's common to not be able to sleep when you're pregnant!

Cesar is the smartest man--and since studying his materials we have faithfully walked our dogs 'Cesar's Way' (almost) everyday since. We are still not up to the task because Merlin still becomes apoplectic when he sees another dog. Baby steps.

Speaking of baby steps---'Lumbley' is 17 weeks, 5 days old today. We found out today that he (or she?) is not at-risk for any birth defects (whew!). Mother and baby are doing great, save for a touch of anemia. Which I will rectify immediately! We find out SOON whether we will be meeting Isaac Nathaniel Schleifer or Zoey Sabine this upcoming August.


I am starting to look like a Heffalump. Up until today I was pretty comfortable in my normal clothes. Pregnancy is awkward and embarrassing. I am supposed to eat DOUBLE the calories from my dieting days. Even more than what Dave is supposed to eat! Weird. Thank God maternity clothes are somewhat fashionable nowadays.

David is interviewing this week with the DC offices of Microsoft for a job transfer so we can relocate and he can attend law school at The George Washington University (ranked #3 in Intellectual Property Law--GO DAVE!!) I am so proud of him and so excited for everything that's coming to us. We are very much looking forward to being closer to so many family-members when we move to Virginia. It will be very very soon!

I am acting like a housewife while I clean out a garage full of random boxes and organize everything for our move. We will see how that works for us for awhile.

We will post pictures and vignettes during our cross-country tour of San Fran, Vegas, The Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Hot Springs, AR, Memphis, Ashville and then to our new home!

More soon :)

We miss you! Email us at schleiferkin@gmail.com.