It was 6 months ago today so it seems like the right time to post this. 

Vivienne Ripley Rutherford was born on September 8, 2009 at 12:43 a.m..  She weighed 7 lbs exactly and measured 19 inches.  And, yes, Ripley is from Alien. We figured if she wants to be a fancy lady she can be Vivienne Rutherford and if she wants to be - I don't know - a race car driver or something - she can be Ripley Rutherford.

I have been having the love affair of the century, so forgive me for not blooooooooooggggggggiiiiing more.

Here she is at about 3 days old:

...and here she is a couple of weeks ago:

She's totally awesome. 

You know, they tell you to sleep when the baby sleeps, but nobody tells you that what you will want to do when the baby is sleeping is STARE AT THE BABY.

Which sounds like a delightful idea! I'm off to go do that very thing.

I was just kind of in my own world, floating around in my head - and I swear to you that I didn't notice that there was someone in one of the bathroom stalls.  And I totally took the stall next to them - even though the ENTIRE bathroom was empty! By the time I realized what I had done, it was too late. 

I thought about hanging around the sinks and apologizing to them when they came out of the stall -  but then it dawned on me: That is a really bad idea.  So I washed my hands as fast as I could, and got the heck out of there. 

Mystery person trying to do your business, whoever you are, I am SO sorry.

Hey - while we're on the subject of bathrooms - what do people think about automatic flushing toilets?  I'm currently loathing them. It could have something to do with the fact that, being 37 weeks pregnant, I'm like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon floating around in the stall - and so they flush repeatedly.  I find it insulting and alarming.

But despite that, I must say that nothing - NOTHING beats the woman in our Birthing class that was not only shocked and horrified to find out that there were muscles in the anus - but was indignant when it became apparent that the rest of the class was not having the same epiphany.  "You all act like you KNEW about this!!"

Now, I always go into any kind of *class* with a bad attitude -- and then come out all pleasantly surprised when I've gleaned interesting information and learned something. 

But I think those years and years of being a nanny in NYC give me an edge - plus, you know - my natural maternal instincts.

When we did the live show from Comic-Con, he came to our stage - but since I was the show writer - I was trapped in the truck and couldn't go introduce myself.  What follows is the Honest To God text conversation I had with Jeremy, who produced the Lost interview on our show:

 I don't know if he really said thanks twice, but he seems like a really nice guy, so I wouldn't put it past him...

Sure, Star Wars came out in 1977 - but otherwise, it's not all it's cracked up to be...

Operation Olivia: The Star Wars Fan Film Challenge, Ep. 2