The Future of Brink-Blogging

This is a quick test to see if this whole mobile blogging deal works.
If it does I'll be posting from the bathroom in no time! Here goes...

Update: It works. The thumbs up in the picture is that of satisfaction of a job well done. The picture was taken on my IPhone in my office and sent with the original post.

This whole mobile posting deal could be bad news...

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I imagine I will pick up the pace on these entries. There hasn't been too much to write about recently. All has been going great with Ally and baby. That doesn't make for a very interesting read I wouldn't think. Also, I have played like 40 hours of GTAIV as well as finally playing Portal (and LOVING IT). So between the mundane lack of details and being otherwise occupied with work research, I haven't updated in like 4 months.

That will change. Furthermore, expect to see exciting multimedia elements added in the form of "videos" and "pictures". We have more contraptions for capturing the baby in action (or sleep) that you can shake a stick at (Ben pauses to pantomime "shaking a stick") and plan on keeping everyone up to speed on every boring and mindless detail that we will no doubt find utterly facinating and amazing like millions of parents before us: "Look at the poopie diaper! It's amazing! My kid makes the best smelling poopies ever!" Ugh. I will become that guy and Ally that woman. Good times. That also might have been one of the longer sentences ever typed. Looking that up now.

So, Ally is officially on maternity leave and has been for a week now. I thought for some reason that once she went on mat leave (that's what the cool kids call it) she would get bored quickly and decide to have the kid. Turns out I was wrong and that's not in fact how the miracle of birth goes down at all.

Turns out the kid comes out when HE is ready. I for one and hoping for a Friday around noon start to "go to the hospital" labor. What you are about to read if incredibly selfish but the way I look at it, this is my last chance to be truly selfish. Anyway, Ally needs to go to the hospital Friday around noon. I will leave from work and meet here there, thus not taking a full day off work. Baby is born anytime there after, hopefully shortly thereafter. Now here is where the idea really takes off. I will take the following week off work, AS WELL AS the following Monday. Why, you ask? Because July 4 is a holiday not counting against my week long paternity leave. SO, in short if baby arrives this Fridayish I get 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, yes 10 full days off work and 1 half day.

I mean, this baby is coming one way or another, why not have him help his dad (and mom for that matter cause more days off work means more help for mom) this one time?

There is a second scenario, albeit not as beneficial to Ally. In this scenario the baby is born Monday. Why you ask? So we (including Ally here) can have one more weekend to ourselves we can spend playing video games and generally lounging around. I am not sure what Ally would do all weekend. Really her call.

This is how my mind works. Scary. All told the baby isn't coming any later than Monday since we have an appointment at 7am to get him out once and for all.

We made a short list of names for the little dude. Both Ally and my initial choice are out of play due to the fact we couldn't agree. We went back to the drawing board and came up with 3 solid choices. We will meet him prior to deciding on the final name.

Stewie 2 (The "One and Only" Stewie seen at left with sleeping Mommy) is not in the running.

Anyway, Ally is ready (see above...my thumb adds to the experience I think). I am ready. Now baby needs to get ready. Any day now...

In closing, I wrote this at work so there are probably 1000 grammar mistakes and other things I will have to go back and edit later. Keep thinking good thoughts!