Our baby’s first “photos” were taken yesterday. We’ve already had a few ultrasounds, but this was a little cooler….
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No, Gerry, not “punched in the neck”. This morning I was kicked in the face…
…by my unborn daughter.
The last two times I talked to her she started moving around, and then settled down when I stopped talking. Today was the same. I was talking to her, and she started kicking. For some unknown reason I put the side of my face on Kelly, as if I would be able to hear the baby respond, which, of course, is silly.
Or maybe not.
I didn’t hear a response, but I felt one — she kicked when my face was there and got me right in the cheek.
Now don’t worry. I’m OK. It didn’t hurt because she’s only about 12 inches long and weighs about 2 pounds, but she might just be a soccer player if this is any sort of indication. [:)] Of course, I’d rather she be into baseball, but I guess I’ll leave it up to her.
I just think it’s amazing that, even before she is born, she knows who I am by my voice. Kelly said she doesn’t do that for anyone else.
[:D]
By the way, regardless of what she says, Kelly’s belly button IS the microphone so that the baby can hear me.
I mentioned before that I was getting a lot of comment spam, so I turned on comment moderation. Well, yesterday and today I received around 100 comment spam. Since they are moderated, they don’t show up, but it’s still a pain.
So I finally looked into some other options, namely ReverseDOS. If this works well, the I’ll remove the moderation entirely. Does anyone have any experience with this tool? Maybe some customized filters that work really well?
I felt the baby move this morning! It was the first time for me, although Kelly has been able to feel it for a while. I had tried before when she said the baby was active, but never with any luck. I was about to give up again this morning when I finally felt it. [:D]
You know how sometimes when you press your fingers against something you can feel your pulse in your fingertips? It felt a lot like that, only stronger, and it didn’t happen ~60 times per minute like I could feel it in my other fingers. I felt her kick with the ring finger of my right hand. (I’m sure no one cares about that detail, but I wanted to write it down for my own benefit.)
That was really cool. As far as I can remember it is the first time I’ve ever felt any baby kick at all. In two weeks this may be old-hat, but it was pretty exciting for me this time.
[:D]
Well, for now I have turned on moderation for comments posted to this blog. The last couple weeks I’ve been getting a lot more comment SPAM, so until I take the time to find another alternative, this will be in place.
Of course, I don’t get that many comments anyway, so if you do leave a comment it shouldn’t take me very long to approve it so it gets posted. Also, you can get around the moderation by creating an account on this site. Comments from authenticated users aren’t moderated.
Wow. I just checked my site stats, which I normally get around to about once a month. I’m surprised to see that I’ve had three days with over 5,000 hits in the last 7 days, one of them being nearly 7,000 hits. I know those numbers aren’t huge, but I’m happy to see them given my typical volume and content of posts. Normally, I average around 3,000 hits/day on this site, so I was a little suprised to see those numbers given that I haven’t posted much recently until today.
Now that I’ve thought about it, though, it makes sense for two reasons:
- Deeper in .NET was this weekend, and a good number of referrals are related to that.
- I just took down my other site, www.scottisaacs.com, and forwarded all of that traffic here.
Now if I could just find a way to turn 5,000 hits into 50,000 hits…. and then find a way to turn each hit into $10….
Hmmmm… [;)]
I used to have quite a collection of domain names. At one point, I had nearly thirty. It was an addiction, and I needed help. Now I’m a recovering domain-name-aholic, letting unnecessary registrations lapse as the expiration date approaches. I’m currently down to 17. (The road to recovery is long and lonely.)
Well, I have three that I am planning to “let go” very soon, putting them into an indefinite “domain name purgatory” until my registrar decides to release them back into the wild. If you’re interested in any of these domains, let me know. I don’t need to get rich from this, but I do want to make sure they make it to a good home. [;)]
Here are the names I am currently planning to let lapse:
- hypothesize.org
- resemblance.org
- wordforsale.com
Please help me keep from falling back into my old addictions. I am still weak, and may falter at any time. With your help, I can overcome this hurdle.