The Books are Closed!

OK then, looks like the votes are in and that it's time to close the books.

**Megan, I went ahead and placed you with September 7th, as it was the only date left and I hadn't heard from you...hope that's OK!

Anyway, the list is as follows and the Foster names are in bold.

August 17th -- Adam
August 18th -- Adam
August 19th -- Grant
August 20th -- Angie
August 21st -- Joy, Amyjeen (friend in Denver)
August 22nd -- Elizabeth
August 23rd -- Mark
August 24th -- Jeff
August 25th -- Dana
August 26th -- Ben (my co-worker)
August 27th -- Kristen, Vanessa (friend in Baltimore)
August 28th -- Matt
August 29th -- Margaret
August 30th -- Drew, Hannah (my niece)
August 31st -- Mickey
September 1st -- Linda (friend in Baltimore)
September 2nd -- John R. (friend in Philly), Theresa (friend in Denver)
September 3rd -- Matt K (friend in Philly), Shirl (my mom)
September 4th -- Carrol (friend in Denver)
September 5th -- Tyler
September 6th -- Donna (my sister), Colleen (friend in Baltimore)
September 7th -- Megan, Jeremy (friend in Baltimore)

Good luck, everyone. I'll just be here, suffering in late-term abject misery until this little contest plays itself out, boo-hoo...

**Actually, I'm fine -- only somewhat miserable, really! ;-)

Place yer bets, place yer bets!

Given the undeniable Foster proclivity toward competition, I thought it might be fun to start the Wendi and Matt Baby Pool -- essentially, to see which (if any) of us can predict the date that I'll give birth. Given that there's 21 days left until my due date and NOT (or should I say, "not yet!") that many Fosters, I'm not going to subdivide into hour slots. Simply pick a date and let that be your vote!

To further clarify, today is the 9th, and my due date is August 30th. Additionally, my OB has told me that if Sy isn't here by the 6th of September (7 days after my due date) he will want to induce (not sure if he meant "on that day" or near it).

I'm feeling just fine today, thanks, so I'm going to put the time frame in the four weeks between Friday, August 10th and Friday, September 7th. Again, I know that's more days than there are Fosters, but I'm going to see if I can get my own family and friends in on this too.

And of course everyone wants to know what the pot is for the contest...well, not much, save of course for the baseless, glowing satisfaction that stems from making a lucky call about something completely inconsequential (and we all know how fun THAT is!).

But to sweeten the deal literally and figuratively, I'll throw in the additional prize of a homemade (by me!) dessert of the winner's choice. If a Foster is the winner, then the jackpot will very probably be shared and enjoyed by the entire family this Thanksgiving (with the winner of course getting first dibs). If no Foster wins...well, then you all get nothing and like it. ;-P

Okay, here are the votes I have so far:

Matthew: August 28th
Ben (my co-worker): August 26th
Donna (my sister): September 6th (is her mean streak showing or what?)
Linda (friend from Baltimore): September 1st
Matt K (friend from Philadelphia): September 3rd
Jeff: August 24th
Angie: August 20th

Bring 'em on, folks!

Bigger than life...

...or so I seem to myself these days, yikes! :-S


Anyway, sorry I've been so absent in the blogosphere of late, but I'll try to get a decent post up sometime this weekend. In the meantime, here's a photo that was just taken a few minutes ago by my co-worker Ben. Things are truly getting massive here at the 36 week mark!