Less than Twelve Parsecs

I fell in love. The kind of love that makes the entire world disappear and there's just you and her, two souls staring into each other with complete and utter trust. Her name is Fae Evelyn Tener. She has the sweetest warm blue eyes which she opens sparingly, as if to let you know how precious every glance bestowed upon you really is.  I've known her for a while now, at least I've known her active temperament in the long hours of the night, when she would stretch and kick and kick and kick.  But last Saturday, on November 2, 2019 at 7:23am, was the first time we saw each other and held each other's hand. The first time we hugged and cuddled and fell asleep together. She was 7lbs 6oz and 20in long, head circumference of 35cm, birth Apgar score of 9/10. Yes, she's a tiny gem of a person, but passing every test thrown at her with flying colors.  We've been in pure bliss for a week*, day and night, treasuring every moment we're together**. Fae has shi

Late night, the Eve of November 2nd 2019. The kids have been kidnapped by grandparents, who've been kindly trying to give us one last weekend alone together before baby arrives. Both Greg and I had sought ideas of things we wanted to do this weekend and came up short. Not that we didn't try the basics: Fancy dinner plan: not worth it due to strict diet-control for GD these past 3 months, so I wasn't really in much of a mood for it. Greg's point of view on fancy food is mostly Cheerios-based anyway. Movie theater: there's really not much playing right now. Big titles not worth the time, indie movies right now also at their lowest, given the right radius around our hospital (we had decided even SF is too far to wonder because we're already full term). Music night: again, can't believe there's nothing going on right now. A small-room underground concert by Cellista downtown, which actually has a great sound but it overflows my taste after the