Today's baby names: Deepak, Chanahandra, Ajeet

I haven't blogged in forever, it seems. But I've finally emerged from the haze of exhaustions and nausea that was April and May, so yay that. My house is reasonably clean again, or as clean as it can be with kids and dogs and whatnot roaming around. But I'm happy to be back among the living.

I was saying something to Tom last night about how different Jacob and Brynn are, personality-wise. That got me to wondering if you can tell a bit about what your baby's personality will be like while you're still pregnant. For instance, with Jake, I didn't really have any food cravings other than one disgusting day when I really needed a meatloaf. Otherwise, I didn't eat anything special, didn't eat excessively, nothing. What I really wanted to do was watch the Cosby Show. I watched about 900 hours of Cosby when I was pregnant with Jacob.

With Brynn, on the other hand, I needed Coke. I must have drank gallons of the stuff. Also, I was eating everything in sight. I needed to eat, all the time. No TV cravings. Just as much food as I could shove into my face. And now, I have a son that doesn't eat anything but peanut butter sandwiches and would watch TV all day if I let him, and a daughter that has been demanding to eat since about four minutes after birth. She has zero interest in television.

That bring me to this baby. I'm convinced it's a boy, because I'm always convinced it's a boy. No solid logic there. But this baby wants Indian food. When I was pregnant with Brynn, I couldn't touch the stuff. The mere thought of curry made me ill. Now, I am up to my eyeballs in lentils, couscous, curry, yogurt, Tikka Masala, and a lot of other things I can't pronounce. This baby also does not want meat. I know that I have been more or less anti-meat for some time now, but meat has never made me feel sick. It does now. Now, I'm not saying that my own mindset doesn't play a part in these things. But is it possible that this baby will be born a hippie? Or an Indian? Probably not an Indian. The baby also doesn't seem to like soda, or large portions of food. A health conscious child? I don't know. But everyone is welcome to come to my house for curried lentils and spicy vegetable couscous!