Jay-Dubya

In the biggest news of the day, Barb and I finally agreed on a name for our boy in the womb. We really wanted to honor my father by naming the boy after him. With Herman as his middle name, we decided to opt instead for John, his first name. The boy will thank us later for that one, I am sure. I was also keen to honor Barb's father as well by giving the boy Arthur as a middle name. Arthur is Barb's dad's first name. But Barb was really solid that she wanted the baby to have part of my name as well, so we decided on my middle name, William. So when our little guy is born he will be christened John William Schmaltz. It's kinda cool in that one of the best guys I have ever known is a former coworker named John Williams. So in a small way it pays respect to him as well. And perhaps most important, John Williams is also the name of the Academy Award winning writer of the music for Jaws. In fact, if I can convince Barb to throw Arthur in as the first middle name and William as the second, his initials would be JAWS. I'll have to get cracking on that. But we did manage to cover a lot of bases with John William!

Barb went to the doctor today and she is doing okay. She still has her back pain and often suffers from severe heartburn. She is still not getting much sleep at all. I honestly don't know how she does it. But she's hanging in there and so is Jay-Dubya. We hope he decides to stay put in the oven until he's completely baked.

I love you, Barb. You're doing an amazing job.