Holiday weekend

So, Amanda and I had some family over for Christmas. It was a very nice (if incredibly hectic) time. As expected, many spent much of the time trying to guess what we were going to name the baby. Again, nobody guessed the actual name -- which is a fairly common one. This still makes for great entertainment for us. We were worried we'd let the name slip, as we regularly use it when talking to eachother. The closest slip came a few weeks back when we were buying our Christmas tree. I said about half the name in front of my sister-in-law, but just sorta stopped, making it seem like I was mumbling something or other. Amanda said she came close to saying it over the weekend, but she avoided it as well.

One family member noted that if the baby was early, he would be a Capricorn, like he was. We noted that would be more than a week early, so we'd prefer if he wasn't. We asked what comes after Capricorn, and they pushed the question over to one of Amanda's aunts. She thought for a second, saying "Oh, it's the yappy ones" as she made a talking motion with her hands: "Aquarius!"
Oh joy, our baby is already being stereotyped as a "yappy one" before he's even born.

At another time, my mother (mother of six) noted that babies don't blink. I'll have to assume she means they don't appear to blink. Still, that's a bit creepy. Do we have to teach him to blink? Should I poke him in the eyes once in a while to encourage this important behavior? Eh, probably not.