announcement
as mfsil (my favorite sister in law) alluded to in a comment from last week... (drum roll please)....
i will be an aunt in november!
i am infinitely pleased to be knitting for my niece-to-be, and surely she will be a scrumptious ball of love and wonderment. and as auntie james i promise to love her, and hug her, and buy her any toy she wants. even if it makes high-pitched whirring sounds, and leaves scuff marks on the hardwood floors. i also promise to buy her candy. lots and lots of candy.
i was surprised when i received a call yesterday announcing that it will be a girl, because they weren't expecting to find out the sex for another month or so. when i inquired about this fact i was told that that they went to a place called fetal photo, that exists soley to have an expert baby-sexer reveal your child's sex - a commercial enterprise.
i am alternately intrigued and slightly terrified that such a place exists, as i always pictured such an intimate revelation as something you share in a medically sterile environment. not that fetal photo wouldn't be medically sterile... but i think you know what i mean.
knowledge that such a place exists, prompted me to google it - and i disovered that it is actually called "fetal fotos" - one of the most tragic business names - ever! first off, fetal isn't really a fun word to throw about casually or to print on business cards. secondly, to choose to misspell photo in the name of alliteration, especially when the word it is being mispelled to match is 'fetal' - oy vay!
and lastly, i had chalked up this bizarre business to the fact that mfb and mfsil live in the baby-making capital of the world - salt lake city, utah. after further research, i discovered that not only is the utah fetal fotos actually IN THE MALL in salt lake, but that it is a nationwide chain, and that offices exist here in portland, in redlands california, in denver....
seriously, check it out - the fetal fotos website.
lastly i would like to say that my shock and awe that such a company exists, is in no way a condemnation of any parent who chooses to use their services. in fact, i do want to know the sex of my children before they are born, and obviously they provide a service that people find useful. that being said, i still think the whole concept is something out of a sci-fi book. it just goes to show that i have a lot to learn about motherhood, and i'm glad to have mfsil leading the way!
2 Comments:
How interesting. I've heard of these places... and I'm a bit concerned with the use of expensive, sensitive medical equipment to take a prenatal picture of your baby. They're usually 3-D and people can look at their babies faces and say, I think she DOES look like a Cristobel! Or whatever the name in question may be. But congrats on the little girl aspect of the baby, and tell yfb and yfsil I said so! I have the odd feeling with the mentions of Redlands and Denver you were hoping to catch my attention... But then again, I do believe the world revolves around ME. (grin)
Who cares what the name of the damn store is. It's amazing that a service like this can be done for many reasons. I'm off to the 'foto shop'my next day off so I can see my newborn who is growing inside of me. Shame on those who does not cap their I's...(geez get a life auntie, what are you going to do when the baby needs a diaper changing?)
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