Baby Zimmerman is... a boy!

Not knowing if our little one had indoor or outdoor plumbing, we had been calling it “Baby Zimmerman.” We went to the hospital for an ultrasound, and so far everything looks normal. We’re just grateful we don’t have to buy pink stuff. We decided to call him Joshua Laurenci Zimmerman. I know it’s terribly long, but Roseli and I both like Joshua, partly because of a song I made up,

and partly because one of Ethan’s favorite songs is “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho” that's in a book of Jesus Songs that we have that plays music. And Laurenci is an alteration of two names. The first is Lawrence, my dad’s name, and the second is the last name of a French artist named Marie Laurencin. I saw her name in The Art Book and liked it. I have some French blood in me, and Roseli is part Italian (hence the –ci ending).

It took a while for Roseli to have the ultrasound done, so it was difficult to keep Ethan entertained. He wanted to “Go see the fish” in the aquarium in the waiting room, which we did four times.