Fri 9 Nov 2007
haiku spilled guts
Posted by bon under milestone stuff
i have been silent
in more ways than one lately
i have a secret
fluttery, frightened
and wiped like a dishrag, i’m
seven weeks pregnant
or almost. we dare
to hope for a long, quiet
ride, and then we laugh.
silly fools, showing
ourselves to the gods. it will
be a long winter
and yet, we are blessed
how lucky to get a shot
at this one last child
and how strange that the
belly is already plump…
please send bigger pants.
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November 10th, 2007 at 1:45 am[...] beautiful news! Go see Bon….she has something to tell [...]
November 10th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Can I be first?
And…is this really so??!!!
Congratulations, dear bon! Congrats over and over and over again!
And what an amazing series of haiku…I’m so happy, I’m smiling from ear to ear.
November 10th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Struck speechless. Practically. What wonderful news!
November 10th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Congratulations, bon. I am so happy for you all. What a beautiful way to tell us.
Each time I started wearing maternity pants earlier.
November 10th, 2007 at 12:54 am
bon, you are going to think i am crazy. but i must say this:
i thought so.
i KNOW! you think i’m crazy!
regardless.
congratulations seven times over.
November 10th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Congratulations!!!
November 10th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Congratulations. Wonderful news.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:35 am
Yay! I hope for a long quiet ride for you all as well. Will be thinking of you lots!
November 10th, 2007 at 1:37 am
SQUUUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOOOO excited for you! Everyone is preggers! Thank the gods I can’t get pregnant!
November 10th, 2007 at 1:39 am
Congratulations!
November 10th, 2007 at 1:56 am
Yay from here too.
Quiet ride, long and boring–
God speed, my friend.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:00 am
CONGRATULATIONS!
I hope this pregnancy is 40 weeks of gentle bordeom.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:06 am
congrats. may it be uneventful… in the most beautiful way.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:15 am
So thrilled for you!
Revel in those bigger pants
Feel better soon friend
November 10th, 2007 at 2:21 am
What amazing news!! And I don’t want to sound like a copycat (sorry Slouching Mom), but I swear I suspected something!! But how could that possibly be?!?
Oh, how I hope hope hope for a lovely, LONG, quiet ride for you and this new little one.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:44 am
May the gods give you the ride you so deserve.
long quiet at peace.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:49 am
oh, I’m weeping now - and yes, bigger pant! one’s body starts making accommodations so very quickly!
November 10th, 2007 at 2:57 am
Wee-hee!!
Nice work team. See ya at the market.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:32 am
Thanks all…
And really… thank you all. Bon draws strength from you, and I am grateful.
and… umm…
WOOHOO!
dave.
November 10th, 2007 at 3:39 am
congratulations and prayers for happy and healthy mom and baby
November 10th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Many congratulations! May you have the most healthy and boring pregnancy ever.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:13 am
oh, you. YOU! look at you go.
xo
November 10th, 2007 at 4:20 am
As soon as I saw the word “secret” I knew. I’m so glad.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:20 am
Oh Bon! Beautiful mom!
November 10th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Goosebumps and big smiles from half-way around the world. Am happy happy for you all! Congrats.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:37 am
Awesome, so, so awesome!
November 10th, 2007 at 5:17 am
I’ve got bigger pants for you! But they’re not maternity pants. Congratulations on the wonderful news!
November 10th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Sending my biggest congratulations.
That’s some class, announcing it in Haiku!
November 10th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Thordora sent me over. Congratulations. I wish you all the best.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:22 am
EEEEEEEK!!!
November 10th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Huge hugs from overe here! I’ll send the next candy wrapped in those huge yet sexy M&S undies.
Go Bon! Go Dave! We’re both so excited for you and O. Congrats and love
November 10th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Hooray for you and yours! Congratulations!
November 10th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
What?!? For real?!? And in haiku, you tell us, no less. You!
Wow. Many, many happy and healthy wishes to all of you.
Julie
Using My Words
November 10th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
You sneak! Congratulations!
November 10th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Awesome. Really happy for you. Wonderful news. Now go take a nap!
November 10th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Congratulations,from the excited expecting Grand Parents.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
OH MY GOD! I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!! This is truly wonderful news. I can’t wait to hear more details.
November 10th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Sweet Bon, my most heartfelt congratulations.
May this pregnancy be an easy ride and bring with it an amazing child.
Smooches, my love. Big sloppy smooches.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
OMG! Bon! Major congrats to you hon! I have to say, for some odd reason, I have been expecting this news from you!! I don’t know why - but I read this lovely post and thought, “I knew it!” Healthy, peaceful nine-month-long vibes to you, dear Internet friend. Cheers - yay!
November 10th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
congrats! so very very happy for you all.
we are seven weeks along as well, and have told no one IRL…hoping for a nice quiet uneventful time as well, freaking a bit even if it was all wanted and planned.
all good things for you and yours. peace.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
whoo-hooo! congratulations to you!
lots of love to all.. and a little note to O. from Miss Fancy on the big sibling-ing.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Bon!!!!! Congratulations!!! I’m thrilled for you! I need to go back and read the rest of your haiku now!
November 10th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
HURRAH! Bon, how exciting. Sending you wonderful thoughts and good tidings.
November 10th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Hey congratulations! This means that oscar is officially a “sucker baby”…he suckers you into having a second one!
I hope it is an uneventful pregnancy and a joyful birth…
And I am secretly hoping you have boy #2 so we can compare notes!
–B
November 11th, 2007 at 12:32 am
Delurking to say Yay for you and your whole family!
November 11th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Dear sweet lord!!!! When did you post this and how is it that I am just seeing it now after 45 frickin’ comments. Oh bon! I am thrilled! And I have taken a sharp inhale of breath that I will now hold for you until you tell me it is ok to exhale. Take care of that beautiful self.
November 11th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Oh, I want to comment again just ’cause. Yay! Yay you! Yay Dave! Yay Oscar!!!
November 11th, 2007 at 1:53 am
Wow, wow, wow! So happy for you.
November 11th, 2007 at 2:33 am
YEAHHHHH We’re thrilled for you! I guess that means another trip to NYC??? YEAHHHHH
November 11th, 2007 at 4:36 am
What a beautiful way to share the news
I *hope* that this works out the way you (and WE) want it to!!!!!!!!!!!
November 11th, 2007 at 4:58 am
Oh how wonderful!!! I’m so happy and excited for you!
November 11th, 2007 at 6:09 am
That is such great news. To Bonnie, Dave and Oscar I wish you all the best during the long winter (which is good for growing babies, I’m sure). Enjoy this time.
Love
Jo
November 11th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Oh, congratulations Bon and Dave and little O too! You took my breath away!
Best wishes for a long and boring pregnancy… and I, for one, want to hear all about it!
November 11th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Congrats! I hope the winter won’t be as long as you think.
And thank you for announcing it on Haiku Friday! It was a lovely way to spill the beans!
November 11th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Congratulations!!!
This is truly awesome. I wish you big pants, and a peaceful pregnancy.
November 11th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Congratulations Bonnie!!! And Dave too!!!
November 11th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
What beautiful words to tell of such an amazing event.
Frame them and put them in the nursery.
November 11th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
I don’t believe I told you how crafty and talented I found your poetry, too. You are always one with great words…keep us posted on everything!
November 11th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Congratulations! Happy and healthy 9 months!
November 11th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Oh oh oh I can’t believe how excited I am for you!!! There must be some kind of magic whipping around the interweb these days, so many pregnant bloggy mommies.
Congratulations a million times over, dear Bon, I’m thinking of you.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Wow.
November 12th, 2007 at 11:34 am
congrats! here’s hoping for smooth sailing…
November 12th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
I think I suspected something in my subconscious mind, which danced around at “I have a secret,” hoping… I’m SO happy for you! I hope you have a quiet ride… Congratulations!!!!!!
November 12th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Aah, when hopes and ambitions and dreams and longing become actions and tangible realities…it truly is inspiring!
Congratulations to you, Bon, on having the “guts” and believing in yourself. Thanks for letting us in on this wonderfully personal news, for allowing us, again, to share the ride with you, and for writing in the raw, thought-provoking, soul-bearing manner you are blessed with.
May this Winter’s hibernation and nesting be smooth sailing all the way!
November 12th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Oh, happy day! Wishing you all the best.
November 12th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Oh, yay yay yay! Here’s to bulging tummies and bigger pants. Wishing you nothing but the best, dear Bon.
November 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
I am so happy for you. SO happy!!
xo,
J
November 13th, 2007 at 12:05 am
You are glowing already… or maybe that’s how you are all the time. Either way, I’m so thrilled to have heard the happy news in person! Although are you SURE you’re ready to be pinned to the couch again a la Ben? MWWWAAGH!
I’m so happy for you all. Love to all of you, your circus boy especially.
xo Kate
November 13th, 2007 at 3:45 am
I am so very happy for you. Sending happy, peaceful thoughts and wishes up in the hopes that they may rain down on you in a shower of good spirits.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I knew from the moment you said you had a secret!
Are you between 5′7 and 5′8? I have maternity clothes I could send you..
November 13th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Congratulations!
November 13th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
congratulations.
oh, right, I’ve got to start breathing again.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Bon, this is such happy news. Congratulations.
And I loved the haiku!
November 14th, 2007 at 2:15 am
So very happy to read this! Sending my best wishes!
November 14th, 2007 at 2:49 am
very cool indeed! congrats! i’ll pray all continues to go well for you all.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
WHAAAAA!
OMG, how awesome is this? Fantastic. Congratulations.
May the pregnancy be long and boring, my friend. Boring and full of Christmas cookies.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Congratulations!! I took a double-read (the print version of the double-take). I pray for a quiet ride for you, too.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
AAAAHHH! Awesome. (Yes, a little scary, but still - awesome!). Congrats from the 4 of us Bon and Dave.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
to the many, many all of you…
i’m overwhelmed with all this kindness, these wishes of luck and peace and many cookies. i’m also vaguely tempted to never post anything except “i’m pregnant!” notices, in varying forms, because of the bounty of comments which are, of course, like crack to me.
but i suppose that would get boring, non? first ultrasound is tomorrow, so i shall update then.
and NoMo, i’m not between 5′7 and 5′8 alas…a mere 5′6…but if we get far enough to worry about maternity clothes i will happily pay the shipping for you to mail me your most stylish of items, oh yeh!
November 15th, 2007 at 5:20 am
Huge beams of congratulations!
November 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
i can’t believe it took me so long to come read this! congratulations!
November 15th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
*gasp* congratluations beautiful you