my baby's daddy

i miss him. i'd like to the think ella misses him, too, but she just may have no idea. she sure gives him a big smile when he comes home, though. i know it would be ridiculous to compare myself to a single parent - let's see...i don't work, i talk to my husband on the phone several times a day (he gives really good advice, by the by), and i know there are about 8 million other differences. however, i Do know what it's like to be the sole caregiver for several days on end, and that is no fun. i mean, i LOVE ella and playing with her and being with her and kissing her most huge cheeks. but there's no reprieve at 6pm when andy's out of town. the master early-morning-diaper-changer is not there to be gently nudged (ok, sometimes kicked) awake to do the honors. the house gets amazingly cluttered (which i usually hate) and i start to mind less and less, cause what does a baby that still doesn't see 20/20 care? of course, what i MOST miss is my husband, not just a joint-caregiver. 2 more days...
speaking of single parenting...who wants to bet the newest mom on the celebrity block will be on her own within the next couple of years? that's right, your pop icon and mine, ms britney spears, birthed her bundle of joy yesterday. preston michael spears federline, welcome to the world. lord help us. but mostly him. he'll probably have a cigarette in one hand and a frappucino in the other on their way home from the hospital. maybe he'll be sporting corn rows, if he's been blessed with hair. he'll at least have some nice bling, i'm sure. do they make louis vuitton snugglies? keep your eyes peeled, people - life as you know it has ended.
onto another VERY important celebrity topic...ole brit and kev have not been blessed with the highly annoying "celebrity couple moniker" - not that i know of, at least. for those of you blissfully out of this loop, basically some gossip columnist comes up with an easy and oh-so-clever way of refering to a couple, and the world catches on. the following are examples:
BENGAR - sounds like some sort of ointment, but really it's ben affleck and jennifer garner (ooo, alias in 2 weeks!)
BRANGELINA - as sad as i am for jennifer anniston, ole brad pitt and angelina jolie seem to be the real deal. she Does have cute kids, and "Mr and Mrs Smith" is a very good time.
TOMKAT - there are so many things i can't deal with about these two. tom cruise and katie holmes, please stop. just stop.
VINCEFER - this one just makes me laugh. out loud. vince vaughn and jennifer anniston aren't even a couple and they have a name! i mean, who knows what'll happen. and the bigger question, who should really care? for some reason, i do.
BENNIFER - the now-defunct couple that was ben affleck and jennifer lopez. both remarried, and one even got into another scary couple name (see above). however, they Did start this annoying and ridiculous craze. so i guess they should get some credit. even if it was because they were beyond-belief barfy and over-the-top. matching bentleys? i'm so sure.

but even as i rant and rave, i must point out a glaring fact. my blog address is, in fact, an homage to the pairing of andy and my's last names. shipley and osenga. to credit myself, i said it, in passing, while we were engaged. it stuck. ok, maybe just in my mind. i thought it was funny. i even signed the church registry pad at my parent's church "andy and alison shipenga" when we were engaged. we got a welcome letter. anyway, i am guilty too, i guess. except for the fact that neither of us are celebrities, and I gave us the nickname and not a gossip columnist. and we don't have bentleys. old volvos, yes, but not bentleys.