Daylight Savings Time

I woke up today to the news - tonight we will turn back all the clocks and get an extra hour of sleep according to the media. Colin and I suspect that we may actually get an hour less sleep and a confused baby. We are optimistic that Connor will adapt quickly but are not holding our breath. We went to the post office this morning to get Connor a baby passport. Not that we have somewhere to go . . . but I really wanted Connor to have one. Baby passports are the cutest! His picture was a little rushed so of course not as perfect as I would have liked, but considering we had to wait 1 1/2 hours to get it, he did really well. I would have gone earlier to get the passport but we have been waiting on his birth certificate to arrive. The State of Maryland has serious issues which continue to haunt me the longer I live here. When I got married, I completed the application to change my name online, printed it, and carried it along with my marriage certificate, new social security card (with married name) and title and registration to the MVA. I just wanted to change my name on my license. The State of Maryland refused to let me drop my middle name and keep my maiden name as my middle name! Clearly, this just reinforces my position that this place is filled with Yankees. I made several arguments to support my position that my middle name (Brooke) should be dropped and replaced with my madien name (like all good Southern women). The best argument was that the Social Security Administration let me do this - and here was my new card to prove it - Federal trumps State - the woman at the MVA just smiled and said "Mam, Maryland is a full name state". What does that mean?? Well, come to find out it means that "If it fits, it sticks". So, if my full name all written out First, Middle, Maiden and Married names fit on the license then they will print on the license. Turns out that Moorhouse is pretty long so all 4 names didn't fit. But, in order to keep my maiden name as part of my name, I still have "B" as an initial. So I have 4 names! Ridiculous. I am considering filing paperwork with the State to change my name officially but haven't done so yet because I am still (obviously) upset about the fact that I have been put in this position to begin with.

So, if this wasn't enough to be irate with the State . . . After Connor was born I recevied a Birth Registration Notice addressed to Courtney George Moorhouse. Unbelievable! I read the notice and it said to call if any of the information was incorrect. Well, yes, my middle name is not George. Since Colin and Connor have the same middle name I suspect that the person that entered the information in the computer made a mistake. I suggested the same to the woman at the Department of Vital Records. She informed me that I must have made the error when I completed the application at the hospital. Unlikely, since I have had the same name for 30 years . . . I then proceeded to obtain my birth certificate, a notarized statement that my middle name is not George and submitted the paperwork. The woman actually asked me if my middle name before I was married was George! Really? Anyway, we finally received his Birth Certificates last week so we were able to go get the passport today. Even if we don't go on any fancy European vacations, Connor will be able to travel in style to Alabama.

Enough ranting, here is a sweet picture of me and my boy from this weekend. . .