Finally, some good news!

From the Pregnancy calendar for Week 27, from Pampers.com:

From the experts. "To help fulfill your and your baby's protein requirements during pregnancy, you should be eating 'quality' protein," says Margaret Comerford Freda, Ed.D., R.N. "Most animal protein is quality protein, while most plant protein is not."

QUALITY PROTEIN. Anna and I get plenty of QUALITY PROTEIN, so as far as that goes Frankie is covered. Last night we actually skipped our baby class because our pork tenderloin wasn't ready by 6. The maiden voyage of my new barbecue grill/smoker experienced some turbulence, causing a slight delay. The choice between ditching the pork or playing hooky from class was easy.

The grill is my first ever Father's Day present from Anna and Frankie. It's a charcoal grill/smoker combo, big enough to smoke a turkey, or about 8 pounds of brisket. I'm a lapsed vegetarian, and after a twelve year hiatus from meat, I've spent the past year and a half making up for lost time. QUALITY PROTEIN is my middle name. If protein has anything to do with it, look for Frankie to weigh in at like 10 pounds. Good luck with that, Anna.