--- title: Little Baby Lump | Pregnancy and Baby Blog | Instant Infant description: Instant Infant | Follow my journey through pregnancy (twice!) and motherhood. --- [![lbl-masthead.png](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/hub/188884/file-312550222.png?width=1504&name=file-312550222.png "lbl-masthead.png")](http://littlebabylump.com) ### Follow Me: ## [New Year, No (Real) Baby](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219572/New-Year-No-Real-Baby) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) Jan 1, 2009 8:13:18 AM Happy New Year, everyone!� We had our fingers crossed that I'd give birth before midnight last night so we'd get a tax deduction for 2008, but alas, Baby Lump apparently wasn't ready.� Instead, James and I spent our New Year's Eve evening out on a nice little dinner-and-a-movie date.� We opted for some Italian fare at [Papa Razzi](http://www.paparazzitrattoria.com/) in Boston's Back Bay - where we caught a bit of the [First Night](http://www.firstnight.org/) parade - and then saw [The Curious Case of Benjamin Button](http://www.benjaminbutton.com/) (a long one, but we liked it!) at the theater near Fenway.� We were even back at the apartment in time to watch the ball drop.� I hope everyone else's New Year's plans weren't ruined by the Boston snowstorm - I modified my New Year's outfit by wearing a dress with tights and my bright red galoshes ([picture](http://twitpic.com/yet6)) because of the snow.� It was quite a fashion statement :o) [caption id="attachment_505" align="aligncenter" width="511" caption="James and me before our New Year's dinner-and-a-movie date."]![James and me before our dinner-and-a-movie date.](https://www.littlebabylump.com/Portals/188884/Images/dsc01409.jpg "James and me")[/caption] We may not have had a *real* baby to join us in celebrating the New Year, but we did have a baby to hang out with on Christmas day.� I mentioned before that my oldest sister, [Adrienne is also pregnant](http://littlebabylump.com/2008/12/05/baby-lumps-first-cousin-is-on-the-way/).� Well, since we didn't want our *un*pregnant sister, Lauren to feel left out, Adrienne bought her an [instant infant](http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2212) ("cute as a friggin' button, with all the fun and practically none of the poop") this Christmas.� Needless to say, Instant Infant got a little curious as he was checking out the apartment on Christmas day ... 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