I'm fairly impressed with the lighting in the very first frame! Wow, cool.
I don't blame Fred. Using stencils and painting freehand is hard enough but doing so in direct, straight lines? It's really tough! But the tedddy bears are cute.
I like names. I've already made name lists - not just for future babies, but for future characters (if I were to write a story for class or something, at least they'd have a special name). Anyway, I like how you've made it a part of this comic - it adds so much to the relationship between these three: Meri Lin, Fred, and the unborn child.
Favorite stuff: Fred wanting to give their child a name that means "smart" in hopes that it will come true = smile. And the line "love created her and love will sustain her" really stood out and carried the general tone of this week's comic: loving expectance.