From the Beginning

It was a very cold February morning when my wife decided to take a random pregnancy test. She woke me up at 6 am that Sunday with the news of the positive test. Of course it was the last test in the house, so without warming up the car I jumped in it cold and drove over to our 24 hour Wal-Mart. Four different brands and sixty dollars later I returned home. We lined them up one by one and as + signs and double lines appeared we knew after almost two years of trying God had blessed us with our first pregnancy.

My wife, being the worry-wart and OCD beauty that she is, called the doctor first thing that Monday morning and the very next day we were at an afternoon appointment where the pregnancy was confirmed. For the next 3 months things changed: My wife was lucky, she didn't get sick, she did however feel nauseas quite a bit. She was fatigued all of the time which can be beneficial to fathers to be because the remote is suddenly yours without argument. I was able to watch a lot of sports and put in a lot of quality video game time. At about three months my wife got her energy back, but the emotions began to flow. There was no watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition or anything on Lifetime, a simple Hallmark commercial would turn on the waterworks. From six to nine months she got over the joy of being pregnant and could not wait for our son to arrive. The swollen ankles, feet and hands had a lot to do with that as well as one of the hottest summers on record.
 
After a 19 1/2 hour labor and over three hours of pushing our son, Nathan joined his family. At 9lbs 10oz he instantly made my wife my hero. I just stood there with a dumb look on my face in amazement that she was able to go through all of that and deliver a toddler, God bless her. With all of the technology these days, we were texting and Skyping, letting everyone know that our new addition had arrived. It made me wonder if babies will soon be delivered with a blue tooth in their ear and texting on their I-phones.

Little did we know that the actual birth was only the beginning.  No longer were we going to be able to eat a warm meal before 8 pm.  No longer were we going to be able to get ready to leave for anything on time.  This blog is not a parenting guide, but a sharing of parenting experiances.  Nathan being our first child makes this our first trip to the parenting rodeo.  He is now 8 months, but in future postings those first 8 months will be recapped and some fond and not so fond memories will come out.  I hope you enjoy reading.