and so it begins…
so…every now and again, on this site, I use the disclaimer “no one is pregnant.” We’re at that age, and our friends are at that age, when the slightly deviation from the norm is usually met with a question like “is there something we should know? Are you pregnant?”; we have been on both sides of the question-asking.
I can no longer use that disclaimer, because someone is, in fact, pregnant!
To quote Erika: Holy crap. We’re having a baby!
I am terribly excited about this! I am terrified. I am…I honestly don’t know right now…it’s been such a whirlwind week between finding out, Erika’s birthday, preparing for her party and finishing the deck, there hasn’t been much time to sit and think. We keep asking each other if it has sunk in yet, and each time we both agree that it is starting too. Does it ever really sink in? I mean other than when you’re holding your baby?
I can’t wait.
I love you, Erika. Thank you.
June 27th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!
June 27th, 2005 at 5:02 pm
Awwww, that last line just totally made me tear up. I said it over there already, but I’ll say it here too: yay yay yay! Congrats to you both
June 27th, 2005 at 5:54 pm
It doesn’t even sink in when you’re holding the baby!!! But you are so inl ove by then it must be real.
June 27th, 2005 at 10:48 pm
I couldn’t stop by to see what you had in your jukebox and not say “Congratulations”. I read the news earlier at Snazzykat.com Best of luck…
June 28th, 2005 at 1:20 pm
I already told Erika congrats, so now it’s your turn! Congratulations!
June 28th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
Awww. I really am just so happy for both of you. Congratulations!
June 29th, 2005 at 8:31 am
Saw the news at Erika’s and said congrats but think the dad’s due one too so…Congrats
June 29th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
WooHoo!!!!! Congrats.
June 29th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!
Just wonderful!!!!! Take good care of the kitten. (GiggleChick called it that, I think it’s the perfect nickname for the baby!)
July 5th, 2005 at 12:43 pm
I’m one of Erika’s old pals from college, and I pop on here from time to time just to lurk…but this is a post I have to respond to. I’m so happy for you both. I met you briefly a long time ago, right when E was leaving the Binghamton area to start her life with you. You are about to start an amazing journey-life altering, scary, exciting, fun…it’s such a ride!
Congrats-and welcome to the club. Enjoy everything. I can tell you, there are STILL moments it hasn’t sunk in-and my kid is 9 months old…sometimes I look at her and wonder if she’s real…she’s amazing…being a parent is amazing. And from what I can tell, this snazzybaby will grow up in a home full of love-and that’s the most important thing you can provide.
Keep us all posted, and congrats again!
July 5th, 2005 at 6:15 pm
hey, congrats! I was just surfing blogs and came across yours. Seems we have a lot in common, and , as a fellow 30-ish-dad-to-be, thought I’d let you know that YES there is one point where it sinks in before you get to hold your little bundle of joy. The Ultrasound. That’s when it really hit me that my wife and I had taken a significant life-step.
Take care, and enjoy,
Kyle
July 26th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
does it work? I am not a son of a bitch spammer
July 30th, 2005 at 9:16 pm
Congrats! And no, it doesn’t sink in for a while. Sometimes I still don’t believe it, and our son is almost 5 months old now.
My first huge freak-out moment: it was nighttime, and Zippy had left us in the car to pick up something at CVS. (We’d been driving around trying to get the wee one to sleep.) I was sitting there in the dark, and it was quiet, and then suddenly… I heard someone breathing, OMG WTF THERE’S SOMEONE HIDING IN THE BACK SEAT… And almost immediately I smacked myself on the forehead — moron, it’s your KID. It’s just hard to get used to not ever being alone.