A Husband's milestone, a Father's begining

So, its crazy to think that we have a child growing in Chrissie. I almost don't know how to react.

As I wake up, prepared to jet off on a sudden and rather uncommon business trip, Chrissie says "Watch your eyes" as she turns on the light. Confused (as I usually am in the morning), she shoves a plastic thing in my face. The words "pregnant" make sense in my mind about the time I remember what she was going to do in this morning ("One week late. Not uncommon for her, but we should be
sure").

Now, as I excitedly plan ways to deceive our neighbors and tell our parents, I wonder what to do next? The easy part is how to research it. I can google (or Bing) it, buy books, whatever. I do that every day ("Baby Engineering, a consultants guide") The hard part is preparing to be a dad. What should I be excited about, or ready for? I have some fantastic role models, and lots of help. When its all said and done, if I do half the job my dad did, I think my kid will be OK.

In the end, its an exciting time. I know that when the doctors visits start and the house bedroom redesigns happen, it will become much more real that my life is going to drastically change. I can only imagine how the drive to support your family becomes number one in your mind as a husband and father. How will it affect my decisions and directions?

Time will tell. For now, all I know is I love my wife, and I love my poppy seed sized baby. I think that's enough :)

The time is here!

It happened! I'm pregnant. We're pregnant. From here on out, it is no longer about us. There is a third, and he/she will change our lives forever.

Towards the end of September, Brent and I decided the whole birth control thing was for the birds and though we were not actively trying to get pregnant, precautions were thrown out the window. As fate would have it, 5 weeks later (today!), here I am 4 pregnancy sticks and each one confirms...we are pregnant!

Now the fun begins. So much to learn, prepare for, suffer through, but most of all, be extremely excited for!!!

Thank goodness my bestie is already 16 weeks along with her first, or I would be so completely lost. (and although no one will believe me, she had no influence on me. OK, maybe a little)

I'm rambling and my thoughts are completely disconnected, but give a pregnant girl a break...I've only known this for 12 hours!!!!

Anyways, next step is spreading the wonderful news! Who to tell, how to tell, when to tell. All the big questions at the moment. Brent's family will be coming into town next weekend and even though I will only be 6 weeks along which is very early, I don't think we'll be able to keep it in until Thanksgiving (the next time we would see them)....so the creativity starts!! And since we won't see my family until Thanksgiving either, we're thinking of making a surprise visit to Austin this coming weekend. I will make sure to update with how that goes!!

Quick funny story - there is one person who already knows. One of our neighbors we're close to has a brother who works at my pharmacy. And wouldn't you know it, he was the one working when I went to pick up my prenatal vitamins. Congratulations on being the first of anyone to know Michael. Now keep your mouth shut!!!

I will leave you all with this picture :) Although, by the time I allow anyone to read this blog, you will most likely have more exciting ultrasound pics to look at. And despite my honest attempt at blogging over a year ago in which I gave up after 2 posts, I do believe I will have more to post about now ;)