What to expect when you're expecting

Was a good start to the summer. Got a few hours in the pool with the parentals, then a delicious dinner at Whataburger topped off by going and seeing a movie. I hadn't seen any previews on tv about the movie but Trisha and I saw one at the drive-in a few weeks ago and knew we were going to have to see it.

Rotten Tomatoes gave it 23%. My verdict... I liked it. Maybe I'm a little biased right now because I felt every joke or situation was pointing straight at me. And while going into it hoping that I would learn the all-mighty secret to figure out how to deal with an overly hormonal (yet, exceptionally beautiful) pregnant wife, I only realized that I'm not the only one in this world dealing with such issues. The next 7 months (according to the movie) are going to be filled with hurdles beyond my wildest nightmares and my job is to be....drumroll please....supportive. Luckily, I have a very patient wife but I'm learning.

And then there is the light at the end of the tunnel. Not just for my unborn child pushing its head out of Trisha and getting blinded by the delivery room lights, but to know that we went through this together. We might not be perfect, but doing the best we can to raise our child will be perfectly fine.

T-minus 227 more days!

 

Things get REAL

So its been 22 days since we found out the big news.  Since then, we've experienced the excitement of sharing the news with family and friends, started to look at all the awesome stuff you can get for your baby, and joked about how awesome Sean Jr's Star Wars nursery is going to look.

But it hasn't really seemed like the whole adventure is real....until this afternoon.
 
Trish called me and let me know that she was going to have her first ultrasound this afternoon.  Well, I wasn't expecting this for another 2 weeks but of course I changed my day's plans to be able to share in the moment.  The nurse had told her that she needed to have a full bladder or the ultrasound wouldn't be able to done so Trish decided to chug a Rt 44 cup of ice water from Sonic.  And as we sat there in the waiting room ready to go back, and Trish griping about how she had to go so bad, it still didn't feel out of the norm.  We go called back and as we entered the little dark room with the bed and the machine, it hit me....I'm about to see the life that I helped make.

So let me present Baby K's first picture:

Only the size of a grain of rice but I could see the little hearbeat.  The tech said 142 beats per minute and along with the dates we gave her, put a date of January 8th as the due date.  

The BIG Announcement

Do you know how hard it is to keep something this big a secret?

I know a lot of couples wait 8,10, even 12 weeks before they spill the beans to family and friends...but I don't think those kinds of couples see both sides of their families and friends several times a week. Between prying mothers discussing cycles and confused friends wondering why Trish couldn't eat the fetta on her Fuzzys taco...it was just too hard. We had to announce it to the fam last Thursday but still decided to release the big news at our Hat Night party on Cinco de Mayo. Most of our nearest and dearest made it to the party and indulged me with wearing their hats.

And when the big moment came, I forgot everything I wanted to say and just blurted out that we were pregnant. Tears were shed and high fives were given! And we are just so happy to that we don't have to keep this little secret to ourselves. If anything else for the fact....now we can start pinning fun stuff on Pinterest!