The palaver of a childish father
Yesterday at dinner, Rachelle presented me with a surprise. It’s a small, circular device with a black button on it. When you press the button, it plays a sound clip of our new baby’s heartbeat. Rachelle bought the device at Build-a-Bear, took it to her gynocologist’s office, and recorded the sound of our baby’s heartbeat. [...]
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Middle of the week last week Layla started throwing up uncontrollably every hour or so. We called the doctor and he said that there is a stomach virus that’s going around, and there isn’t much we can do except to keep her hydrated. The next morning she seemed better, although she was “sharting” in her [...]
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When I was driving to the ultrasound place on Wednesday night, I was picturing how we’re going to see the baby on the screen as a flickering spec of DNA, but that wasn’t how went at all. As it turns out, we’re far enough along that we distinctly saw the baby’s nubs for arms and [...]
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Today is Rachelle’s first ultrasound to have a look at the new baby. It’s a little bit unnerving because it’s the first check to make sure everything is “ok”. It’s also the one that will probably have the most impact for me because it slams home the fact that it’s really happening, again. Before the [...]
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It is confirmed that Layla finally has her first tooth. It took fourteen months, and one week, but a fang has definitely popped through her bottom gums. Well, it’s either a tooth or a small ceramic shard, but most likely it’s the former. It’s also worth mentioning that it’s crooked and in a weird spot [...]
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Happy 2009, everybody! After a great year of figuring out how to regain balance and stability in my life, Rachelle and I decided to throw a wrench in it and have another baby. We found out about 10 weeks ago that Rachelle is expecting. I’m both excited and nervous to tack on another addition to [...]
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