The palaver of a childish father
Layla has been a whole lot of hot and cold lately. When I reach down to pick her up I wince like a battered wife because I know there is a possibility that I can get a bare hand slap + face-claw combination. There is also the possibility that she could rest her head on [...]
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We’re at almost 17 weeks and Rachelle has had a great pregnancy so far. Her stomach has grown exponentially in the last two weeks, and she claims that ‘The Unborn’ is kicking and moving like mad. On Saturday she woke up in pain, complaining that she could feel the baby sleeping up in her rib [...]
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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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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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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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