ugh

So I was hoping to have the baby on friday as all the MD's pointed to, but it was not to be. It's all good though as I was able to have a delightful weekend with my wife and friends.
Tommorow night ripening, wednesday morning induction! Have I gotten enough sleep?

timing

The baby is on his way, anytime say, in the next 2-3 weeks. It is wierd trying to go on with life knowing that at any moment it will change forever. Everytime I have to date something, a little voice in my head yells,"Holy Crap! We've only got like 2 weeks left!". Luckily for me I worked super hard this weekend and got everything cleaned, put away, and installed. Then I promptly got Diverticulitis, which is incredibly painful. I'd put it up there with kidney stones, which as fate would have it, I have also had. So, I'm sitting here drugged up with pain killers and pumping myself full of antibiotics -2 kinds!, thinking Please God, keep my baby boy in his mother just a few days longer.
Other than that, I'm great and can't wait to meet my son.

What a baby needs

So, I hear over and over again how new parents buy all this riduculous stuff for their newborn, while experienced parents say "ah, all ya need are diapers, wipes, bottles and a place for the kid to sleep". I realize this, I really do. But have you walked into Babies R Us or Target baby section? You are suddenly overcome with " my baby needs a bottle warmer or else he won't eat, we need to have this mat to have him excersice, we need to have 3 strollers and 2 car sets, and shades to block the light, and this and that." "Safety first, nothing is too good for my son" " If I get this, he'll grow up to be a well adjusted successful adult". Crazy thoughts I know, but no matter how hard I try and just get what is needed when we head out on our big shopping trip today, I know we'll be coming home with all sorts of stuff he'll never use or care about.
But hey, at least I can feel that I did everything I could to prepare him for life after college.

A father's journey

Hi. I'm excited to start posting about my journey as a father, and that journey starts SOON.