April Flew By April 30, 2008
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This month flew by. Maybe it was because I was a Marshal at General Conference, which kept me out of town for two weeks. S. came through the month okay. She’s still pregnant. She’s had a few spells of being nauseated.. but never actually threw up. I thought this was a good thing, but she insists no. She is tired… a lot. Her diet has gone wonky. There are so many things that she used to love that she doesn’t want to eat, right now. Sweet? Out the window. And she’s eating in small quantities, going to the bathroom a lot, and… well.. I’m being blown out of the bed at night.
Telling a Secret April 6, 2008
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Today, S. and I decided to begin the process of telling about the pregnancy. She got back from the doctor and they confirmed what we knew: she’s pregnant. We know that there’s a relatively high risk of miscarriage, especially with first time getting pregnant. So we decided we’d tell the following
- S’s parents and sister
- My aunt+uncle+cousins
- her BFF living in Phoenix
- my BFF living in Birmingham
We wanted to let these people know so that they could pray for us as well as be there in case something happens.
It was pretty “as expected”. We drove half-way on Friday to tell S.’s parents. They flipped. They have been not-so-silently hoping for a grandchild since we got married.
The funny part was the yesterday when we drove to Alabama to tell my family. I was in my aunt’s gift shop. I was asking her about a baptismal gown, citing that we might be needing it come December. She caught on, instantly. My cousins–not so much. When my aunt stopped screaming, she turnned to the oldest and asked, “J., do you know what this means?” Blankly, she replied, “D & S are becoming Episcopalian?” Nothing gets past her.
Oh !@#$ April 4, 2008
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It has just hit me. I’m going to be a Dad. I’m really exited. I’ve wanted to be a parent for the longest time. But am I mature enough? I mean I know that no one is ever truly ready to be a parent. But come on, I still like playing video games. Fathers aren’t supposed to do that, right?
April Fool’s Day April 1, 2008
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You know, I should have known it. I was sleeping in. You see, It take S. a lot longer to get ready in the morning than it does me. This works great while she gets her shower, I sleep. Then, when she’s waiting for her hair to dry so that she can dry her hair (no, you didn’t misread that and I didn’t mistype it), I get ready.
I was doing my regular Tuesday morning thing, when Susan jars me awake. Sleep in our family is a precious commodity. Both being clergy, we know to let the other “sleeping dog” lay unless there’s a death somewhere. But for some reason, when she woke me, I could tell in her voice this was something… different.
All she said was, “D. It’s Blue.”
What?
“It’s Blue.”
Really?
Wow. That’s fantastic.
silence followed by embracing in more silence.
“So what do we do, now?”
duh
So a doctor’s appointment was called. We both spend the rest of the day in a haze. Oh yeah, if you’re wondering, she did buy more tests, hehe.
And to think, April Fool’s Day. The joke of it is that the weekend prior, S. was late. On the way to see the in-laws (and get taxes done) she picked up a test kit. Nothing. Secretly, I was disappointed. Little did I know.
