Week 35 Day 7

   My wife sent me this video that she took with her smart phone.

   Now THIS is pretty freaky.  We have about a month to go (plus or minus) and the kid seems ready to be free.  I remember hearing that towards the end of the third trimester the baby will actually move less because it is running out of room.  It would be awesome if that were true but I think it might have been a lie to make us feel better.

   I thought this would have been an appropriate place for a link to the alien chest burster scene in the first Alien movie, but after watching it I quickly realized this would be a mistake.  Instead, here is a link to the Spaceballs version.  Which considering how much reaction we’re getting from musical events we attend seems even more appropriate.

Week 35 Day 3

   The kid is moving all over the place.  It’s absolutely crazy to see the movement just on the other side of my wife’s belly.  I hate to make this analogy but it’s like something out of a sci-fi horror flick. (She will call me an ass for saying this)

  But as I exclaim in this video, it is truly awesome.  Let’s define awesome:  Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.  Let's see... Awe? Yes.  Terror?  Definitely.  Wonder and excitement?  Yes and yes.  Yep, this whole ride is pretty much awesome on all levels.
   The kid is already pushing my buttons, though.  It will move CONSTANTLY and then when I get the video camera out it totally stops moving.  It's like it KNOWS and is already being willfully disobedient.  I'm sure I probably deserve it for all the things I did to my parents growing up.  But seriously... my future will be filled with "smile for daddy!"  And the first sentence my kid pieces together will probably be, "Stop being such an ass, daddy!"

Week 35 Day 1

   There are a great many resources out there for pregnant moms and moms-to-be.  And there are beginning to be excellent sources for impending fathers to seek help as well.  But there aren’t nearly as many for us.  Not sure why other than the decades of cultural programming telling us that the woman stays home with the children while the man earns the money.  Yeah…  I guess that’s pretty much the reason.

   Thank goodness for the 21^st century, right?  Someone might want to tell that church in Kentucky what year it is.  And make sure they know it’s 2011, not 1911.

   But I digress.  I was talking about excellent resources for dads-to-be.  Sources like Empowered Papa.  I feel fortunate to be able to find guys who feel the same way I do.  It’s refreshing after slogging through all the ‘expectations’ (or lack thereof) that people have of me and my role in the birth of my child.  On the other hand… with the bar set so low, I could really excel without even trying very hard, right? 

   But that would make me an ass.