Oh My God, There's Something In There!

Tonight I felt the baby kick for the very 1st time! Lately, Sara has been feeling all kinds of movement from Baby Cobb. She'll start suddenly, or gasp or squirm and mumble something about baby doing a back flip. Sometimes she'll even grab my hand and throw it on her belly and ask, "Did you feel that? What about that? You had to feel that?" But I never did.

Until tonight! Baby's been kicking up a storm and Sara swears she could see her belly move. So I tried again and WHAM there was a bump, a kick, a punch something against the palm of my hand! Then another and another! I lowered my face to Sara's belly and wouldn't you know my daughter caught me with a roundhouse kick to the head! She's moving in there, alright. She's like some kind of Bruce Lee/Ballerina and she is getting ready for opening kick off!

A Tired Future

I think I have some long days and nights ahead of me. Everyone says when you have a baby kiss a full night's sleep good bye! There will be months when the baby doesn't sleep the night through, and we'll be up soothing, feeding, and rocking the baby all night long. That's fine... well, not fine but expected. We'll have to spend those sleepless nights with the baby. That's pat of the deal, I know, but I'm still not looking forward to missing all that sleep.

Oh, and I've started working a 2nd job at a local 'Neighborhood Grocery Store'. It's hard work, a lot of work and I'm enjoying being busy and working with my hands but it is job #2! Job #1, the school, starts up again next week and I'll be working Monday through Friday full time. I'm not quite sure yet what my schedule will be in the afternoon and evenings but several of those days I will, more than likely, leave one job and drive directly to the next one.

I'm not complaining - not yet anyway. I'm just saying there's a good chance that I am going to be pretty worn out in the next couple years or 18! I'm going to have to get good at catching little power naps here and there, or when ever I am able. Maybe I should go and take a nap now in preparation for the long days ahead.

Post # 700!

To mark my 700th post I thought I'd try a little video blog, and maybe even start a small series of posts concerning our upcoming family member. This will be the 1st concerning changes we will have to make to accommodate a little one in our abode.

What will become of the guest room in our current apartment? Good question. Let's see what happens over the next few months. Baby's due in December remember.



PS. I would've panned the camera around some to show you the room but it is a trainwreck right now.

The Calm Before The Storm?

Or maybe it's just having a little bit of downtime before starting my new job, and then there is, of course, the impending birth of the baby. Did I mention that we're having a baby? Well, we are!

Sara and I are expecting our firstborn this Winter, and there is a whole helluva a lot to get done before the baby comes! It's still a little surreal at this point! We've had a few doctors appointments, we've heard the heart beat, seen the ultrasounds, but it all seems so foreign.

I've had the last week off from work as I gear up to start at the new school, and figure out my new schedule with, possibly, a 2nd job, and, hopefully, evening classes. Everyone keeps telling us that life as we know it is going to change but we were actually hoping for a change anyway. Time keeps on ticking, and the expectations are growing!