The ultrasound

Last week, Erin and I saw our second ultrasound. A small little person growing inside Erin. Little hands, feet, and even a little personality. Enough of one to not turn around to give the technician a good picture of its little spine. Already a little stubborn!

We could have found out the sex of the child, but both of us are excited about it being a surprise. Although, I must say, many people are definitely all about finding out the sex of their baby these days. I mean seriously, people are shocked and either impressed or thoroughly confused when we tell them we won't be finding out (intentionally anyway). True, it probably allows people to buy some nice pink or blue outfits for the shower. But really, are there any bigger surprises in life? What does the baby being a girl or boy even matter anyway at this point? All that matters is that we are having a baby. Why start the pigeon-holing before the baby even draws its first breath? No matter what, this baby is going to learn the starting lineup for the Baltimore Orioles and sleep with its baseball glove :-).

Erin's pregnant!

Sometime around July 25th, I will become a father! I'm nervous, excited and just plain amazed. I'm 25 and my wife and I are having a baby and, for some reason, I feel like I am ready for it. Is that strange? I mean, many things are going through my head these days like; What kind of father will I be? Am I really this old? Are we having a boy or a girl? What is a good name for a boy? Why in the world did I start a blog? Was I really supposed to start this question sequence with a semicolon?

Seriously, its pretty great. Today Erin and I went to all mall to help her find some maternity clothes and then to old navy where Erin found a little newborn top that says "I drool." How awesome is that? Not only will the baby actually drool, but its shirt will heed a warning. Honestly, you can dress a baby in anything and it will either be incredibly cute or incredibly funny. (At least, you imagine the baby that way. You could always end up being that couple with the ugly baby.)

My first blog ...

For some reason, I decided to start a blog. So this my first post. I hope its up to code ...