Tag: The Dad Speaks

​Today, we are beginning Week 36 which means our little dude will be coming out soon.  We already have our hospital bags packed and they are in my car.  Nina even has a bag of stuff by the front door so she can grab it quickly.   We are still working on gathering snacks to…

We have been planning a Costco run for household supplies, baby supplies, and food for several months.  Nothing was going to stop us, not even traffic on the highway.  I thought it was illegal to drive on the grass between the highway and the service road, but once one car does it, everybody follows.  I…

​I can’t wait until my son is old enough to play with my old childhood toys. Luckily, we got plenty of time to clean them before he puts his hands and mouth in or on them. So, now you’re probably wondering what childhood toys do I still have?   I got a few GI Joe’s…

Last night, my wife gave me a crash course in contractions.  No, it hasn’t happened yet!!   I just really wanted to know so I don’t become paranoid in a few weeks.  I never learned this in school or from my parents (even though my Uncle George was OB/GYN and my mother was his office…

I hope Ben Stiller doesn’t read this because I can’t afford a lawsuit — I got a wife, cat, and a baby to support and bills up the wazoo.  When Nina and I announced to the universe that we were pregnant on Halloween, the due date of May 8th was so far down the road….

​I don’t have a therapist (yet) to express my smorgasbord of feelings about being a first time daddy.  So, I hope you’re sitting down because I am going to spill them right now.   I am anxious, eager, excited, happy, lazy, lucky, nervous, overwhelmed, panicky, paranoid, relaxed, scared, tired, and worried.  And, I am not even…

​When I tell people that my wife and I are going to be parents, they always tell me you won’t get much sleep.  I am actually OK with it because I have taken a lot of naps in my life and I am happy to give them up for a little while so I can…

​On Thursday, my co-workers surprised me with a baby shower. But, unfortunately, I wasn’t surprised.  I have a way of getting people to tell me the truth — just kidding.  I actually saw something about a boy’s baby shower on my co-worker’s computer and a few days later, I asked her when it would be…

The last time I wrote to you was 10 days ago as Nina and I assembled a dresser.  Or, actually, let me rephrase that, I built the dresser and the cat supervised and Nina took photos.  Wait, let me rephrase that again, Nina took photos and she did some assembling. ​A few days after the…

Last Sunday, Nina and I made an IKEA supply run for the baby and 2 of the things we purchased required assembling.  One was a dresser and the other was a crib.  Well, on Friday night, I decided to tackle the dresser.   And, I will be totally honest and tell you that it was…

​This weekend, Nina and I purchased a crib and a dresser from IKEA.  I am planning on assembling the dresser next weekend (that way, we can get all of the baby’s clothes out of our dresser).  Also, my parent’s got us a stroller, car seat, and a car seat base on Friday and they came…

​Two weeks ago, one of my co-workers at work gave Nina and I two huge boxes of baby clothes. We had such a blast going thru it and I must admit folks, baby clothes are so damn adorable and cute.  After we sorted everything, it looks like Oscar is set for 2 years!!  Man, that…

Nina and I have a baby registry.  I am not asking for gifts, I am telling you to buy us gifts!!!   I am kidding folks.  The baby registry is basically for us so we know what we still need to get for Oscar and for our generous parents who want to buy us stuff….

​Within the past few days, Nina has started to feel Oscar pushing very gently on her abdomen when she lies down in bed.  So, on Christmas evening, as were in bed, I put my hand on her abdomen and I felt Oscar for the first time.   Man, what an amazing feeling it was.​​And, to…

On Tuesday, I used my last day of vacation very wisely as me, Nina, and her mom went to an ultrasound appointment.  Well, not me and not her mom.  Although, I did volunteer to take the place of my wife but all they would’ve seen is a 38 year old stomach with no baby, just…

​Nina purchased a Baby Bjorn last week on Ebay and even though she showed me one on our baby registry and showed me one at Target, I still had no clue what it was for.  That was until she took out of the dryer (yes, we washed it first).  Oh, it’s a baby carrier for…

The last time Nina and I were at a hospital together was on Thursday, February 19th of 2015 and it was by far the longest day of my life, the most stressful/nerve-wracking day of my life, and it was the most impatient I have ever been.   Nina had elective surgery.  No need to worry…

Last week, we got a tour of the hospital for where Oscar will be born and it was very nice, shiny, and looked brand new (which it is).  They have the facilities to do everything for Nina and Oscar and treat them as first class patients.  The really awesome thing is they have all the…