The Announcement

For anyone that knows me, but hasn't heard or for those of you that have stumbled here by accident let me start by announcing that my lovely wife and I are expecting a baby! I hate to overstate the obvious, but hard to learn to be a dad without having a child.

We waited until the second trimester to let the world know and it has been a slow reveal to this point, but now it is time to pull off the proverbial band-aid off and let everyone know.

It has been an interesting 16 weeks from the home test when we looked at each other and couldn't decide whether to laugh or be terrified. The "are we ready?", followed by the "well too bad if we aren't" and the excitement of "we are having a baby!".

We have had two ultrasounds and I will never forget the stupid smile on my face when we heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. The second ultrasound I was excited to see all the parts babies have, arms, legs and a big head.

I plan on using this as a place for my thoughts as I figure out how to be a father-to-be and a father. I want to share the good and the bad, hopefully find some other men in learning to be dads and give some people a few laughs as I work my way through.