My Wife is Pregnant

Well, it seems that I've been away for a while. That happens. Well, I've been holding in some writing for a while. As you may know, or have figured out from the title of this post, Corey is pregnant. In case you're wondering, it's a human! We won't know if it will be a boy or a girl for some time, but I'll let you know.

The reason I wanted to start blogging again was that I wanted to document my journey through her pregnancy and into being a father again. Calfo is excited to be a big brother. Corey is excited. I'm excited. This is exciting. It's also something strange to get used to. She's growing a human inside her that will eventually spring forth to freedom. I can't grow a human inside me, so I can't begin to think I know what that feels like. I'm not about to say I do. I also refuse to say that "we are pregnant". I'm not pregnant. She is. If I were pregnant, I'd be getting my own show on A&E or TLC or something. No, she is pregnant, and I'm here as support. I've so far found that can mean many things.

Smell has become a problem. She can smell the faintest of odors and will hunt down the source like it's Moby Grape...wait...Moby Dick.  However, I now have Moby Grape in my head.

OK, back to smell.  As some of you know, I lost a chunk of my sense of smell due to a chemical accident in high school.  This, combined with having my nose broken a dozen times, has left me at a disadvantage.  Especially compared to my wife now having some sort of blood-hound nose.  Garlic is on the "cannot enter the house" list now.  Breaded food stuffs are on that list.  I'm OK with that, I work around it.  I figure it is a small price to pay.  So I've been trying to get rid of smells.

I'm also now on call for picking up whatever sounds good.  Why?  Because she's growing a human.  Also, almost any time I've ever offered to get something out of pure kindness, she's told me that she'll save it for when she's pregnant.  Now she is wisely cashing in.  No strange requests yet, but it is still early. 

Over all, I'm really freaking excited about all of this.  I already have my little baby sling thing-a-ma-jig.  Just look at it here.  I'll keep you posted, and I'm planning on writing more. Also, coming soon will by my religious blog.  Parenting, religion, and my general randomness!  2014 is looking to be a good year.