He's coming! He's coming!

I'm not providing any practical take-home 'information' today or posting testimonials to highlight how great I am (lol). Nor am I going to do any ranting today ... but now that I mention it, stay tuned, because I have a few coming.

Today instead I wanted to post a picture of my VERY pregnant wife. We're in the homestretch of the pregnancy and our new son will be here very shortly. We can't wait.

This pregnancy has gone by much faster than the first. The first pregnancy took about 5 years, at least that's how long it felt. I thought Alyssa would never get here.

Those of you who knew me when we were anticipating Alyssa remember me saying how I had a plan ... my schedule wouldn't be changing much. Much of you laughed and scoffed and said, "you'll see". Turns out I was right though eh? I've had it pretty good in the first 16 months of Alyssa's life.

BUT, I will now freely admit that things are about to really change. I'm actually going to have to change diapers. I know, I know, what am I saying? I don't change diapers? I like to think that Laura just beats me to it. Haha! I have changed I think four as of yesterday and yesterday's was the first 'poopy' one (with Laura's coaching I might add); I didn't care for it. But I figure, I better start getting some practice in as when Laura is in the hospital it's just going to be me and Alyssa and my original idea of just holding her over the toilet and shaking her a little a few times a day probably isn't the best idea I've come up with. Now, my idea of having a little basket to put her in by my lap top when she was a baby was a good one (inside joke for the LBF'ers).

I think also gone are the days of getting up when my eyes wake me up. Yes, I still wake up whenever I wake up, which is usually b/w 8 and 830 on average. I highly doubt I'll be able to pull this off anymore with a 16-month old and a breast-fed newborn. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

One of the weirdest things for me, that I think maybe 'only children' will get is that for me, the family of three I have now, seems complete, since I have no siblings myself. TWO kids? Just seems really weird to me. But I can't wait.

Yesterday marks 9 months since my father unexpectedly passed away, at only 59 years of age. It has been incredibly difficult and my only family is my mom now. Talk about perspective changing; realizing how little such trivial things matter. But having Alyssa has helped a great deal with all the joy she brings us. My son will add to it I'm sure. 

See what she's eating? If this doesn't tell you she's my daughter I don't know what does.

My father would have loved Alyssa so much. The birth of my son will be bitter sweet without my dad here to experience it with the rest of us. He always said to me, jokingly, "it takes a man to make boys Erik." He would be so proud. I firmly believe he'll be granted the opportunity to see our son enter the world.

We're in the homestretch!!

 

 

Posted Mar 24, 2010 by Erik Ledin.
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