Stardate 091218.9

A lot has changed in the past year. I have gotten married, my new wife and I are soon to have a baby, and I am closer to finally graduating from college. I wrote some about getting married and that chapter of my life. While that chapter is awesome and still going strong, there is now a new addition that I must document. Since this is an entirely new thing for me, I thought it would be good (and somewhat amusing at times) to track the adventure as it unfolds.

I’m told a child changes so much in your life, but I don’t know that the thought of universal change has really sunken in yet. Before I got married, people told me the same thing about marriage; however, after I was married, while some things did change, adaptation wasn’t painful or trying at all. At least that I remember. Maybe I have a selective memory when it comes to the bad things in life, but the adjustment from bachelorhood to married life was a fairly easy switchover. I just have a feeling though that the change from two to three members in the household will be slightly more trying than the change from one to two, so I felt it would be a great idea to follow the progress of our first attempt at childrearing. Should be interesting reading.

I haven’t experienced too much change yet, though a few of the greater changes come to mind. I go to the doctor’s quite a bit more than I used to…once a month now. Half of my office has been converted into a nursery. I have to time my visits to and from the restroom well, because it is almost always occupied now…well, that’s a slight exaggeration…but only slight.

Of course, none of this is bad, it’s just different and I am doing my best to adjust. My adjustments are nothing compared to my wife’s, though. She is amazingly tough. Each day brings a new change to her body and a new pain or ache. Sleep is fleeting, and although the morning sickness stage has past, the baby kicking (and jumping, and stretching, and karate-ing, and circus performing) have increased drastically. We have 8 weeks left and she is ready to go now.

Well, that’s a good start to the story. Should be an interesting journey, and I am going to try to get a lot of it written down. Mostly for posterity’s sake, but for Brittany and me as well, so years from now when we look back at this, we can laugh at how young and inexperienced we were. So long for now.

Lorimer