Thank god we've finally told everybody. Probably one of the most annoying parts of the whole process. :)
Of course my sister complained that I didn't mention her in the first blog post. What she didn't know is I would get to that later. The fact that she didn't believe me for about 5 minutes, so I almost just hung up on her. I'm such an honest person, I don't know what her problem was, but yes Val it was very important that you know. My favorite part is that she said she would not wait as long to have kids, without conferring with her future husband first. I told her maybe they should talk about that kind of stuff. :)
We had to tell Steph through Skype on the computer since she's over in Korea, and she was very excited. Other family and friends found out as we went along. Including some people finding out because they read this blog since Laura didn't get to everybody fast enough. Laura did get to tell her Korean relatives when she was over there and they were all very excited about it.
The day before I told some of my coworkers one of them told me to wait to have kids because I was still young and should just enjoy life. It was tough to supress the smile that day to hold it in. I told another we would be needing an infant Halloween costume the next year.
The really bad news is that we believe we have lost the bet with my college roomates on who would have a kid first. We kind of figured we were in trouble, but we were hoping someone else would have news first. So now we owe a dinner I think to all of them, so not only will this kid cost me money (just read some parents spend 17,000 dollars on random baby stuff the first year, ridiculous, my kid will learn to play with a cardboard box, I'll at least draw a face on it) but I have to pay off a bet as well.
That's it for now, seems like everybody is aware now, so I'll keep posting updates as we go. For now, back to watching poltergeist while I can still watch movies like this without worrying about scaring a little kid to death (like I was when I watched this movie when I was 5 because of my babysitter, the flying things in the room, a little traumatizing). I'll probably post something on the first couple of doctor visits soon.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
We're Having a Kid?
Ah, the reason for the question mark being, do we have any idea what we are getting into. I think not. So in case you are one of the people my mother has not found and told, and somehow you stumbled onto this blog instead, Laura and I are expecting our first kid. I've decided to blog a little bit as we go along, but the first few will be recapping some of what has already happened since I had to wait until we told everyone. To answer the few questions everyone asks.
1. due date is end of April
2. We don't know what it's going to be yet, probably will find out in a couple of months
3. Yes, this was right on the timing I had laid out in my excel financial plan 4 years ago, pretty impressive
Today's post is on how we and the fam found out.
Us
We were open to the possibility of a kid and after a few weeks went by we decided to try the pregnancy test. Mainly because Laura was going to go skydiving Labor Day weekend and we needed to see if that would be OK. So we got the pregnancy test, but supposedly it's harder then it looks on that commercial that shows the pee hitting the stick. (Laura loves that commercial) First test a little inconclusive, second test showed the positive, we bought a 3 pack and figured we shouldn't waste it, so the confirmation was also positive. After the excitement of finding out, a look of shock crossed both of our faces as we realized life would be a little different in 9 months.
Friedrich Family
Back to the skydiving thing. First of all Laura did actually call the nurse line to ask if a pregnant person could go skydiving. (The answer is no in case you were wondering, duh, but of course she doesn't listen to me) It was Labor Day weekend and Laura had planned on doing this with her mom for a long time. So as we were sitting around the table the day before skydiving, Ginny asked if Laura was excited about skydiving. Laura's line was supposed to be "I can't go skydiving, the baby might fall out". Instead she gave a weak no, looked away, and Ginny read it right away. Lots of hugs and excitement. One family down, one to go.
Becker Family
The difference with this side, is that it's the first grandkid, and they've pretty much been asking when it would happen since we were married. I think they were close to giving up hope, and hoping Val would give them a grandkid someday. We bought baby bibs and took them down to the campgrounds where they were at. When we got there Dad had gone fishing and took like 2 hours to get back. He finally came, we told them that we had another gift from Laura's family in Korea. So they opened the bag for a glimpse and then there was screaming and more screaming and some more screaming. Probably went for like 2 minutes straight. Don't forget we are in the middle of a campground site. Awkward. Aunt Becky conveniently brought over a pan at this time, probably to make sure nobody was dead, but she didn't catch on.
From there we've slowly told friends and family so almost everyone knows. If not, you're free to tell more people. That's it for this blog, trust me, I'm sure there will be more good stories as we go.
1. due date is end of April
2. We don't know what it's going to be yet, probably will find out in a couple of months
3. Yes, this was right on the timing I had laid out in my excel financial plan 4 years ago, pretty impressive
Today's post is on how we and the fam found out.
Us
We were open to the possibility of a kid and after a few weeks went by we decided to try the pregnancy test. Mainly because Laura was going to go skydiving Labor Day weekend and we needed to see if that would be OK. So we got the pregnancy test, but supposedly it's harder then it looks on that commercial that shows the pee hitting the stick. (Laura loves that commercial) First test a little inconclusive, second test showed the positive, we bought a 3 pack and figured we shouldn't waste it, so the confirmation was also positive. After the excitement of finding out, a look of shock crossed both of our faces as we realized life would be a little different in 9 months.
Friedrich Family
Back to the skydiving thing. First of all Laura did actually call the nurse line to ask if a pregnant person could go skydiving. (The answer is no in case you were wondering, duh, but of course she doesn't listen to me) It was Labor Day weekend and Laura had planned on doing this with her mom for a long time. So as we were sitting around the table the day before skydiving, Ginny asked if Laura was excited about skydiving. Laura's line was supposed to be "I can't go skydiving, the baby might fall out". Instead she gave a weak no, looked away, and Ginny read it right away. Lots of hugs and excitement. One family down, one to go.
Becker Family
The difference with this side, is that it's the first grandkid, and they've pretty much been asking when it would happen since we were married. I think they were close to giving up hope, and hoping Val would give them a grandkid someday. We bought baby bibs and took them down to the campgrounds where they were at. When we got there Dad had gone fishing and took like 2 hours to get back. He finally came, we told them that we had another gift from Laura's family in Korea. So they opened the bag for a glimpse and then there was screaming and more screaming and some more screaming. Probably went for like 2 minutes straight. Don't forget we are in the middle of a campground site. Awkward. Aunt Becky conveniently brought over a pan at this time, probably to make sure nobody was dead, but she didn't catch on.
From there we've slowly told friends and family so almost everyone knows. If not, you're free to tell more people. That's it for this blog, trust me, I'm sure there will be more good stories as we go.
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