Baby News: The Waiting Game

They say time flies when you are having fun. That is very true for pregnancies too. August 14th, 2005 seems like yesterday. That is the night I came home from a weekend with the guys to have my wife tackle me at the door beaming. (She already had that glow about her.) She announced the best news I have ever heard and it seemed at the time like the start of a very long journey. Not so, for 9 months has pasted in a blink of an eye and this guy is about to become a Dad. Ready or not here comes Baby.

The past few days have slowed down a bit. We are now four days away from the "Due Date". That special date that really does not mean much if you think about it. Only 5% of women have their babies on their Due Date. Overall, I can tell Stephanie is ready. I can tell the baby room is ready. I can assure you that my car is ready; loaded up with bags for the hospital, car seat installed, heck it already looks like a "family truckster." Everyone else must be ready too; they keep asking Stephanie and I the same questions over and over..."Baby here yet?", "Are you ready?", "Bet you can't wait?", "Do you think you know what it is?", "Do you have the name picked out?"...and on and on.

Putting aside all the commentary and questions, all the build up and preparation, all the nervous energy and anxiety of being a good parent, all the anticipation while waiting to meet this tiny little person...put all that down for a minute and what do you really have to be prepared for? In short, just a little life-event that will forever change my life, Steph's life, our marriage, and our household...forever.

You bet I'm ready... just call me "Dad."