I just want him to get here! I want to wear that baby sling and feel his breath against my chest. I'm even looking forward to the diaper changes (a little bit!). I'm looking forward to the months down the road when we will be able to interact with each other a bit!! What am I gonna do when I can make this kid smile, or giggle for the first time?? Tobey is totally gonna have his Dad in the palm of his hand!!
I'm totally reading Dr. Spock right now. I'm gonna be a very involved Daddy. There is not gonna be any of this "I'm home from work now. I'm the Man, and I'm not gonna help". Nope!! I'm gonna be as involved as much as Vicki will let me!!
I am predicting that when Tobin is a teenager, I soooo am gonna be the hip, go to Dad! Vicki is the disciplinarian in the family :). It is just that as Mr. T's birth is approaching, I'm getting insecure. Why is this? No idea... However, it is something I struggle with. I'm keeping my chin up however!
Gotta show everyone some pictures from the week 37 ultrasound on Monday!!
Tobin is being kind of bashful in the picture above and in this one below:
Much like his Daddy, he is always putting his hands near his mouth!! If I'm not eating something I've always got my hands on my face looking all intellectual like I'm pondering the meaninf of life!!!
Vicki and I kept it so real this past weekend. Our friends Abby and Andy & their little boy Aidan came over to help us with the nursery. Andy and I put the crib together in under an hour!
Vicki and I kept it so real this past weekend. Our friends Abby and Andy & their little boy Aidan came over to help us with the nursery. Andy and I put the crib together in under an hour!
Aidan did a great job of supervising! He was a real task master. However, Andy and I managed to pull it off:
It looks like I actually know what I'm doing, huh!?!?!!?
I love this particular pic. We're doing a jungle theme for Tobe's room, and this was very appropriate, and sooo awesome that Vicki found it on Ebay:
More pictures will follow very soon!! I have to go to bed now. On a different note, stay tuned for my Farewell notes on "The Shield"..... and speaking of "The Jungle"! I will be reviewing Guns n Roses "Chinese Democracy" very, very soon!!!
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Because you are feeling insecure, that's going to mean you ARE going to be a great Dad- I think when we second guess ourselves- and when we try and see a situation from a different perspective, or try and read up on other parenting styles, it makes us more open to the needs and wants of our children. But- rest assured, when Tobin is born, it just kicks in- all that love takes over- it's a beautiful, awe inspiring thing- and such a life changing moment for me, that it took all my doubt of God or a higher power away.
You're going to be a great Dad Ethan, you were born to love Tobin!
You're going to be a brilliant dad. No doubt about it. As Dina said, the very fact that you're worrying about it, proves it.
Forget Dr Spock - the only bit of reading you need do is the cry decoder in "The Baby Whisperer" - tells you what the different noises combined with body language mean, which is invaluable in the early days. The only one she doesn't do is the "I need a new nappy cry" - I swear that's why I'm so bad at spotting that one!
You just wait for that first, tar-filled nappy. That's when you discover what baby love *really* is :oP
A)Please don't say that you plan on being as involved as I'll "let you" be. You love to make people think I'm some sort of dominatrix/control freak. I plan on seeing to it that you're as involved as you want to be and moreso--less work for me!!!
B) How many times can I say, "If you weren't going to be an awesome dad, I wouldn't have let you anywhere near my eggs?"
C)The meconium diaper is ALL YOURS!! I'm sure it's nasty, but it can't POSSIBLY be worse than the week or so I had to spend squeezing the pus out of, washing, powdering and applying ointment to Fred's deflated nutsack when it got infected after he was neutered. Now THAT is love!
It's your turn to handle some gross stuff--and my turn to laugh and laugh and laugh... XOXOXOXOXO
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