Best day so far
Was almost two weeks ago now, down in the radiology lab at UW's Harborview Medical Center. That's where this scruffy, but very capable young ultrasound technician named Elliot told Karen and I that what we were looking at on the monitor there was a little girl.
Yup, Karen and I (mostly Karen) have been pregnant with our first child for about 5 months now, and will be expecting this addition to our family sometime in April. I'd been waiting for the right time to record this news here, and the time is obviously now. I won't get into all the crazy anxieties and questions I have about what being a parent is actually going to feel like, but suffice to say that we've been fortunate enough to have some excellent role models in our own parents, and are a bit giddy with excitement.
Psst, come closer: Her name is almost definitely going to be Alice. I hope this doesn't weird her out if she reads it someday. Okay, now I'm weirded out.
Mike never got to hear that we were going to have a daughter, but he was tickled as beans when I told him about the pregnancy. Not feeling quite as pontificatingly dramatic as yesterday so I'll stop here, but yes, mighty storms of change are brewing on the horizon.
Yup, Karen and I (mostly Karen) have been pregnant with our first child for about 5 months now, and will be expecting this addition to our family sometime in April. I'd been waiting for the right time to record this news here, and the time is obviously now. I won't get into all the crazy anxieties and questions I have about what being a parent is actually going to feel like, but suffice to say that we've been fortunate enough to have some excellent role models in our own parents, and are a bit giddy with excitement.
Psst, come closer: Her name is almost definitely going to be Alice. I hope this doesn't weird her out if she reads it someday. Okay, now I'm weirded out.
Mike never got to hear that we were going to have a daughter, but he was tickled as beans when I told him about the pregnancy. Not feeling quite as pontificatingly dramatic as yesterday so I'll stop here, but yes, mighty storms of change are brewing on the horizon.