Excited beyond words

Im having a girl. Im having a girl. Im having a girl.

Oh My G-D! Im having a GIRL!


First off, let me say that this whole experience is amazing! Just Amazing. Im going to be the father of a beautiful baby girl. She is going to be smart, charming, breathtaking, independent, sweet, cute, never leaving the house, under lock and key, kept far away from the evils of the world, chauffeured everywhere, and under armed guard. Im serious. Im not playing. This is my little girl we are talking about. If I even catch a 3 year old taking a quick glance at my wifes belly...............'lights out' kid. Im not above that. Maybe you have not noticed, but over the last week, the stock prices of Smith and Wesson and Remington have skyrocketed! Im buying every gun I see. David Karesh and those whack jobs at waco are going to look like they had a small collection compared to the armory Im building up. Yeah, ask my little girl on a date someday and see the amount of firepower crazy old dad is carrying around the house.

'Crazy old dad'. I cant believe I just referred to myself as that...........................The transformation to adult continues.

The transformation took a huge step last Friday. We have been filled with so much excitement and nerves the last week or so knowing we were going to find out if our little b-dub was going to be a boy or girl. Traci and I dont understand how people can wait. We had to know, there are so many things to decide and plan for. We were so impatient, Traci even had the date of the ultrasound moved up by 4 days.

So, the tech starts the ultrasound up and we see the black and white video we love so much. We can see little Miss b-dub and wow she has gotten bigger. The tech is looking at all the different sides of the baby and besides making sure all parts all there and working, all I can think of is that we are going to find out if it is a boy or girl. It was as if she was holding out on us. Dont get me wrong, I am psyched that we got an extra amount of ultrasound time but we couldnt wait any longer. So, I brought it up - " Are you able to determine the sex of the baby?" The tech replies " Ohhh, that is what you are here for today?" I mean cmon. What does it look like we are doing? My wife has her belly hanging out so you can rub a magic wand and show us pictures and Im sitting on a stool in corner hanging on every image on the screen because we are trying to order a pizza. What do you mean that the perinatal center is not the best place to reach dominos. Well hell then, we are leaving.

But we didnt leave, she rubbed that magnificent magic ultrasound wound and showed us that it was an amazing little baby girl. Or maybe it was what she didnt show us that made us know it was an amazing little baby girl. I couldnt believe it. No, really, I couldnt believe it. I asked at least 5 times if she was sure. I have heard stories that people have been told a baby is a girl only to be born a boy. Psyche, now go by new bedding and new toys and come up with a name fast. The tech said that she will let the dr. look as well and she wouldnt tell him what it was so we would be positively sure.

The doctor came in and verified that we were having a girl. Of course that didnt stop me from asking him 5 times as well. Though, we received some excellent reassurance from him that it was a girl. He said that if he was wrong, he would buy our baby a whole new wardrobe and re-paint the nursery himself. That was good enough for me, the doctor was willing to put his money where his mouth is.

So, we are having a baby girl and we are ecstatic. Just everyone please help me take up a donation fund for the amount of clothing that Traci is already buying Little Miss B Dub. I know, I know, she cant resist, 'little girl clothes are just so cute'. That is a story for another posting- "Motherhood Addictions".

I was so excited when we found out. We called our immediate family and shared the good news and I just wanted to stand up at the Starbucks we were at and scream to everyone there:

Im having a girl. Im having a girl. Im having a girl.

Oh My G-D, Im having a girl!

Its for Real now

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!

We had a first dr appointment today and we saw an ultrasound of our little baby. It was amazing. Traci and I were both in awe and amazed. We are a little past 8 weeks now and you can see a head, the heartbeat, and the baby was dancing and moving around. It is definitely real now.

I will give you a breakdown of the appointment:

1. Arrive at dr. office parking garage (They charged for parking. Have you heard of such a thing at a drs. office? I mean cmon, they dont make enough money as it is. Im all for docs making big bucks since they do a little thing you may have heard of...................save lives, but charge for parking. Very bush league.)

2. As soon as we get out of the car, I am in full dork mode. I asked Traci to bring the video camera but she conveniently forgot. So, I broke out the video camera on the cell phone and I am taping her walk through the garage. Cmon, it is the baby's first dr appointment.

3. We get to the waiting room and Traci has to fill out about 10 reams of forms asking every personal question from family medical history to if you ever took a toke off the peace pipe. I could have sworn I even saw one question inquiring about your feelings towards paper or plastic. Anyways, count this as another benefit of being the Dad to be. No paperwork (Woo Hoo, I hate paperwork) just there for moral support and the fun stuff. Oh yeah, these obgyns are on to something. The waiting room was packed. Having babies is big business. I need to find a way to capitalize on this.

4. We finally get called up from the minors and we are allowed to enter the sacred area in all drs. offices..................beyond the waiting room doors to the staging area. I call it the staging area becaue you dont get to see the dr. yet. You are just at step two of the assembly line. Here you get your weight taken and given strict instructions on what to do for all future visits.

5. Time for Traci to give blood. Once again, I lucked out. As most of you know, I hate needles and giving blood. Its the worst. But, Im really really good at giving advice....... like telling Traci not to look or that she can squeeze my hand while they drain her veins. I know that did the trick because instead of passing out from volunteering about a gallon of blood, she just turned white as a ghost. So far, i have this moral support thing down to a science.

6. Now we are off to see the dr and I get a first glimpse of the secret room the woman go to for their gyno appointments. There are some things in life, like the gyno examination room, that men just dont usually see or have any desire to see. Well, It had the bed with stirrups and everything. Though, It wasnt as scary and mideival as I thought it was going to be. I thought woman were chained down and their legs bound while numerous metal, shiny, and things that look like they hurt are put where those things just dont need to be while a bright light is shined directly on them. You know, kind of like they make it seem in sci-fi movies when the aliens are abducting and experimenting on humans. But, it wasnt like that. The doctor came in and did a brief examination.

7. Now the fun part. She started the ultrasound. Another learning experience for me because I thought they did ultrasounds on the outside of the belly. Nope, the first one can be done inside the body. I was a little uncomfortable with this but after the shiny things, this didnt look so bad for Traci. Then on the screen we saw it. I grabbed her hand and waited to see the first picture of our baby. You can see the outline of a blob with a head and you can see the heart beat. The baby was jumping around and dancing. I have never been so proud of a jumping kidney bean. The doctor said that everything looked good and the heartbeat was strong. Traci and I turned to each other and shared a look that expressed everything, excitement, shock, happiness, and the realization that WOW......... This is now real.