Well survived our last Christmas with out a kid. Let me tell you next year might be a bit harder to travel. Don't get me wrong I love seeing both families but man all the traveling was a killer. Especially with all the snow we got here or I should say on the west side of the state where my family lives.
Let me paint a picture for you, I have two dogs that are our lives right now so we had to make sure that they were taken cared of when we leave town. We take them to my in-laws and they stay in the garage. My dogs are spoiled and they sleep on the couch. Anyway my Bassett Hound, Rocky, get car sick so it a gamble if he pukes in the car or not. We get to my in-laws and he then he pukes before I can get then out of the car. That sucked cause I had to clean it out cause we were going to spend four hours to my folks house. As I was cleaning the back of the car I looked and wondered how the hell am I going to travel with dogs, a baby and all of our stuff when we go out of town. I'm not looking forward to that.
My brother, who lives in Michigan, traveled with his daughter on a plan and his advice was always travel when they are asleep. An advice I will pass on to you. Another advice I got for Christmas was get a book by this Cohen guy, I have not finished it yet but it's funny and it has some great stuff in it. I will post its name later. Well hope everyone has a great NYE and be safe time for me to go for this year see you next time
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Day 84
Merry Christmas everyone! So today was one of the biggest "grown up" decision I have ever made. If you are married or have a serious girl friend then you know about multiple family gatherings. Today we went to my in-laws and then we were suppose to go to my parents. My in-laws live about 30 minutes away from us and they also baby sit our dogs when we leave town. So it has been raining all day long and I knew that the weather was going to turn later on in the evening.
We had dinner and watch the lone grand-daughter, on my wife side, get tons of presents. We stayed for a bit after dinner and to relax then it was of to my parents house. My folk live about 3 to 4 hours west of us. As we left my in-laws, I called my dad and told him we were on our way. He said that it was switching over to sleet there and calling for 9 inches. I did not think much of this till he suggested that we think about leaving tomorrow morning. I figured we should be OK, I had driven in worst. At that point I hear my niece in the back ground screaming or laughing, which surprised me since they were suppose to have left already. So that posed some concern. I talked to the wife about it and see if she was OK about driving tonight instead of early in the morning.
As we were driving to get on the interstate I decided to call a friend that live half way between me and my parents. I asked him about the weather there, he said it was raining but they said it was suppose to be switching over in a few hours. Well in a few hours would have been when we would have hit that area. For me driving in snow is no big deal, I was a delivery driver in college and I learned how to drive in all sorts of crappy weather. As I was ending my call to my friend, my mind is stirring and I decided to head home and leave early in the morning. We were only suppose to get a dusting of snow and by the time we get there the roads should be fairly clear. I called my dad and he was relived that we changed our plans. I also found out that my brother decided to stay the night due to the weather.
Being single and driving in this I feel very confident about my skills and everything and even if I get stuck should be ok. Then the "grown-up" person with responsibilities woke up. I am not by my self, I am married and expecting my first born. I can not take the chance when I have my future we are talking about. Plus my mom would have been up all night worrying about us. In all, I think I made the right choice. Plus according to all my Facebook friend that crossed the state it was nuts driving in it. A little short from three months and I am already changing the way I think about my family's safety, what will the next 6 months bring. I can't wait to find out.
We had dinner and watch the lone grand-daughter, on my wife side, get tons of presents. We stayed for a bit after dinner and to relax then it was of to my parents house. My folk live about 3 to 4 hours west of us. As we left my in-laws, I called my dad and told him we were on our way. He said that it was switching over to sleet there and calling for 9 inches. I did not think much of this till he suggested that we think about leaving tomorrow morning. I figured we should be OK, I had driven in worst. At that point I hear my niece in the back ground screaming or laughing, which surprised me since they were suppose to have left already. So that posed some concern. I talked to the wife about it and see if she was OK about driving tonight instead of early in the morning.
As we were driving to get on the interstate I decided to call a friend that live half way between me and my parents. I asked him about the weather there, he said it was raining but they said it was suppose to be switching over in a few hours. Well in a few hours would have been when we would have hit that area. For me driving in snow is no big deal, I was a delivery driver in college and I learned how to drive in all sorts of crappy weather. As I was ending my call to my friend, my mind is stirring and I decided to head home and leave early in the morning. We were only suppose to get a dusting of snow and by the time we get there the roads should be fairly clear. I called my dad and he was relived that we changed our plans. I also found out that my brother decided to stay the night due to the weather.
Being single and driving in this I feel very confident about my skills and everything and even if I get stuck should be ok. Then the "grown-up" person with responsibilities woke up. I am not by my self, I am married and expecting my first born. I can not take the chance when I have my future we are talking about. Plus my mom would have been up all night worrying about us. In all, I think I made the right choice. Plus according to all my Facebook friend that crossed the state it was nuts driving in it. A little short from three months and I am already changing the way I think about my family's safety, what will the next 6 months bring. I can't wait to find out.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Day 80
Remember my last post about gaining weight well, I really need to get my ass going cause I weighed myself today and I was a 231 lbs. I was in shocked I have not weighed that much in years. Granted I got up to 250 lbs at one point in my life and well had more muscle mass as well. This is nuts.
I met my wife when I first moved here in STL, she thought I was dating one of my friends at the time. I was a birthday party at "The Melting Pot", it's a fondue place. Anyway I weighed about 222 lbs it was and stayed there for most of the years till a bit of the "break-up" diet hit me and I lost about 30 lbs. I weight about 215 when I met her, I know your doing the math and yes I gained weight. Come on who does not get a bit lazy and gain a few pounds when they start dating someone. Since I started dating my wife till prior to finding our we were having a baby I leveled out at about 221 lbs, we foung out at about week 6 so that is about 42 days. In less than 40 days I gained 10 lbs now so I figured I have about 200 more days to go and well its also the holidays, if I keep up this paste I will be at 270+ lbs by the time my kid is born. I know it might not happen but what if it does and well 270 is not that far from 300 lbs and that really scares the crap out of me since I want to be here for my child, be able to play with him or her. Be there when they get married and have their kids. I am really freaking out about this and what am I doing I am being a bum. Well I am not going to accept that so from this day on I will also keep everyone up to date on the baby and my goal not to become a fat ass. For my baby and family this I promise.
I met my wife when I first moved here in STL, she thought I was dating one of my friends at the time. I was a birthday party at "The Melting Pot", it's a fondue place. Anyway I weighed about 222 lbs it was and stayed there for most of the years till a bit of the "break-up" diet hit me and I lost about 30 lbs. I weight about 215 when I met her, I know your doing the math and yes I gained weight. Come on who does not get a bit lazy and gain a few pounds when they start dating someone. Since I started dating my wife till prior to finding our we were having a baby I leveled out at about 221 lbs, we foung out at about week 6 so that is about 42 days. In less than 40 days I gained 10 lbs now so I figured I have about 200 more days to go and well its also the holidays, if I keep up this paste I will be at 270+ lbs by the time my kid is born. I know it might not happen but what if it does and well 270 is not that far from 300 lbs and that really scares the crap out of me since I want to be here for my child, be able to play with him or her. Be there when they get married and have their kids. I am really freaking out about this and what am I doing I am being a bum. Well I am not going to accept that so from this day on I will also keep everyone up to date on the baby and my goal not to become a fat ass. For my baby and family this I promise.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Day 75
So for those guys still single, practice being neat. I have not always been the neatest person in the world, ok I was a slob as some points in my life, but really who of us haven't. My wife who I love always want the house clean. So now every weekend I spend my mornings cleaning and what ever else needs to be done around the house. Really not a big deal but kid of an adjustment that I really do not want to deal with. Cleaning is really not the issue, so with her being pregnant and feeling sick in the afternoon she tends to just realax on the couch. Which is fine, but I tend to do the same thing with her. Which leads me to belly, that right my belly. With her not helping me clean the house and her wanting to just order food the old belly has gotten a bit bulgy. Now I have never been a chizeled guy but I have stayed in fairly decent shape, even ran a marathon last year. I get so tired and busy with other things that working out is the last thing on my mind. I have heard about gaining sympathy weight but I rather not have a "whose belly is bigger" contest later on. Besides I really want to be there in the future for my little ones. I am not saying that this little weight gain going to make me balloon up to 500 lbs but really how do I know it won't. I have seen enough "Biggest Loser" to know that all of those guys and girl that where on that show said the same thing and they ended up there. So my advice, find time to workout or you and me will be on the next "Biggest Loser"
Monday, December 14, 2009
Day 73
So I should have started this 9 weeks ago but today was just a dam cool day. I got to hear my baby's heart beat and man was it music to my ears. Plus we got to see some her or him moving and it looked like she or he was waving at us. Doctor ask us if we wanted to know the gender of the baby, my wife does but I am still on the fence if I want to or not. Part of me wants to but I wan to be surprised also, but after today I just want to, well I just want to make sure my baby is ok and I can not wait to be officially a dad.
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