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It has been such a long time since my last post!
What a slacker I am! I had such high aspirations for this blogging thing and I have quickly succumb to the pressures of the outside world. Maybe this is a good representation of what being a father will be like - I have all these grand ideas and plans laid out only to have things completely rearranged due to kid stuff. So in a weird sort of way maybe I can think of this as a test and not get too bent about it.
Since my last post very little "kid" things have happened. We visit the doctor on 5/21 to find out the sex, so that is going to be a very exciting time. Secretly my wife wants a girl so she can doll her up and secretly I want a boy so that the household is filled to the brim with testosterone (myself, kid, 3 male dogs). Pure and simple we just want a healthy pregnancy and child, just as long as it is a boy. ;)
JoAnna and I went to New Mexico & Colorado for a long weekend last week and had a great time with some fabulous friends. We stayed at a cabin on a lake up in the Rockies and had such a fantastic view. I could not stop admiring the view and thinking about how I need to do my part to make sure my kid sees nature in the same way.
Wait...did I just say that I need to preserve nature for my future generation? This cannot be! I have always been a go with the flow type of person and rarely stop to think about my actions and how they influence the future. Could this fatherhood thing really be changing my perspective on how I view the world? Probably. I already have my eye on a sweet minivan and that would have never happened just 6 months ago. Hopefully this is merely a softening of the ol' Joshster and not a complete wussification.
On the subject of the minivan - I talked to my coworker about it and we had a nice 30 minute conversation on all things related to the official vehicle of the soccer mom. It is amazing how detailed one can get discussing cupholders and backseat DVD systems. Something I caught as odd was both of us have wives that absolutely do not want to go the minivan route. The stigma has always sat squarely on the shoulders of men - a minivan is not manly because it doesn't go 0-60 in 5.5 seconds or cannot pull stumps out of the ground. I have always thought women embraced minivans like they embrace eating bon-bons on the couch while watching Oprah. Well...maybe I am wrong. But the minivan is cool and it will be mine one day - oh yes, it will be mine.
I have a rant formulating in my head for a later blog. It is about our doctor and his (lack of) dedication to technology. I actually will be meeting him for the first time next week when we talk about sex (of the baby), so I am going to hold off on that for now. But until then, any predictions on if it is going to be a boy or a girl?
Since my last post very little "kid" things have happened. We visit the doctor on 5/21 to find out the sex, so that is going to be a very exciting time. Secretly my wife wants a girl so she can doll her up and secretly I want a boy so that the household is filled to the brim with testosterone (myself, kid, 3 male dogs). Pure and simple we just want a healthy pregnancy and child, just as long as it is a boy. ;)
JoAnna and I went to New Mexico & Colorado for a long weekend last week and had a great time with some fabulous friends. We stayed at a cabin on a lake up in the Rockies and had such a fantastic view. I could not stop admiring the view and thinking about how I need to do my part to make sure my kid sees nature in the same way.
Wait...did I just say that I need to preserve nature for my future generation? This cannot be! I have always been a go with the flow type of person and rarely stop to think about my actions and how they influence the future. Could this fatherhood thing really be changing my perspective on how I view the world? Probably. I already have my eye on a sweet minivan and that would have never happened just 6 months ago. Hopefully this is merely a softening of the ol' Joshster and not a complete wussification.
On the subject of the minivan - I talked to my coworker about it and we had a nice 30 minute conversation on all things related to the official vehicle of the soccer mom. It is amazing how detailed one can get discussing cupholders and backseat DVD systems. Something I caught as odd was both of us have wives that absolutely do not want to go the minivan route. The stigma has always sat squarely on the shoulders of men - a minivan is not manly because it doesn't go 0-60 in 5.5 seconds or cannot pull stumps out of the ground. I have always thought women embraced minivans like they embrace eating bon-bons on the couch while watching Oprah. Well...maybe I am wrong. But the minivan is cool and it will be mine one day - oh yes, it will be mine.
I have a rant formulating in my head for a later blog. It is about our doctor and his (lack of) dedication to technology. I actually will be meeting him for the first time next week when we talk about sex (of the baby), so I am going to hold off on that for now. But until then, any predictions on if it is going to be a boy or a girl?
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