End of second Trimester Thoughts

So here we are ending the second trimester and as I reminisce over the past six months I realize that this journey has completely change us as individuals and as a couple.

As we prepare for little man's arrival, we continue working on the nursery and anxiously patiently awaiting the furniture's arrival.  We have finished painting the room, collected a sizable wardrobe to fit 0-12 months, registered for all our wants  needs, completed birthing class and reading the Great Book of Birth to round out my birthing education. Unknown aside, we are ready to welcome the final phase of this journey.

It is hard to believe that 6 months ago we saw the little lines appear on the stick of wonders that carried Jelly Bean's first birth announcement. We still live our life as if we were two recently married couple, not worried about the after work responsibilities, acting whimsically as to what to eat for dinner, or whether to catch up on TV or a movie on a tuesday night.  We know this will all change and I'd love to start preparing us for that, but I know that this is impossible. Until then, we will continue to enjoy acting like a couple of teenager with no curfew (even though our bedtime is around 10pm).

We started imagining what our little man is going to look like... Since for all intent and purpose we are after all ethnically diverse. To clarify; we are not wondering what his skin color will be, people always assume that because I tan easily, our child will automatically come out somewhere in between. We are wondering what probably every parent superficially wonders (i.e. eye color, hair, nose, lips, etc). We are incredibly blessed that he is healthy and that from every test done and every scan observed, he is perfect. So we indulge ourselves in wondering about his looks and we continue to give thanks and praise that our baby boy is healthy and we dont have to worry about other concerns that so many parents face.

Tiff is doing amazingly well; I feel as if we have conquered this pregnancy, I say we because I made it a point to be as involved as a man can possibly be. She is a champ, the ultimate of champs. As I look back at this journey, I dare say it was so worth it and it was great to know that it got bad but now its good.

We are giddy with excitement.