Hooray! We've now officially cleared the first trimester. Apparently the chance of miscarriage now drops by around 97%. Our baby is currently around the size of a peach -- significantly larger than the plum size of the ultrasound pictures I posted last Friday. We find out the sex in the next couple of weeks, and the speculation among family and friends is rampant.
First, sorry I didn't write yesterday. I got smacked with a super nasty bug over the weekend, and anything I would have written in that state would have basically been incoherent garbage (not that my usual is all that much better). This weekend, we also got good news in the form of a job offer in Vancouver for wifey. The job is very ideal for her interests, and they're also very mat-leave friendly, which is amazing. So, it looks like we're headed west as planned, folks! More to come on that....
You may also be wondering where we are now. I've promised to say a bit more about who I am this week, so here's a start, anyway. I currently reside in Ottawa, Canada, with my super awesome wife and her super awesome mom. Just so we're clear, mom pays the bills. Why, you may ask next, does mom pay the bills for a couple of thirty-something adults? Mainly because those adults took the enriching but unconventional path of going to grad school and doing PhDs. They're starting to pay off, but my God they take a long time to earn. A lot of our non-grad friends are on their second mortgages, second kids, and management-level jobs, while we're finally just dipping our toes into the work force. Oh well, wouldn't trade it for anything.
I have a PhD in English, as I've mentioned before, and am currently working on several writing projects including a screenplay and a novel. I also run several blogs, feeds, and a website, all collected loosely under the auspices of lintropy.com. You can have a look around that site for more info, if you're so inclined. In particular, you can peruse some of my non-baby related writing here (the first article is by a friend of mine, not me). While all of these may seem like quite a random mess of interests and projects, my overarching goal has always been to open up the world for people around me in as many ways as possible. It's just what I gotta do.
This blog is definitely one of those ways. Although there are many great daddy blogs out there, I decided to create my own because I wanted to document the pregnancy and its significance in a way that family, friends, visitors, and ideally, someday, the baby could participate. I also wanted to facilitate a spaces where others could share their own experiences, which is why the blog has open comments and forums. Because of the nature of my current host, Weebly, you have to sign up to make comments, but I've tried to put everything on the least annoying settings possible if that helps.
Anyway, I hope you're having a great week so far. If you ever want me to cover a specific topic or area, or just want to say hi, you can contact me through [email protected].
First, sorry I didn't write yesterday. I got smacked with a super nasty bug over the weekend, and anything I would have written in that state would have basically been incoherent garbage (not that my usual is all that much better). This weekend, we also got good news in the form of a job offer in Vancouver for wifey. The job is very ideal for her interests, and they're also very mat-leave friendly, which is amazing. So, it looks like we're headed west as planned, folks! More to come on that....
You may also be wondering where we are now. I've promised to say a bit more about who I am this week, so here's a start, anyway. I currently reside in Ottawa, Canada, with my super awesome wife and her super awesome mom. Just so we're clear, mom pays the bills. Why, you may ask next, does mom pay the bills for a couple of thirty-something adults? Mainly because those adults took the enriching but unconventional path of going to grad school and doing PhDs. They're starting to pay off, but my God they take a long time to earn. A lot of our non-grad friends are on their second mortgages, second kids, and management-level jobs, while we're finally just dipping our toes into the work force. Oh well, wouldn't trade it for anything.
I have a PhD in English, as I've mentioned before, and am currently working on several writing projects including a screenplay and a novel. I also run several blogs, feeds, and a website, all collected loosely under the auspices of lintropy.com. You can have a look around that site for more info, if you're so inclined. In particular, you can peruse some of my non-baby related writing here (the first article is by a friend of mine, not me). While all of these may seem like quite a random mess of interests and projects, my overarching goal has always been to open up the world for people around me in as many ways as possible. It's just what I gotta do.
This blog is definitely one of those ways. Although there are many great daddy blogs out there, I decided to create my own because I wanted to document the pregnancy and its significance in a way that family, friends, visitors, and ideally, someday, the baby could participate. I also wanted to facilitate a spaces where others could share their own experiences, which is why the blog has open comments and forums. Because of the nature of my current host, Weebly, you have to sign up to make comments, but I've tried to put everything on the least annoying settings possible if that helps.
Anyway, I hope you're having a great week so far. If you ever want me to cover a specific topic or area, or just want to say hi, you can contact me through [email protected].
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