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A Father's Day announcement

It looks like I'll be celebrating Father's Day in quite a different way next year... Jessica and I are expecting in December!!!

I was at the computer lab at school and got a phone call from Jessica, and she seemed a little rattled. She definitely wasn't herself.

"Is everything okay?" I asked her.

"Yes, yes, everything's okay. Better than okay." She didn't sound upset, just bewildered. The line was silent for a few more breaths. "I got a pregnancy test today."

"Are we having a baby?!?" I asked. I logged off and started for the door.

"I think so," she said. "I really wanted to wait until you were home, but I was too excited. I had to take the test, and then I had to call you."

"I'm coming home," I said, starting to walk faster.

"No, you need to get your stuff done," she said, trying to be supportive.

I laughed a little. "No, I mean I'm outside on my way to the car."

She started laughing, and we talked the rest of my trip home about possible due dates, more ideas for names, and how we would tell our parents. Her mom is a nurse, and put two and two together shortly afterwards based on some questions Jessica asked her, and we waited to tell my parents on Mother's Day. The disturbance in the force around noon that day was my mom screaming. ;-)

We've heard the heartbeat now at two appointments: two weeks ago it was strong and beating at 185 beats per minute. In just a few weeks we'll have our first sonogram.

We had been trying for 9-10 months, and so this was (and is) exciting news. I wanted to wait until things were progressing healthily before saying anything publicly. Life will change soon for the better (and crazier, I'm sure), and it hit home when I came home that night in April when I came home from school and found this waiting for me:



I can't wait for December and forever.