Sunday, April 30, 2006
Telling family and friends
We've started telling our friends and family about Mel being pregnant. It was interesting because at first we were so shocked and only told my mom and her parents, but now the flood gates have opened and today we told the Churchill's, our friend's the Hewitts (they had their baby last November), and more of Mel's family.
We are pretty excited about it ourselves. For me it comes in waves. The thought of changing a poopy diaper still terrifies me, but as I was laying in bed today taking a nap after church I thought about what it would feel like to take a nap with a little baby sleeping on my belly. Funny though, I know, but little moments like that make me think a little more about it.
The other day as I was driving home from work I thought -Well, I guess Mel and I won't be able to go mountain biking together once we have a baby because then we would have to get a baby sitter and that would just make it more difficult.-
Mel and I were talking last night about changes in life. There is always some hesitancy about change. I think about going away to college my Freshman year. Leaving college my freshman year and knowing that was the end of my child hood for good. Going on my mission, coming home from my mission, leaving BYU after graduating to come to Texas. Things like that are sad at the time but you move on and life progresses.
Having a baby is just the next step in that progression. We close the "Jim & Mel" chapter of our marriage and open a new one with a new plot and exciting changes called "Jim, Mel, and the baby."
We are pretty excited about it ourselves. For me it comes in waves. The thought of changing a poopy diaper still terrifies me, but as I was laying in bed today taking a nap after church I thought about what it would feel like to take a nap with a little baby sleeping on my belly. Funny though, I know, but little moments like that make me think a little more about it.
The other day as I was driving home from work I thought -Well, I guess Mel and I won't be able to go mountain biking together once we have a baby because then we would have to get a baby sitter and that would just make it more difficult.-
Mel and I were talking last night about changes in life. There is always some hesitancy about change. I think about going away to college my Freshman year. Leaving college my freshman year and knowing that was the end of my child hood for good. Going on my mission, coming home from my mission, leaving BYU after graduating to come to Texas. Things like that are sad at the time but you move on and life progresses.
Having a baby is just the next step in that progression. We close the "Jim & Mel" chapter of our marriage and open a new one with a new plot and exciting changes called "Jim, Mel, and the baby."
In the beginning...
I've always wanted to be a regular journal writer, so maybe this blog is the 21st century journal. Rather than trying to justify why I'm doing a blog, I'm just going to start writing to see how this goes.
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