Chronicles of a Father-to-Be: Part III

Part I: The Announcement
Part II: It's a Girl

Half way through the pregnancy!  Only three things I want to cover this time through.

1.  To my delight, I got a few responses to this statement I made in part II:

As for myself, I'm definitely not as excited as Andrea, but I think that just stems from not knowing what a girl actually does.  I mean, I know it plays with dolls, has tea parties, likes shopping and all of that stuff.  But when it comes to the daily life of a girl, I don't really know how it's different than being a boy.  That part makes me a bit nervous.  Good thing I still have another five months to figure it out.

To my delight, two friends shared with me part of their childhood by telling me what they enjoyed when they were young girls.  The list included blocks, musical instruments, crayons, books, music, cars, Ninja Turtles, playing with caterpillars, and digging in the sand.  I was pleasantly surprised and grateful to be revealed to such exclusive information, especially the part about blocks.  I grew up an only child and Legos were a constant companion of my imagination.  Of course, I was also told there was also dolls and stuffed animals, but I was expecting that already.

So thanks for sharing!  If anyone has anything else they'd like to share about what they did as a girl or a young teenage girl, I'd love to hear it.

2.  Something that's been confusing me is that a lot of people have expressed immense amounts of joy and excitement upon discovering that we're having a girl.  I'm wondering if this is a reaction to knowing the gender or if they genuinely wanted us to have a girl more than a boy.  At the very least it would be interesting to see if people's reactions would have been any different if we were having a boy instead of a girl.  Hmm...

3.  Andrea has finally gotten her pregnancy blog up-and-going.  Although she probably won't update as much as I do, you can keep track of her progress both visually and through writing HERE.  It's also connected to her photography website as well so if you you're feeling generous you can buy a few Fine Art prints as well.  :)

If you're in a hurry though and just want a picture, here she is at 21-weeks to close us out.

It's crazy to see how fast her tummy has grown
in these last few weeks!