No, he/she hasn’t come, yet. In the meantime, though, we are getting ready. The baby room is full of stuff, the bassinet is on the way. My mother is buying a crib and everyone else is joining in. It’s truly wonderful to see.

I look in stores at onesies and I think about holding the baby, our baby. I can only imagine what it will be like in about two weeks to hold a little one. I look forward to loving our child with all of my heart.

My wife and I agreed that she would stop working two weeks before the due date. I am so happy that she is home resting and doing little things to prepare for the baby in her own way. She still wakes up with me every morning, though she doesn’t have to, and it makes the day special.

In the meantime, we decided to attend a marriage class based on Family Dynamics. We’re read the book together, but wanted to be in a group setting. Besides that, we need help to make our marriage better – newly married and pregnant, it’s tough to know if what we are feeling sometimes is normal. On Tuesdays, we go to class from now until the end of November. I look forward to time to focus on just ‘us’.

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This past weekend, David McAnulty came to town from Boston. He gave a few lectures on parenting and emotional health. I enjoyed it, especially hearing about goals in parenting at specific age groups. It seemed that the psychological aspect was based heavily on Piaget and that helped me to better understand the framework of ideas he presented overall. I also appreciated that he presented as someone that doesn’t have all the answers.

All in all, I’m pretty excited – even if I stress out about money and household neatness. I don’t have the time to keep the house up to standards I’d like. I also cannot seem to get the wireless NIC working on my computer, so I stress out that I can’t put our finances into the financial program I have on my computer. ARRGH!

Oh well, it will work out, I’m sure. Even if it doesn’t, the important things are getting done. I’ll let everyone know when to celebrate the arrival of Elena/Jasper into the world.