The Babies Are Coming!

The Dream

I have to start this post by saying that there are no words to describe how I feel about being a dad. I have imagined all kinds of scenarios of how it will be but I can never see baby faces in those scenarios. Last week I woke up smiling because I had a dream where we were at the Hospital and they were delivering the twins. I remember holding my wife's hand and then watching the nurse clean the goo off of one of the kids. The next thing I did in my dream was say, "Hey, Baby!" Then this beautiful new creature that I will someday call my son/daughter looked up with these really big dark eyes and dark hair and just looked at me intently. It was like the kid new who I was and he knew that we were now a family. I also remember how I looked over at my wife with my "OMG!" face. My wife just smiled back at me and the doctors kept working on the other baby.



The next thing I know I woke up with a big smile. The inside of my body felt amazing, like no other feeling. It was pretty early in the morning so my wife was sleeping but I did reach over towards her and put my hand on her belly. I really think those babies somehow knew that I had a dream about them because as soon as I put my hand on the belly they started to move constantly. It was like they were saying,"Hey Daddy! We are being good babies right now and we can't wait to get out of this belly. We like to move a lot in here because when we get out we are ready to play with you."

I went to work that day like no other day. I did freak out for a second because it dawned on me that I had to be the husband, dad and breadwinner of my family. However, I love a challenge and I know what I am capable of when I have to deliver. The only real thing that came about the "scare" was that I know I have to work harder than I have ever worked before so that I can provide for my family. I realized at an early age that nothing in this life will be given to me unless I work hard to get it. My wife will tell you that my motto has always been,"Work Hard." I hope that someday my kids understand that concept so that they know they can be anything they want to be, achieve anything they want to achieve and at the end of the day feel good about how they did things.

Baby Update

I also want to dedicate part of this post to update on how the twins are doing. My wife's belly is measuring that of a 41 week pregnancy but she is about 33 weeks pregnant. The doctor wants her belly to measure 45-46 cm around so she still has room to grow. The babies' weight are almost identical, one is 4 lbs. 4 oz. and the other is 4 lbs. 3 oz. That is really good! The doctor wants them to get to 6 lbs. each so we still have a couple of pounds to go.

The other good news from our doctor's appointment is that they are both head down and face in. This is the ideal position for delivering the babies naturally. I still don't know how women are able to go through delivery. I still need to write about our baby delivery class. I remember looking at my wife and saying,"Baby, I will NEVER call you a wimp in my life!" That video we saw was crazy!

Well I better get ready to start my "work" brain back up. I decided to write this post during my lunch break. I hope you still enjoy reading these experiences of mine.