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becoming a father

The Feeling of Immortality

December 1, 2009 Fatherhood

Today, my wife brought Nora into the office to show her off–for those of you who don’t know, my wife also works for WGU. The Little One was a bit fussy at first, but pulled it together to have a wonderful public debut. Anyway, one of my co-workers said something today that struck me (and [...]

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Fears and Musings Amidst the Blur

October 27, 2009 Fatherhood

My life’s a bit of a blur right now. For those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook, you know that my wife–being about 39 weeks pregnant–has been having some blood pressure issues and been placed on modified bed rest. For those of you who know my wife, this doesn’t exactly mesh well [...]

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Nurturing Babies and Email Marketing

October 7, 2009 Email Marketing

As any of you who have read my blog know, my wife’s about to give birth to our first child (see any post about “fatherhood” from earlier). And in thinking about all of the work, sacrifice, sweat, tears, and exhaustion I’m about to endure (with more than a fair share of help from my beautiful [...]

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Acknowledging Mortality with a Baby

September 28, 2009 Fatherhood

My wife’s roughly five weeks away from delivering our first child (again, a girl, it’s our first, that’s the lowdown). Overall it’s been a pretty normal pregnancy; nothing really exciting–which frankly is a good thing. As she’s getting bigger (naturally), she’s officially to the point where she wants the baby to come out already. Her [...]

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Baby Update – Week 30

August 30, 2009 Fatherhood

My wife is now 30 weeks pregnant (plus a few days). On Wednesday we had our 30 week appointment. Everything looks good. My baby girl has a fat head and long legs (just like her daddy–cute!). She weighs 3.7 pounds already, so we’re looking at close to 9 pounds if she goes full-term. The doctors [...]

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