I know I'm supposed to be enriching this blog with my perspective on this whole adventure but please understand that Shazriel could have typed out a couple of novels in the time it's taken me to write this. I'm slow, ok. Get used to it.

This has been an interesting journey so far. I sometimes wonder how different it would have been if it didn't happen in the middle of a really crazy time of turmoil in our lives. How different would all this feel if I wasn't unemployed and wondering where my life is heading? At times this baby thing has been something I can hold onto, a shining light in a dark time. At other times I'm intensely aware of the extra pressure. it's not just us anymore, I need to do my part to provide for a baby too.

And then there's the feeling of disconnection, intensified because there're far fewer people to share this journey with. Going from a people intensive environment, a kind of giant, crazy family to job searching home alone is a tough transition and huge, exciting life events really should be shared with a huge, crazy, family.

Today we had our second check up. Goop was smeared on my wife's belly and with a bit of prodding with a doppler machine we heard this 'whoosh whoosh' sound. Check out Shazriels' post on this blog and you can hear it too. VERY COOL to hear it, kind makes the whole thing feel a whole lot more real. This is happening!

Anyway, Ii promise I'll try harder to write more between all the errands I have to run for my not at all demanding pregnant wife...