This shot was taken about 3 weeks ago on our last hike. The very next day the baby shifted, hiking got much more difficult for my lovely wife, and ever since she has been limited to more of a waddling sort of movement. The official due date is tomorrow, and although only 5% of women deliver on their projected date, there's little doubt that one way or another we're going to be parents in the very near future.

The stress level in the house is noticeably up. My profs are being great about taking my befuddlement into account, and I have accommodations in place in case I have to be away during exams or whatever. My wife doesn't like hospitals, and isn't impressed that she's going to have to be in there alone (after the actual delivery, the  fathers are restricted to the usual visiting hours). We're both worrying about parenthood and whether we're going to ruin this poor child's life. I'm worried about the job application process and what happens if I don't get hired anywhere. Basically, we're just kind of obsessing over all kinds of stuff. But we'll get through it all, one way or another.

And I guess that's it. We're in a holding pattern, just trying to keep ahead of the details while we wait for the arrival of the guest of honour. It's surreal, to go from baby inside to baby outside, then they're going to hand us a baby and we get to take it home! Here you go, here's a baby! It's yours! A baby! Your baby!

It's gonna be interesting

Take care
-J-