Oh, to be expecting. A magical time, really. Nine months of mystery in which parenthood is a locked door and you spend most of your time imagining what it’s like on the other side.
Having now lived nine months on the other side, I have some insider information.
My earliest memory is moving into the home I’d eventually grow up in. I was probably two, maybe three. I remember the kitchen counters being as tall as the Eiffel Tower and I remember the backyard was dirt.
That’s it. My earliest memory and that’s all I remember.
I don’t remember my mom or dad. I don’t remember diapers or teething. From age zero to age four, I don’t remember anything.
This is nothing shy of a tragedy. I understand that now. I understand that the hardest years of my parents’ life were the ones I don’t remember. At all.
So, Mom and Dad, accept this as a belated thank you. Because I understand now what you went through and it deserves recognition (albeit 32 years late).
Before having a child, I had a lot of questions.
What will she look like?
Will she be healthy?
How will my wife handle labor?
Who will I become?
Hi. My name is HypeDad and it’s been two months since my last post.
Hi, HypeDad.
Yes, this is the introduction to the erratic blogger’s therapy group. It’s been two months since my last post, which officially makes me the spasmodic blogger I said I’d never become. Then again, I said a lot things before becoming a father. Funny how parenthood changes all of that.
It’s no coincidence my blogging absence aligns with the birth of our first child. I’ve been busy parenting, which I’ve learned is not dissimilar to Fight Club.
UPDATE #2: Parents Magazine publishes an article on our video: http://www.parents.com/blogs/everything-pregnancy/2015/03/31/everything-pregnancy/this-time-lapse-pregnancy-video-nails-all-the-cute-trends/?socsrc=pmmfb1504015
UPDATE: Daily Mail, the largest English-speaking news site in the world, has published an article about our video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3018575/Nine-months-minutes-Couple-create-quirky-time-lapse-pregnancy-video-yawning-newborn-dog-starring-final-shot.html
Fox 40, a local news channel, shared our pregnancy time lapse video over the weekend. Very cool.
HypeDad 