20 Weeks On.

Its a son!

Yes you heard correctly, I'm gonna be a dad.
I'm pretty sure that this news hasn't entirely sunk in as I don't feel that nervous. Although I would love to think that this is simply a positive attitude and sunny outlook. I suspect that I'm swimming in the comfortingly warm waters of the river of denial.

No matter it is certainly exciting. It was a significant turning point when we found out the sex of the baby. Not specifically because its a boy, more because it has become a being - a "He".

I find my mental attitude has changed a little even before he is born. I was sitting down to watch the movie "World Trade Center" - the movie about some rescue workers who where buried in one of the towers, and I found that fifteen minutes in, I just didn't have the stomach to watch.

Don't get me wrong I can still make it through an episode of CSI just fine, I haven't turned into a complete pansy. But even on those shows I find myself thinking more about the death and disaster that occurs to some of the characters in the name of plot. These thoughts are of course even stronger when the character in jeopardy is child. You start inevitably thinking about what you would do -- serious strangeness.

Naturally the prep work has also begun. I've started moving my office so that it can become the baby's room. Although there is a little trepidation in doing too much prep work too soon, no-one wants to jinx these things.

The whole thing is definitely going to be an adventure, I'm assured that there will be lots of good parts. Although the same people that assure me of that, have been happy to oblige with stories of the bad parts. I guess its time to cross fingers.

Very Approximate Current size - 6 golf balls.