Lucas James Althouse
It’s a boy! At least they were pretty sure. Andrea went in for her latest sonogram on Friday and we got some new pictures. He was squirming around like crazy, and it was just so cool to see him in there just doing his own thing. Definitely the coolest thing I’ve ever been a part of!
Yup, it's a baby alright.
It was kinda creepy seeing all the bones and everything. But I was glad to know it was all there!
I don't think we got the best pictures. There were times during the exam that you could clearly see little fingers and toes and everything! Too cool.
The first of many embarrassing pictures to come.
It’s ALIVE!
Andrea just finished building Mom a new computer. I had nothing to do with it. She ordered all the parts, and assembled the whole thing. She did a perfect job too from what I can tell!
Prepping the empty case.
There's something so clean an pure about building a new computer. It's like a blank canvas to paint on. And no one has mucked it up for you with stuff you'll never use.
The mother-to-be installing the motherboard.
Installing dual DVD burners, baby!
While Andrea was working on Mom's computer, Sydney knocked the the coolest coffee mug off the counter. It was so cool we never used it, just displayed it. Turns out one of our previous visitors stashed $40 in there. I'm guessing it was one of the moms. No one has fessed up yet though!
Fully built! Time to install and setup! Worked perfectly of course! I think this computer might be better than ours now!
BYOBaby
First off, I’m sorry that I haven’t kept up on the blog. No excuses. Just ma bad!
Tons have been going on. Mostly I’ve been either communication with people the ye olde fashioned way, or for the most part, just not communicating much at all.
The big news is that Andrea and I are going to be parents! Woo hoo! It’s hard to imagine and I haven’t fully grasped how my life is going to change yet. But I’ve obviously passed the point of no return.
The thing I’ve noticed is that everyone seems to want to welcome me to the club of misery. Like, “Hey, congratulations! … I hope you don’t like sleeping.” Or “Way to go! … Kiss goodbye to life for 18 years to forever“. Of course I’m naive but I just can’t imagine it being that terrible. I’m sure I’d feel differently if I this were more of a suprise, or if I weren’t ready for all the hassle and drama. But I really think Andrea and I are going to be pretty good parents. We work well together now, why wouldn’t that carry over into parenthood?
In spite of everyone’s efforts to wish doom upon us, I’m still incredibly excited and optimistic. To live in a world surrounded by idiots, it’s a very empowering feeling to know that I have the opportunity to put at least one good person out into the world. I’m excited to at least try.
So as I write this Andrea is going to be about 11 weeks along already and the doctor gave her a due date of August 4th. I have until then to enjoy all the perks of being kid-less. Any suggestions?
11.21.10So I missed a day…
And so it’s already tomorrow on the east coast. I warned that the posts weren’t guaranteed to be packed with life lessons or interesting tidbits. And even then I forgot to even pull out my phone yesterday and at least post a “Sup”.
Oh well. The craziness continues. Went out to SWK this weekend. Kinda on a whim. But it’s always nice to make the rounds. As always just wish there was a little more time to spend with everybody. We really only have about 20 waking hours out there on a weekend and about twice that would make the whole thing a little more laid back from my perspective. I just always feel like I’m neglecting somebody.
So now it’s off to bed. A super busy week with Thanksgiving coming up and everything. Gonna have to scramble to get everything done in a short amount of time. Yay, Holidays…