She Ain't Heavy...

Well, I think we are now in the third trimester, if not then we will be on Saturday. Anyway, I bring this up because Rebecca is starting to lose all of that wonderful 2nd trimester energy. For example, the other night as Rebecca and I were going to bed I asked her, "can I get you anything?" She replied, "could you just carry her for a day?" Well, of course everyone knows that I can't--I haven't grown a proper uterus, but that is besides the point.

The question as rhetorical as it was got me thinking about how easy of a part the guys play in the pregnancy. I mean our main duty in the process is at the very beginning and is actually pretty fun [Truffle, when you read this in the future, I am sorry for the picture of your parents that I have put into your head :( ]. However, I guess our continuing duty is to provide support (both emotional and physical). The physical support is easy. Help her up when she sits on the floor, help her pick up things when she drops them, tell her what color shoes that she is actually wearing--you know, easy stuff. The emotional support can be harder. One area that I have tried to work on is how I respond to her. Emotional support can come in the form of not making rude comments---for example: when she sits on the sofa next to you, don't jump up on the air like you have been thrown off and yell "whooooa". Also if your pregnant wife wears red and says that she looks like the Kool-Aid man, don't immediately say "Oh Yeah!" These are just a few examples----everyone feel free to write in and give me others so that I can be a better husband.

Updates---the little girl is kicking up a storm these days. She particulary enjoys when I read to her and Rebecca at night. I actually felt her "move" for the first time the other night. Let me clarify---I have been feeling her kick and punch for a little while, but the other night was the first time that I actually felt a large entity "slide" across Rebecca's belly from one position to another. That was pretty cool.

Also, Hardy has been getting some needed time with infants these days. We would like to thank Nathan and Katie for agreeing to be guinea babies with Hardy. I am happy to report that although Hardy was very interested in both babies, all he wanted to do was sniff and lick them. I am very happy with the test results. Hopefully, test subjects Nathan and Katie will come back soon and we can go into phase II of our test plan----isolation---Hardy and the babies by themselves. We will see how both the babies and the dog respond when left unattended together for several minutes. I'm very interested in how this test will turn out.

Also, if you would like to write in and give me suggestions on how I can help "ease Rebecca's load", that would be awesome--I'm betting she would appreciate it as well. Talk to you soon.