It has been a bit since I have posted, and I realized that I have yet to post about the big changes in Whitney and my life. In case you have not heard (or could not tell from the picture above), we are having a baby! Both Whitney and I are very excited for this addition to our family.
Let me answer the questions that are frequently asked:
How is Whitney feeling? Whitney has been doing great actually. She has been a lot more tired than usual, especially when she gets home from work. She went through a period of feeling nauseous in the first trimester, but that faded. And she never actually got sick (knock on wood), which she is very happy about. Her most recent thing is that she has been feeling little #babystarksen (yes, that’s our working title for now) move around inside of her the past couple of weeks. A very exciting thing for the mother-to-be that helps her connect with it.
Will you find out about the sex? Yes. In fact this afternoon is our ultrasound! But we are going to do it a little different than normal, so we won’t know today. We are having the doctor write it and put it in an envelope for us. We will then go to a store this weekend and pick out a boy and girl outfit. When we go to the register we will give the person the envelope and ask them to wrap up and charge us for whichever one is in the envelope. Then next weekend mine and Whitney’s family are gathering and we will open it up together to find out what it is. So I should have an update in a little over a week.
Are you guys going to live in that apartment? Still figuring out what this will mean for our living situation. We plan to live there until we outgrow it. But who knows how quick that will come.
How are you feeling, Noah? This has been an interesting question for me to answer. I have just felt like I am living in ignorant bliss. I am so excited for everything to come, and all that I can think about are the memories that we am going to develop with this child. But I know that I am clueless to what parenting will look like and how it will affect me. I have heard about the sleepless nights and the cranky kids. But I haven’t really dealt with it much, so it doesn’t really process in my head. So instead, I live in my blissful ignorance.
I have also heard from multiple dads about the connection to come with the child. It is hard for a dad to connect with the child while it is still growing in the womb because there is not a physical connection yet. And I have experienced this. But I know that right now is the time that Whitney gets to connect and I don’t experience as much, and that is just how it is. So I eagerly wait for January, when I expect to steal all of baby’s attention!
There is tons more that I can write about, but these are the main things that stick out in my head at the moment. Whitney and I are ecstatic! And the past couple months have been so exciting as we have watched the little one grow in her belly. I look forward to January and getting to meet him/her and have everybody else do the same.
Blessings from Burlingame.
Noah Starksen 