We went off to feed the ducks and give mommy a break on Sunday morning it was a lovely morning a little chilly which was perfect for wrapping up warn and walking.
Generally about Daddy
It was World War II weekend in Middlewich and easily the highlight of the whole event was the Spitfire fly past
hummm note to self, must buy BIG box of washing powder!
Our First Family Photo!
What colour was it? What was the consistency? Has she done a weewee yet? Did you drink any of it? lol (I added the last one) but apart that one they are all questions I never thought I’d ever be asked!
Now knocking on for 13 hours old I finally got to meet our lovely daughter again after the trauma or should I say excitment of last night and it was great to kiss my wife and see her sitting up in bed looking a bit uncomfortable but happy. I was able to take Reagan for a while so Jamie could have a shower and clean herself up which was getting her down a little because she had been kept awake a lot in the night by al the other babies on the ward as well as Reagan
Refreshed from her shower she smiled as she saw me sat there with Reagan asleep in me arms and apart from having to share her I would have let her sleep there and stare at her all day! Jamie then sat and told me all about memories of the day and what she went through (I will ask her to write that and add it to a later blog though)
One thing she did say is that she was the talk of the Hospital “the American lady who attempted every kind of labour that Leighton Hospital has to offer” and that even with a faulty epidural (that fact wasn’t mentioned yesterday?) went through to C section pushing better than anyone has ever done! She was Fantastic I knew that already but…..wow!
My mum came and met Reagan today as did my brother and sister in law which made me feel very proud. They called me dad…
I rang the Denver Post to see if I could get a copy of yesterdays edition posted to us here in England they offered a complimentary copy hand delivered to Pam’s house for free so she can bring it with her in May. We have all the newspapers from England and wanted that to give to Reagan so in a few years she can see what was in the news when she was born, Pam had alread got a wall street journal so we are newpapered up!
Feelings:
I have no idea how to be a dad, I have never been as happy as I was last night, Jamie is THE best person I know in every way, Reagan wins cutest baby contest every-time (slightly biassed here), you don’t need money to be rich, WTF….? Wow!, and I suppose Jeez! oh and YAY!
Had to leave them again at the hospital oh man that’s hard to do even if I did leave Reagan bawling the place down I would still rather her be here bawling the place down. I have since heard that she has eaten (mommy boob taste good, Reagan likey!!!) and both are a sleep now!
I may read this back tomorrow and wish I’d written it differently but I’m tired too and need to sleep, and you should thin yourselves lucky my blog began this morning with:
Ok today began with rather a spiffing hangover induced by celebrating into the early hours with a bottle of red wine while I wrote this blog. Not the best thing to do on a very tired brain (I’m 40 you know!) and an empty stomach!
…but I changed me mind!
Nighty night!
Not going to mention today, I will start when I got home from work and found Jamie asleep on the sofa and tried to creep past her but she stirred when I kissed her arm she smiled a true “I am really glad your here” kind of smile. She makes me feel so good without even trying, and I don’t know what I did in my life to deserve half of how she makes me feel?
She had a real moment of tears missing the fact that her friends were not here to share all this with her and that really upset her and also me, because its the one thing I can’t make right…I know some of you read this and if I can tell you that the tears I saw tonight were soo heart felt as she felt so alone even though I was sat right next to her! She really misses you more than you will ever know.
So we talked about what had gone on and sorted out in our heads what WE want to do and then decided to walk into town. Jamie was tired but we need to keep active and not to resort to draconian measures like lying down and accepting its how its got to be? Jamie is not like that but her will was ripped from her but it was back now and a few hugs later we were by the canal chatting with not a care in the world (almost?)
The plan we (when I say we I actually mean Jamie!) formulated was Crack open a bottle of wine and get relaxed on the patio I made a chicken cajun stir fry on a bed of coriander rice followed by strawberry cheesecake!
I am sat here now with THE most relaxed pregnant woman in England boncing on a ball laughing and chatting to her bezzie on the phone…
Oh, and I had wine too YAY!
She yogi’ed we walked we had visitors…
Due date and Jamie’s will has all but disappeared, although what I will say is: she is THE bestest strongest mostest positive woman I have ever known and she rocks my world….why doesn’t our child want to meet her ? She is discharching plug like there’s no tomorrow but….
I don’t want to hug a plug?
OK no baby but when we walk all around Middlewich then stop at the Big Lock to replenish fluids I end up drunk…We text John (without doubt me bezzi) and he turned up to while away a….well a while?
If me wife leaves a phone on the table when I’ve had a…..and I walk all the way back to the pub and stand in the middle of that pub and call her phone and when a bloke answers it I take it from him (it was the landlord) then dash to catch me wife up but get talkin’ to a bloke Jamie just talked to and both of us end up at home in the sun….
We were planning tea when Karl and Karen turn up and I don’t mind admitting I was tipped up when they arrived….but I felt great! We had chicken and chips for tea and bread and butter fernominizzle
maybe baby tomorrow?
It’s St George’s day today, I love the 23rd April and look forward to it, I always always celebrate it by at the very least wearing an England football shirt to provoke comment by people who question why I’m wearing it or realise why and comment. I could go into a speech here about how we’re not allowed to be English for fear of being called racist yet we have to pander to all other cultures and country saint day celebrations so they can enjoy themselves here….but I won’t!
Jamie’s waking thought was pedicure…? Her reasoning, there will be lots of people getting pretty close to her feet over the next few days and she wants them to look good she also had her eyebrows waxed to (not sure of her reasoning there though?)
Went to see the midwife at 13:15 and Jamie mentioned the pains she’s been having and she told her it could easily turn in to labour so best have a high carb dinner because you need to take on as much energy as possible while you can. Jamie took this as a direct instruction to have a chippy dinner so we went straight to the chippy for fish’n’chips I’m not exactly sure that was the actual message but the dinner was bloody great!
I am sat here watching The Ricky Gervais Show an animated adaptation of his podcasts which if you’ve never heard them you MUST seek them out and listen “they’re hilarious!” Jamie is asleep in the chair next to me no pains no baby just sleeping so she doesn’t go to bed too early and end up waking up at 4am not able to sleep, there must be some logic there that I missed but…?
So no St George birth, maybe we will be one of the 10% who actually give birth on their due date who knows? Please don’t go over dudette!
I have decided to blog my life, everyday for the next year? It may not interest most people but I would to think that in the next few days or weeks I will become a father and that this blog will also be a diary of our first year as parents and maybe one day she will be able to read this and see what it was like for us and her.
Ok in that first paragraph there is a lot of information I will elaberate on over the next few days, but for now I will give you a brief little prologue to set the seen.
My name is Alan and I am 39years old and will be for the next 12 days I am married to Jamie and we are expecting our first child anytime now. We live in England and have done for over a year now, I am from here Jamie is American we love our life together.
This is us!
Blogging is something I enjoy doing and thought that I should do this now as there are lots of things happening in our life right now that I want to document and it will also be a point of reference for our freinds and family over in the states who I will be sending an invite to read this when I finish the first page. I hope to add a photo everyday too to show in someway what we were up to, did or saw. I’m sure it will evolve as time goes by and hopefully will be worth reading so keep having a look.
More later but for now this is a start!