Knocked Up....Again

Andrea and I are now officially letting everyone know that #2 is on the way. It's funny how different all the same "stages" of pregnancy are. Don't get me wrong, we are EXTREMELY excited, but we've done this before, so it doesn't have the same "new car scent" as it did the first time around.

For one, and an obvious one at that, we now have Jadyn. I often wonder, as an oldest child myself, what kind of oldest child she will be. How will she handle having to share mommy? What about the "big sis" role she must now play and all the the added responsibilities that come with that?

Additionally, Andrea and I are now 5 years into our marriage and work as a team much better than we did a few years ago. We no longer have the added stresses of finding a new home or starting a full time job right out of a college - or even the stress of moving to a single income. We are more settled and comfortable with where we are in life.

Finally, I'm a Dad already. Sure, I was a "dad" during the first pregnancy, but not in the same way that I am now. Having Jadyn has changed my whole perspective on life, my approach to this pregnancy and the new life that is about to hit our world.

Let's just hope its a boy so we can even out the gender ratio in our house - I already feel terribly outnumbered.