Yeah, I don't really think it's sunk in yet. I feel the same way I did before I knew.

I do know that we'll be fine, though. My wife and I work very well together as a team. And we were planning on having kids already, just not so soon. We were going to wait until after I graduate and get a good job. As it is, I graduate in December, so we're not that far off the mark!

we werent planning on having a kid for a while either. we wanted to wait until we were ready, but in retrospect, we never would have been 'ready'.

youll love being a dad, and i know youll be very good at it. i know its early to ask, but are you thinking of finding out what gender it will be?

~james

She says she'd like to not know, but it seems like we haven't really thought about it much yet.

we spent the first few months feeling like we didnt want to know, but i think a combination of curiousity and people wanting to buy appropriate clothes made us decide to find out. of course, when theyre that small, gender-neutral clothing is easy to come by. sometimes i wish we had been surpised though. i think when (if, my wife would say) we have another we wont find out.

~james

Wow! Congrats, Juju and Mrs. Juju!!!

That's one heck of a birthday present.

Congrats Juju!


I am very happy for you !

-or-

Sorry to hear that ( you have made my life seem simpler and more enjoyable in comparison)

Thanks, Slang. :)


I submit to the kind inhabitants of the Cellar, Exhibit A:

And finally, we have a doctor's appointment set up. It's for the Monday after next. 10 days from now. Man, I hate having to wait that long. I want the "official test" done! I'm not allowed to tell people IRL until then.

These tests are supposed to be 99.99% accurate, though. So I suppose there's little doubt. Still, the wife fears that she may go through all the emotions and excitement just to find out the test was wrong. I'm pretty confident that won't happen.

You know, the funny thing is, she never got sick. She's missed two periods, and she never had morning sickness (is that the term for it?). She said one of her co-workers found out she was pregnant recently, and she never got sick either. Man, and I thought it was such a reliable indicator!

yay!

on our fateful night, we picked up the same test, read the instrutions together, which included something to the effect that confirmation of pregnancy would take about 3 minutes.

i started making dinner while she went and did her thing. not more than 30 seconds later, casey walks into the kitchen and says:

"that didnt take no 3 minutes!"

:)

you probably had to be there.

~james

Shit...UT and Slang beat me to it.

So long as you and the missus think you can handle the responsibilities that will come with a child (including the financial ones), then it's all good.

You sound excited, so congratulations...and happy birthday, you two-toothed, inbred, party-line using hick. :)

Ew, she peed on that and you took a picture of it! and posted it! ewwwww!

Those crazy Arkansans...

Hey, it's history, dammit!!! Besides, it's just chemicals. Let go of your inhibitions!


As an added bonus, my mother has been a Registered Nurse in the Labor and Delivery unit of a local hospital for nearly 30 years. So we'll have her to look out for our best interests in those matters that we know so little about.

If it's a girl: Sarah Elizabeth Morton

If it's a boy: Dalton Wray Morton

My Father's name is David Wray Morton, my brother's name is David Wayne Morton, and my name is Donald Wray Morton. So we all have the same initials, and I just thought it would be kind of cool to do it again. I don't imagine it's something that could go on for very many generations, as there aren't very many good male 'D' names. But hey, why not keep it going as long as possible?

Mrs. Juju can walk into any Planned Parenthood (or similar non-profit women's health care provider), pee in a cup, and have the "official" results in 5 minutes. If you're feeling generous after that, write them a nice donation check, in honor of Little Juju-[ette]to-be.