OT: Cali4uofm is going to be a Dad!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:18 PM ^
Congrats! I too just found out a few weeks ago that I'm going to be a Dad for the first time. It's an amazing feeling, isn't it?
January 14th, 2011 at 5:23 PM ^
Congrats to u as well man.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:36 PM ^
It really is. There is no feeling like finding out you are going to be a parent. It is wonderful. And also congrats to you! Lots of happiness today!
January 14th, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^
I'm in too, 1st timer. One of our baby's first possessions is a white Michigan beanie.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:29 PM ^
Such great news all around!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:19 PM ^
Congrats to you. Start looking for M baby gear. Raise them up right.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:24 PM ^
Luckily my wife, who is from LA and raised a USC fan, has been successfully converted to a U of M fan. She wears the shirts and watches the games and cheers them on by my side. She has already agreed that we will raise our children to be fans of the correct team. We have already bought our first baby Michigan shirt.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:35 PM ^
It sounds like you just won twice, congrats sir.
January 14th, 2011 at 6:30 PM ^
Great. Winning all around.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:26 PM ^
Josh groban style?
Congrats!
January 14th, 2011 at 6:33 PM ^
Congrats.
As for baby gear, my avatar was my gift to the first baby born in the family in a long time (right before I became a blog baby). The mother loved it. Babe hasn't yet commented.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:19 PM ^
Now you will discover that there actually is a 4 in the morning
January 14th, 2011 at 5:19 PM ^
Congrats, Cali!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:20 PM ^
Boy or girl? Advice: Get a sh-tload of sleep while you can.
(Yes, I changed my avatar after today's events. Maybe I actually like being a lawyer . . .)
January 14th, 2011 at 5:27 PM ^
We do not know yet. My wife, and every woman around her, is convinced its a girl. Which is awesome. As long as our baby is healthy thats all that matters.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:29 PM ^
Bring a VHS tape with you to the ultrasounds. We were able to actually record them and caught little profitgoblue yawning on tape. Priceless!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:20 PM ^
give him a football as his first toy and sing The Victors as he's being born!
January 14th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
Even better, every night before your wife goes to bed take some head phones and hold them up to your wife's stomach and play the victors. Hopefully the baby will come out humming it, preferably singing it, you never know.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:20 PM ^
Hope it all goes well.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:20 PM ^
Patience and appreciate your sleep while you still can
January 14th, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
fellow MGoBlogger!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
Congrats my man. This site is turning into a hug fest today.
NTTAWWT
Both well deserved
January 14th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
fatherhood is a complete and total gas. Let's hope for a safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:26 PM ^
Good for you. Can he kick field goals?
January 14th, 2011 at 5:26 PM ^
because for the rest of your lives you'll never again have a moment's peace. Oh, and it will be beautiful.
Some other free advice: Around December time frame be sure to place every single thing you own 1 meter higher than it's current location. Visitors will think Big Foot moved in, but you'll know better.
Congratulations to you both! :)
January 14th, 2011 at 5:30 PM ^
That is sound advice and advice that we are practicing already. Its crazy to know we will be parents in 6 months.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:31 PM ^
Kitchen cabinet, drawer, and oven locks! Get them soon.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:27 PM ^
Suggestions? Get your sleep while you can!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:29 PM ^
What better way to celebrate the birth of a child and the hiring of a coach than this?:
January 14th, 2011 at 5:34 PM ^
Best advice can't really be taken unfortunately: if you end up with more than 1 kid, you may well realize while raising your second that you were way too concerned about way too many things with your first. We sweated everything with our first, and realize later what a waste of time it was to worry about every last detail. We see young parents now out and about doing the same thing, and we just smile knowingly. But its all good in the end. Congrats, bro.
January 14th, 2011 at 6:40 PM ^
you need to start acting like you sleep like a rock. honestly, sleep thru a fire alarm or something. that way your wife will get the kid at night and at least one of you can sleep thru.
also, get used to announcing when you're about to take a shower.
don't buy your kids lots of presents. srsly, everyone you know will get them 4 things and you won't have room for it all.
cloth diapers are much easier to deal with than they used to be. big cost up front, but savings in the long run. day cares won't use them tho.
breastfeeding is the way to go.
January 14th, 2011 at 7:23 PM ^
Even though it was serious advice (I think?), this made me really crack up. I feel like this should be a scene in a movie....
And congrats, Cali!
January 14th, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
Not really that big a deal to clean and you never run out.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:36 PM ^
Teach good pad level!
Congratulations! I'm a brand new dad, so I don't have much advice beyond reminding you to be as supportive as you can to your wife. She'll need it. Also, buy a mechanical swing-- great investment.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:36 PM ^
Advice - Buy a box of Diapers and wipes everytime you go grocery shopping. Trust me you will be so glad you did!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:42 PM ^
So much advice, so little space. I have a 21 year old and a 17 year old, so I can say for certain that you should enjoy the early years because it gets really hard when they are teenagers. Oh, and before you know it, they're all grown up and you wonder where the time went. Again, congrats and have fun!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
January 14th, 2011 at 5:45 PM ^
January 14th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
Breast milk is best milk for health and definitely late nights.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
Make sure he or she drinks his or her Ovaltine.
January 14th, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
Congrats to the new parents to be. Nothing compares to having children, except maybe grandchildren.
We live in A2 but our grandson and granddaughter live in Ohio. They look awesome in all the Michigan garb we buy for them (there daddy is a M Grad).
Value every day with your kids - even the crappy ones. It goes by so quickly.
Enjoy!!
January 14th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
Always an exciting moment, I wish you and your family the best. Go Blue
January 14th, 2011 at 5:59 PM ^
Being a Dad is absolutely amazing and having a healthy child is an absolute miracle, enjoy it all!
Go LIttle Blue!
January 14th, 2011 at 6:04 PM ^
January 14th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
CONGRATS!
Take control in that delivery room--help your wife breathe during labor, and make sure you breathe as well..if you think you are going to pass out, you wont...trust me (a random internet dude)
Time will fly, as they told me, and now that our daughter is 2.5 and our boy is almost 8 months, TIME DOES FLY--appreciate every dirty diaper, every bit of lost sleep, and you dont know what a zombie looks like at work until you turn into one
AGAIN CONGRATS!!
January 14th, 2011 at 7:45 PM ^
We no longer reside in California. We now live in South Dakota. We can be virtual nice parent friends though haha.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:41 PM ^
that's a big and improbable move. Sunglasses to pheasants. Coppertone to corn.
Might wanna buy overalls and a DeKalb hat.
January 14th, 2011 at 6:06 PM ^
Is he/she committed to Michigan for 2029?!