Now that we are almost halfway through the pregnancy, my wife and I have decided it was time to find a midwife. She did the main part of the research since she knows what to look for. She had been sending me links with information and to a few different midwives web pages.
To be honest it was a large amount of information to take in so quickly, even though I had known for a while now that we would be most likely going this route. We had also watched a documentary called the Business of Being Born. Which was basically talked up why you should choose a home birth instead of going to the hospital. Which there was some good information in there, but there was also some inaccurate information. So I took all the information she gave me and absorbed it and did some of my own research to help me make a decision.
So we after much research had decided to meet with what we had learned was one of the top midwives in northeast Ohio, if not the state. Her qualifications were relieving. She is pre-med and has been delivering babies for 20 years. She has had no deaths of mother or child in her adventures. As well as many other facts that made her seem like a safe choice. She said as long as nothing was high risk and everything went smoothly we would be an excellent candidate for home birth. She did not hesitate to tell us she has no issues handing us over to the hospital though if something occurs which would require that. That was a good feeling to know that she was there for us, and not just to be the one to handle things even if there are dangerous possibilities.
So now we have a midwife and I am excited. We have began doing some shopping for this babby coming into our life. We have registered at one store so far... the time is getting closer. I think I am starting to feel that I am actually going to be a dad. So far that is an amazing feeling. I can only hope it gets better from here.
Till next time...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
So a thing happened.
My wife... is pregnant!
I am going to be a dad. A dad. I still cannot believe it even when I say it to myself.
I am not even sure the true meaning of this situation has sunk in yet. What is going to change? What will be the same? What will my child be like? I just don't even know where to begin. What I do plan on doing is blogging along the way about my experiences. Hopefully I can keep up with it. This is the first one, so that is a start.
The first feeling I want to talk about is the fact that I will not be drinking during these 9 months. Which I am not really sure I fully realize what this entails yet. At first I know I was very argumentative and refused to agree with this request from my wife. WHAT... STOP DRINKING. I will do no such thing. I could not fathom this idea. We had this discussion when we first started to try to have a baby. She said that I would need to stop drinking during these nine months. I was speechless. I did NOT want to do this. Every time it came up, it was a mini argument about the situation and how I should not have to do this. I refused, but she was not having any of my refusal.
So I let it go. We were not expecting yet and it really was something I was not sure I would even have to do for a while. It was a strain, and not something I want to put our new marriage through. So I accepted my fate for now and agreed to the situation.
Fast forward... now we are expecting! Now comes the time that I will need to stop drinking to respect her request for this. She is not asking me to stop everything she cannot do. She is asking me to show some solidarity and stop this one thing. At first I was still not sure, it would be rough when my friends drink, but to be honest I had maybe one to two drinks a week and it was not for getting drunk. It was for the taste of it.
The more I thought about this, the more I realized to me... this was a simple request. I can stop drinking for nine months... it will not kill me, it will not hurt me, and I really do not drink that much as it is. So I came to the realization that this was no longer a big deal to me a few day after we found out she was pregnant.
Ya know what, I could care less about beer these nine months. I am going to be a dad.
Let's do this.
Till next time...
I am going to be a dad. A dad. I still cannot believe it even when I say it to myself.
I am not even sure the true meaning of this situation has sunk in yet. What is going to change? What will be the same? What will my child be like? I just don't even know where to begin. What I do plan on doing is blogging along the way about my experiences. Hopefully I can keep up with it. This is the first one, so that is a start.
The first feeling I want to talk about is the fact that I will not be drinking during these 9 months. Which I am not really sure I fully realize what this entails yet. At first I know I was very argumentative and refused to agree with this request from my wife. WHAT... STOP DRINKING. I will do no such thing. I could not fathom this idea. We had this discussion when we first started to try to have a baby. She said that I would need to stop drinking during these nine months. I was speechless. I did NOT want to do this. Every time it came up, it was a mini argument about the situation and how I should not have to do this. I refused, but she was not having any of my refusal.
So I let it go. We were not expecting yet and it really was something I was not sure I would even have to do for a while. It was a strain, and not something I want to put our new marriage through. So I accepted my fate for now and agreed to the situation.
Fast forward... now we are expecting! Now comes the time that I will need to stop drinking to respect her request for this. She is not asking me to stop everything she cannot do. She is asking me to show some solidarity and stop this one thing. At first I was still not sure, it would be rough when my friends drink, but to be honest I had maybe one to two drinks a week and it was not for getting drunk. It was for the taste of it.
The more I thought about this, the more I realized to me... this was a simple request. I can stop drinking for nine months... it will not kill me, it will not hurt me, and I really do not drink that much as it is. So I came to the realization that this was no longer a big deal to me a few day after we found out she was pregnant.
Ya know what, I could care less about beer these nine months. I am going to be a dad.
Let's do this.
Till next time...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Musings of my current life.
This week has been pretty interesting.
Everything in my personal life is going great! I could not ask for more. I have the best girlfriend ever, and I love her more each and every day. Sometimes I can not believe how lucky I am I found her.
On Monday, I found out that I got the job I applied for at Summit Racing. I will soon be at a new work place doing what I love. (Web Development)
They are a VB.net shop, kind of like Timken but with a twist in that they use ASP.net MVC. So on top of the new job I even get to buy a new book and start learning something new! I am very excited for this! Now all that is left before I go in on May 9th... is my drug test tomorrow. Which will of course come back clean. Ya know since I have never done drugs in all 25 (almost 26) years of my life.
On top of the wonderful news about my new job. This week was the release of Portal 2.
This game is absolutely amazing. Some people have complained that it is too short... or that the graphics are not as good as they should be. That is not what this game is about. It is about a fun, and addictive type of game play that has such an amazingly deep story to go with it.
I can not tell you how many times I was wowed by the huge rooms or the small details that made the experience so awesome.
I am going to probably play through it again this weekend. Then I hope to post a in depth analysis if I can get to it. Maybe even writing a paragraph after each level? Who knows.
In other good news... the Cleveland Indians are winning! A lot! It is so awesome and exciting to have a winning team close to home again. Now let's just hope they can keep on going. Because when sports teams do terrible I almost completely lost interest in watching.
Well, I am off. Just wanted to talk about all the good stuff happening this week... so that I can reminisce about this week some 20 years down the line. :)
--Alan
Everything in my personal life is going great! I could not ask for more. I have the best girlfriend ever, and I love her more each and every day. Sometimes I can not believe how lucky I am I found her.
On Monday, I found out that I got the job I applied for at Summit Racing. I will soon be at a new work place doing what I love. (Web Development)
They are a VB.net shop, kind of like Timken but with a twist in that they use ASP.net MVC. So on top of the new job I even get to buy a new book and start learning something new! I am very excited for this! Now all that is left before I go in on May 9th... is my drug test tomorrow. Which will of course come back clean. Ya know since I have never done drugs in all 25 (almost 26) years of my life.
On top of the wonderful news about my new job. This week was the release of Portal 2.
This game is absolutely amazing. Some people have complained that it is too short... or that the graphics are not as good as they should be. That is not what this game is about. It is about a fun, and addictive type of game play that has such an amazingly deep story to go with it.
I can not tell you how many times I was wowed by the huge rooms or the small details that made the experience so awesome.
I am going to probably play through it again this weekend. Then I hope to post a in depth analysis if I can get to it. Maybe even writing a paragraph after each level? Who knows.
In other good news... the Cleveland Indians are winning! A lot! It is so awesome and exciting to have a winning team close to home again. Now let's just hope they can keep on going. Because when sports teams do terrible I almost completely lost interest in watching.
Well, I am off. Just wanted to talk about all the good stuff happening this week... so that I can reminisce about this week some 20 years down the line. :)
--Alan
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
So I have decided to write up ... I guess what I would consider a review, or maybe a rant against all the negative reviews of the new Linkin Park album, A Thousand Suns. Take it as you will.
First off... this album is completely different from anything they have done to this date... if you do not go into this album knowing this and/or you are a hardcore Hybrid Theory/Meteora fan. Well then you probably will not like this much in the beginning or at all. But the truth is ... this Album is an amazing piece or work/art.
I found an anonymous post on a negative review I read this morning and I would like to use it here... I have no idea whom posted it... but it fits this situation perfectly:
"It's funny how the music business works. Release an amazing debut album, and it is generally recognized as such by critics and laymen, helps to set a new genre standard, is replayed for years, and assists the band in building a huge fan base. After that is when things get weird. If the band in question decides not to vary their formula, makes mediocre music that retains many of the elements of their original material, and plays it safe, their fans stick by them and the critics aren't too harsh. However, if the band realizes that to make a real, long-lasting impact on the world they must be fluid, maturing with every album, changing their sound, exploring new territory, they are vilified by former "fans" and critics alike. They are disparaged all over the internet, ignored and/or disemboweled by elitist music listeners, and their efforts at making cutting-edge, mature, different music are mocked, whether or not the mockery is justified. And in many cases, it isn't."
I could not agree with the above more. There are so many people out there... who seem to not be able to accept change. Either you like the new direction Linkin Park is going and you continue to enjoy their work, or you don't ... simple as that. Why must people continue to go around complaining when we all know Linkin Park has made their choice of what direction they want their sound to take.
Linkin Park is a band that has staying power. Why? Because they can change their sound and grow as time moves on. Not sit there and put out the same music over and over again for money and to keep the fans "happy". As long as they are happy making the music they want then that is all that really matters.
This album is absolutely amazing. It is the best idea on at least the first listen... to listen to it as an "album" all the way through without skipping... you will appreciate it even more.
Take everything Linkin Park used to be... and throw it out the window... except maybe 1% of that. There are so many standout tracks. Even the interludes are pretty epic. I am not going to hit every song, mainly because my judgment will be different than yours... this post is just to get the word out there about Linkin Park’s new sound and why people need to not judge it so harshly.
So far after maybe... 10 or so listens to the entire album... my favorite song is Waiting for the End. All the tracks are great though.
The tribal drums in When they Come for Me sound great. Chester's chant style singing in Blackout does not disappoint. And the amazingly beautiful singing and composition in Iridescent is second to none!
Like I said before I am not going to touch on every song... this post is just to get the visibility of the positive side out there. Maybe one or two people whom have not appreciated the album yet will read it and see that quote above that I posted and it will click for them!
I know what I wrote above is no feat of great writing, I just wanted to state my opinion, here is hoping at least one person realizes that no band should be hated on for growing. Even if that does mean a sound change from how they used to be.
If you do not like the album... that is fine... but do not hate on the band when they only did what they as a band wanted their music to sound like.
First off... this album is completely different from anything they have done to this date... if you do not go into this album knowing this and/or you are a hardcore Hybrid Theory/Meteora fan. Well then you probably will not like this much in the beginning or at all. But the truth is ... this Album is an amazing piece or work/art.
I found an anonymous post on a negative review I read this morning and I would like to use it here... I have no idea whom posted it... but it fits this situation perfectly:
"It's funny how the music business works. Release an amazing debut album, and it is generally recognized as such by critics and laymen, helps to set a new genre standard, is replayed for years, and assists the band in building a huge fan base. After that is when things get weird. If the band in question decides not to vary their formula, makes mediocre music that retains many of the elements of their original material, and plays it safe, their fans stick by them and the critics aren't too harsh. However, if the band realizes that to make a real, long-lasting impact on the world they must be fluid, maturing with every album, changing their sound, exploring new territory, they are vilified by former "fans" and critics alike. They are disparaged all over the internet, ignored and/or disemboweled by elitist music listeners, and their efforts at making cutting-edge, mature, different music are mocked, whether or not the mockery is justified. And in many cases, it isn't."
I could not agree with the above more. There are so many people out there... who seem to not be able to accept change. Either you like the new direction Linkin Park is going and you continue to enjoy their work, or you don't ... simple as that. Why must people continue to go around complaining when we all know Linkin Park has made their choice of what direction they want their sound to take.
Linkin Park is a band that has staying power. Why? Because they can change their sound and grow as time moves on. Not sit there and put out the same music over and over again for money and to keep the fans "happy". As long as they are happy making the music they want then that is all that really matters.
This album is absolutely amazing. It is the best idea on at least the first listen... to listen to it as an "album" all the way through without skipping... you will appreciate it even more.
Take everything Linkin Park used to be... and throw it out the window... except maybe 1% of that. There are so many standout tracks. Even the interludes are pretty epic. I am not going to hit every song, mainly because my judgment will be different than yours... this post is just to get the word out there about Linkin Park’s new sound and why people need to not judge it so harshly.
So far after maybe... 10 or so listens to the entire album... my favorite song is Waiting for the End. All the tracks are great though.
The tribal drums in When they Come for Me sound great. Chester's chant style singing in Blackout does not disappoint. And the amazingly beautiful singing and composition in Iridescent is second to none!
Like I said before I am not going to touch on every song... this post is just to get the visibility of the positive side out there. Maybe one or two people whom have not appreciated the album yet will read it and see that quote above that I posted and it will click for them!
I know what I wrote above is no feat of great writing, I just wanted to state my opinion, here is hoping at least one person realizes that no band should be hated on for growing. Even if that does mean a sound change from how they used to be.
If you do not like the album... that is fine... but do not hate on the band when they only did what they as a band wanted their music to sound like.
Friday, May 21, 2010
A small update on my life.
Hello there!
Well I am finally back to this, hopefully I can start to post regularly here.
Like I originally said I want this blog to be about random things in my life and also musings about my job.
I just have to find out how to mix the two together well. I will figure it out eventually... it just may seem kinds of odd till then.
We got a new temp recently at work... so far he seems like a nice guy. It is always nice to add another person on the team who knows SharePoint at a developer level. Let's hope it keeps working out well.
On Tuesday we get our intern finally... hopefully he has a somewhat technical background. Also I hope he adapts pretty quickly... and catches on to our SharePoint implementation rather quickly. We shall see.
Well I do not really have much else for this post. At work I am working on some things that are pretty interesting. Maybe on Monday I will write a post that touches base on some of the SharePoint things I have been working on.
Hope anyone that may read this has a great weekend!
Well I am finally back to this, hopefully I can start to post regularly here.
Like I originally said I want this blog to be about random things in my life and also musings about my job.
I just have to find out how to mix the two together well. I will figure it out eventually... it just may seem kinds of odd till then.
We got a new temp recently at work... so far he seems like a nice guy. It is always nice to add another person on the team who knows SharePoint at a developer level. Let's hope it keeps working out well.
On Tuesday we get our intern finally... hopefully he has a somewhat technical background. Also I hope he adapts pretty quickly... and catches on to our SharePoint implementation rather quickly. We shall see.
Well I do not really have much else for this post. At work I am working on some things that are pretty interesting. Maybe on Monday I will write a post that touches base on some of the SharePoint things I have been working on.
Hope anyone that may read this has a great weekend!
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