OK, so it isn't every day that I find out that my wife is pregnant with our first child. I wish I had a do-over.
All I remember is that I was dead asleep and Emily woke me up by calling my name from the doorway to our bedroom. I'm a fairly light sleeper but at 6:00 in the morning, after I stayed up way too late watching as much coverage of the Penn State scandal that I could on tv, I didn't even hear my wife get out of bed...which is odd. I usually wake up when she does so much as shift in bed because if she happens to roll over....I only have about a second and a half before I lose my covers if she happens to roll in that direction.
So, she calls my name and I kinda wake up. Then, much to my chagrin, she turns on the light. Now my eyes are burning and I can't see anything. I can't remember if my eyes are closed or if I had the covers over my head to ease me into the blinding horror that is the shock of waking up that way. I was half expecting the next thing on the way was to be a cold bucket of water in my face. Instead of the water, I got......"Darin......I'm pregnant."
I don't remember what I said or if I said anything at all. All I remember is that I woke up the next morning wondering if it was a dream. I'm sure my response....or lack thereof wasn't exactly the response that Em had hoped for, but I'm excited now that it has all sunk in.
I'm sure this won't be the last boneheaded incident I will make these next several months but if I can limit the number of them as best as I can I think that will make it a much easier pregnancy for the both of us.
July 11th, 2012 is the expected date (Em's birthday).
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