Ooops! I did it again.

By now most all that read this blog will know I am going to be a daddy again. A few days ago, I arrived home from work ready to enjoy a relaxing evening. When I no more than sat my brief case down when Jen handed me a pregnancy test. It had been a while since I'd seen one those things up close. I had forgotten how to read them. My initial response now seems rather foolish to me. After scrutinizing the strip with great intensity, as one would while attempting to read tea leaves, I admitted to Jen I did not understand. Stupidly I asked; "What does this mean?” Now it seems so obvious. There is only one reason your wife hands you a pregnancy test. Your wife will not hand you a pregnancy test to tell you; "I'm NOT pregnant." That would be illogical. At the time logic was not a predominate force within me.
It had even crossed my mind -momentarily- to ask her whose test it was. Thinking, I suppose, that someone might have been handing them out somewhere that day some where she had been. In a flash of desperation I also thought that perhaps she found it and thought I should be aware of that. -Yes, I know that doesn't make sense.. NOW- Almost as quick and seeming more logical that possibly she had received it from one of our friends in the mail. (You know who you are :)
But no, her answer to my question; "What does this mean?” shattered my blissful ignorance like the flash of a lightning bolt. She said, "I'm pregnant."
I immediately sat down and just let my mouth hang open wide for awhile and looked far off in to a corner of the room. Up near the ceiling. I was not seeing, just looking. Momentarily I asked, "How could this happen?" Again, another silly question as I look back up on the moment with more aptitude. Jen said with an incredulous expression, 'HUH?!”.
These moments can be stupefying, and I did not escape the moment, or stupefaction. Yes, I admit it, I was stupificated. -new word-
I didn't sit there very long before I was out cutting the lawn and thinking. I was thinking about how this was going to change things. Would it change things? Well, it will but for the better. I truly believe my son needs a sibling. Being a lone child can be difficult. Nyle will have a buddy. Another plus is that we will get another tax write off! That is nice incentive to procreate. Thanks Uncle Sam! ;)
Our family is also experiencing better living conditions than when we decided to have our first child. We have a better house. I have a better job. I have more stability and job security. And we already know we can be good parents. Nyle is living proof of that. I know how to change a diaper and take care of a baby. Another child should not prove to be burden for us at all. In fact, I believe this is a good thing. I will miss sleeping for the first 8 weeks after he/she is born!!!!
Speaking of sleep. I just noticed how late it is. I am going to bed. I will write more very soon.