Norbit

Even before we were pregnant, I'd taken to calling our non-existent future baby 'Norbit.' No real reason, other than I thought it was a funny name and that I knew at some point we'd be having a kid. I bought Helen the used Norbit movie DVD on Amazon.com for like $2.99 a few Christmases ago, but she threw it away after we watched it once. It was pretty bad, so I can't really blame her.

Anyway, once we found out Helen was pregnant and Norbit was real, I noticed some minor differences in my wife. She got a little fuller in both the 'chestal region' and the stomach (rubber bands on jeans, anyone?), got up to go to the bathroom five times a night and was *slightly* more emotional about things. Foods she usually liked were now unappealing to her and she was definitely a lot more tired than before. For me, the only major change was getting yelled at by Helen a bit more than usual- sometimes for good reason and others times simply because I was the only other one in the room besides our cat, Jasmine.

However, we have also been ecstatic about learning we're going to be parents, and have taken out books from the library, hit up friends with kids for their old baby stuff, and talked a lot about how much our lives are about to change. Those who are already moms and dads have especially told us how true that is. When someone I know found out we were pregnant he said, 'Congratulations. Your life as you know it is over.' I believe what he meant was no more 9 hrs of sleep a night, playing a full season of Madden on my PS2 when Helen is out, or being selfish in other ways. While that freaks me out a bit, I am also ready to be a dad, and am pretty optimistic I'll be a good one.