I was lying in bed, restless, in the early hours of the morning, next to my beautiful 7 month pregnant wife when the idea to start this blog was born. Today is May 23rd. The reality is that if all goes as planned, god willing, we will have a healthy baby boy in our house in 2 months.
As a new father, that's a pretty stark realization. 2 months! 60 days! I am sure calculating those hours would create a number that would settle my nerves a bit but the reality is that this baby boy is growing well and quickly and will soon be in my arms. Some men at this point begin to feel life close in on them and look for open bathroom windows and devise plans for quick escapes. Not me. I am thrilled to be a dad, but at this moment in the early hours, lying in bed I realized that I am scared that having a baby will require me to give up all that I love and concentrate 99.9% on baby while juggling work, love, and fun in some unfair 0.1% world that hardly exists.
Ergo, this blog will be a view into the changing life of a new father as he tries to maintain some of the normality that he knew before baby. My normality is running.
While I do hope you enjoy this blog, please understand that more than anything this is a therapeutic way for me to express myself as well as a way to document my progression into fatherhood.
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