Up To Speed

So, Nicolle and I started this blog as a way to keep everyone updated on our journey into parenthood. I also maintain the popular theater weblog Mr. Excitement News and I'll occasionally be cross-posting items to that blog. But the main purpose of this one is as a journal, updating everyone on the latest pregnancy and baby-related news.

Here's where we are at so far.

*Nicolle and I are expecting our first child on April 17. We will be having the birth at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where we just finished our birthing classes.

*Nicolle had a very rough first trimester, unusually so. She was very nauseous and unable to eat much. Since the second trimester, things have improved a bit. Now, in the third trimester, she is dealing with swollen ankles and issues of general bulk (although she is mostly carrying in front). She has been a real trooper about the whole thing. She is still working and will through the end of the 37th week.

*We are moving from our current location, which is near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, to a new place in Flatbush (also in Brooklyn). Our new place has three bedrooms; one for us, one for L.P. (Little Person, which is what we call the fetus, since we have elected not to find out the gender) and one to be used as an office for our theater company.

*Nicolle's mum Sandra will be coming out later this month to help us out through the birth of the baby. My family will probably be coming later in the spring and summer.

*Yes, we have picked out both boy and girl names, but we are not telling you.

*We are registered at www.amazon.com/babyregistry and www.babiesrus.com. Also, we will be purchasing all diapers at www.gdiapers.com.

*We have a new cat named Dylan, who we rescued from the cold.

More updates soon.