Well little baby, you’ve got your papa’s nerves going. I know I know, I’m trying to mellow out and just “be in the moment man”, but this is the toughest part. Waiting. Today something seemed to be going on, cause Mama was noticeably uncomfortable and said that there had been mild contractions most of the afternoon. But I could tell they weren’t the painful, baby’s-coming-now type of contractions. Still, I headed straight out to the hardware store to get that final piece we needed for the birth tub; the ever-elusive faucet->hose adapter. The tub takes 24 hours to heat, which I’m pretty sure we won’t have when you decide to come, so we have to get as much hot water from the faucet, and we’re using a standard drinking hose, so one must have the adapter. You’l be happy to know we had success on the way to pizza tonight, and now all the parts of the tub are ready to go.

Your sisters are crazy as ever. Maia continues to challenge our will, often calling our bluff. This morning she and I sat in the car while everyone else ate their breakfast in the restaurant because she was pitching a fit over not having a diaper. Mind you, she’s potty trained now, but she still occasionally insists on having a “fresh diapy”. Man, what a strong-willed girl that one is. We were all tuckered out from our first block-party last night, so that didn’t help either. Everyone was enamored by you and your sisters. I think they could tell you were just about fully baked in there. But you’re still moving around a lot, especially between 10 p.m. and midnight, so it seems you still have plenty of room. And man, you are fast. We’re really curious if you’re going to be fast and feisty on the outside too. If your sisters are any indicator, methinks the answer is a solid “yes”. But yeah, in case you weren’t able to figure it all out in there, we had the local firemen there with their fire truck, and the neighbors provided a bouncy castle. Keana and Maia had a blast in the bouncy castle, and I was in there too with Maia to protect her from the crazy bigger kids, but it was fun. It was really good to meet our neighbors and I think we’ll be seeing more of them now. One couple is Japanese like us, and splits their time in San Francisco, so it will be fun to get to know them better. The guy plays drums and jams with some history professor from Fresno State, so there may be a band forming for me to play in…we’ll see.

So we’re basically just getting all our ducks in a row for your arrival. Keana can’t wait for you to some, and asks just about every day now, “Is the baby coming today?!!!” Every birth experience is a big Unknown, and we know we just have to be ready for anything (which is consequently very difficult, especially for me). Right now I’m trying to have faith in the fact that we’ve done this twice before and that you and your mama are genetically programmed for a safe, healthy birth. I’m going to keep focusing on that until you do decide to take the plunge, but you should know, we really are ready when you are.

Love,
Papa

p.s. We’ve been feeling your toes lately which I don’t think we ever got to do with your sisters, so that’s something that’s all yours and pretty damn special.