I'm going to be a dad!

A few weeks ago (25th april) Kelly walked in and told me I'm going to be a dad.

I was shocked, amazed, scared, shocked, amazed, happy, shocked, scared and happy in roughly that order.

Being a guy and not having any experience in the whole pregnancy thing, and to be real, guys don't generally talk about this stuff, I was reluctant to believe a "supermarket pee on a stick test".

I was reserving my true happiness until the Doctor said "you are with child".

We went out on the first day to really look at baby stuff and get an idea of prices for things. Trying to be excited and keep that a secret is hard. We ended up in Babies'R'Us and saw my old boss Peter Randall. He knew straight away.

We ended up buying a pram/car kit that day as it was on sale and it was what Kel wanted.

That week was mayhem for me at work and I couldn't tell the bosses what was going on. I had to be onsite for a major job and was stressed as it wasn't an easy job. Then Kelly tells me she went to the doctor and she is indeed "with child". I was bummed that I wasn't there but understood her need to go.

I made a promise to myself I would be there at all the key milestones along the way. Even if people think they are insignificant, I want to make the effort to be there. I figure if I'm there and its anti climactic, then at least I have been there to know. If I miss the opportunity, then I'll never know.

How do we tell the parents?
Who should know first?
Kel told Michelle straight away. I told my mate Arran. We had to tell someone and wanted to be happy with our baby on the way.

We decided to wait until Mothers Day to tell the parents.
We bought "Baby on Board" stickers for the Grandmums, a My First Football for Jonathon and a little Harley shirt for Brian. We gave them the presents in bags under the guise of a Mothers Day present. When they opened the bag, it took a little while for it to register. (Oh and Aaron announced his engagement to Sascha just a few minutes earlier)
Once the shock set in, everyone was stunned at both announcements. Congrats all around and a little drinky for all but Kel.

We have been up and down about the whole idea, like most people would be.

Our lives are about to change forever. How do we deal with that? What do we do? How do we afford it?

Last week, Kel had arranged a scan at 6 weeks. We knew it was early but we needed to be sure everything is ok. I was in Mildura that week and drove home (12hours) to be there for that scan.
We saw Little Billy for the first time. He has now been nicknamed TicTac due to his size.
We saw the heartbeat and all is fine. Doctor Oo was fine with the scan.

Kelly want s to know what the sex is but I don't. I want the surprise on the birthday. It will be hard to keep that secret, but we'll get there.

Side note. funny how things work out. TicTac is due around the same time as my Nanna's birthday, 100 years later. 11/1/2011.

I hope for a girl and would like to honour my mums family and my Nanna by using the name Alice in there somewhere. I would like to use Joan as well in hounour of my mum.
I would also like a boy to carry on the Warwick name. There's only me left and I would like to work Mark and Richard in there to keep the name alive.


For the last two weeks Kelly has been really sick with morning sickness.

I feel lost when she is sick. She is not herself. She is down with the whole thing and unable to move. People keep saying the sicker she is the healthier TicTac will be. I hope so, or Kelly has had to go through a hell of a lot for nothing. I hate seeing her sick and I can't do anything.