I'll take what's real...
At 7:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Nathan will be a week old.
At 7:59 p.m. On Wednesday, Katie and I will have been parents for a week.
<Parents. What a strange concept for us. We've been married just short of 11 years and got to the point where we weren't sure this would ever happen for us.
Now, even though it is a reality, it still doesn't seem, well, real.
I look at Nathan and think that he couldn't possibly be ours.
I keep waiting for the real parents to knock on our door and thank us for babysitting as they take Nathan back and head home.
Even worse, I fear I'm going to wake up and it will all prove to have been some fantastically wonderful dream that has run its course.
I hope this doesn't make me a terrible person.
Posted with Blogsy
You're just human!! Let's see if you still feel that way as you become more and more sleep deprived.
Posted by: Suzanne Apgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 08:09 AM
I'm pretty sure I still will.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 08:13 AM
The first months of parenthood is definitely surreal. Amazing, but surreal. Soon enough, though, that cute boy of yours will have you so busy (and maybe even crazed), you won't have time to think about how weird it is that you helped create this beautiful creature.
Posted by: Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 08:36 AM
It's not terrible! It just shows how happy you are... and that you are worried that is all a dream.
I cannot believe it's been a week! I have been thinking about Nathan's arrival for so long (I even had his due date memorzied)... and now he is finally HERE!!!
Posted by: kilax | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 08:39 AM
Translation being that it's normal to feel this way?
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 08:49 AM
That just means you need to meet the little Wookiee.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 08:50 AM
Stop being so hard on yourself! Also, it's not a dream! Little dude is here to stay, hang around, poop some, cry a bit, coo, and be all sorts of adorable. :) He's so cute! You're such a good dad already.
Posted by: Marie | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 09:10 AM
Yes! I would love to!!!
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Apgar <[email protected]> wrote:
That just means you need to meet the little Wookiee.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 10:05 AM
Thanks!
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 11:39 AM
You could never be a terrible person. Ever.
Posted by: sizzle | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 12:36 PM
Thanks, sis.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 01:25 PM
i am pretty certain these feelings make you, gulp, normal
Posted by: hello haha narf | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 03:18 PM
Normal? Me? NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 04:08 PM
The first time you get peed on, or your first "poop-a-geddon" you will never again think that it is a dream. In fact, at that moment you might wish it was.
Posted by: Bob "Pappy" Richardson | Sunday, 30 September 2012 at 02:56 PM
Ha! I dread the day. Though he did target the carpet once already.
Posted by: kapgar | Sunday, 30 September 2012 at 03:20 PM
All very normal thought processes. When my daughter was born, it was very surreal in many ways, and somewhat "really, this is now a new person in this house" at various times.
Before you know it, you'll be cleaning peanut butter out of your iPhone's dock connector (for me, it was the VCR - how times change)
Posted by: Marty Mankins | Tuesday, 02 October 2012 at 08:24 AM
At least a dock connector will be easier than a VCR. Yikes!
Posted by: kapgar | Tuesday, 02 October 2012 at 02:20 PM