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*Note: In case you missed it, Jayden was born just this past weekend on April 26th, 2008 at 8:18PM. Click here to see the post celebrating the arrival of our beautiful baby boy!*

We’re home now! Well actually, we’ve been home since Monday, but we’ve been busy getting settled and playing catch up since then. It hasn’t helped that our internet connection decided to take a few sick days off and stopped working over the past few days. But everything’s all good now. I have to say that I was actually somewhat surprised that Jayden arrived when he did; two weeks early. I was told numerous times throughout our pregnancy that first babies tend to come late. But I can’t say that I didn’t expect him to come when he did, as our midwife told us last week that he could come over the weekend. And hey, she was right! I guess Jayden was anxious to meet his Mommy and Daddy. I know we were definitely anxious to meet him!

As I type this, Jayden is fast asleep in his bassinet. I must be crazy because I don’t know why I’m not taking advantage of this rare opportunity to get some sleep in for myself. I know I’ll probably regret it later, but being able to watch my beautiful baby boy sleep so soundly makes it all worthwhile.

I love every little thing about my son. From his little tiny feet and little tiny toes, to his fat little cheeks (that he got from his Mommy!), to the sound he makes when he settles down from crying. You all should hear it. It’s like a high-pitched sound, like he’s singing or something, and it sounds so cute (for lack of a manlier word)! I love holding him. He’s my little man! I even love changing his stinky little diapers. Although I’ve seen his poop go from a thick tar-like black, to a regurgitant seaweed-like green, I can’t help but to smile as I wipe his little tush (for lack of another manlier word) while he kicks the crap out of my hands when I attempt to strap his fresh diaper on. I even love the bajillion little farts he’s been spurting out left and right over the past few days. Sure the horrid smell has melted every nose hair in both of my nostrils, I still love them nonetheless. They’re actually quite funny. And the face he makes afterwards is priceless! It always goes something like this:

Jayden’s Butt: bbBbbBbBrrRrrrRRrrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnnNNnnTTTtt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jayden: Oh YES that was a good one! now……falling……a……slee……p……*snore*

Ya gotta love it!

And of course, we’ve been taking pictures like crazy. So for those of you who didn’t skip down to them already, here are Jayden’s first six days of life, in pictures! (By the way, we’ll post his hospital picture as soon as we get it copied!)

Calling all expectant parents, I have a question for you all:

Do you talk to your unborn child?

I’ve noticed that recently I’ve been talking to Jayden every single day. In the mornings when I wake up, I’ll roll over to Mommy, rub and kiss her stomach, and say “Good Morning Jayden!” And then at night, I’ll do the same thing, except this time of course I’d say, “Good Night Jayden!” Most notably though is every time I leave for work or class. It’s been a long time thing for me to tell Mommy that I love her whenever I leave to go out somewhere. But now that we’re pregnant, I’ve been telling Jayden that I love him too; although he’s not even here yet! I’d say, “I love you!”, to Mommy and she’d say, “I love you too!”, back. Then I’d say, “I love you Jayden!”, and this is where Mommy always responds with, “Goo goo!”. I guess that’s her way of speaking for Jayden (although he is totally past the “goo goo” stage!). I know that every time I say, “I love you Jayden!”, he can hear me. I’m just waiting for that one day in the future when he first starts learning how to put words together. He’ll look up at me with his little eyes and say, “I love you too Daddy……”

“…and by the way, my diaper’s loaded so you might wanna check that out, ok big guy?”

Yup, that’s my son!

I just came across an interesting video of a promo for an upcoming documentary entitled, “Being Dad: USA”. Just as the title suggests, the documentary is all about being a father. It looks like the producers are going around and interviewing regular ol’ dads and getting their perspectives on fatherhood and parenting as a whole. I came across the promo through Keith of African American Dad, a blog that I frequent, who’s included in it. It’s definitely worth checking out and I can’t wait until the complete documentary is available!

I laughed at the part at the beginning where the guy was explaining how he found out his wife was pregnant. As for those of you too lazy to watch the video:

Guy: You’re pregnant?

Wife: How’d you know?

Guy: I was just talking sh*t, I had no idea!

It made me think of when I got “the call” from Mommy when she found out that she was pregnant with Jayden. The conversation went a little something like this:

(Just a little back story: Mommy and I had a feeling we were pregnant weeks before it was official. She wasn’t experiencing any pregnancy symptoms, she had just developed a slight stomach pudge. There were no missing periods to go off of because she had just gotten off of Depo Provera. If you’re a first-time visitor here, you may want to read Mommy’s conception story. So now that you’re up to speed, we had just bought a pack of two home pregnancy tests. When we got back home, I had to get ready to head out to one of my classes to take an exam. So Mommy told me that she would take the pregnancy tests while I was in class.)

So I was sitting in class, waiting for the exam to start, when my cell phone rang. It was Mommy.

Me: Hello?

Mommy: Hounie… (”Hounie” is what we call each other; it’s a variation of the word “honey”)

Me: …yeees? (I had already sensed what was coming next)

Mommy: It said yes!

Me: Are you serious?! (smiling from ear to ear)

Mommy: Yes!

Me: Oh my God! (as if it were a big surprise to me) Did you take both of them?

Mommy: No, I only took one. But I wanted to call you when I saw that it said yes!

Me: Ok, take the second one and call me as soon as you get the results!

After we got off the phone, I could not stop smiling. I’m pretty sure the people around me were looking at me as if I was crazy (guy next to me: “Why the heck is that guy smiling for no reason?”). I couldn’t concentrate at all on my exam because I was so happy (two plus two is five, right? Right? No? Well who cares, I’m going to be a daddy!). As soon as I got done taking my exam, I called Mommy back.

Me: So…?

Mommy: It said yes too!

Me: Yes!!!

And it was official, we were pregnant!

I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and had a wonderful past year in 2007! It’s now officially 2008, a time to look forward to a new year that will bring about new things. This year, there is one new thing that I am definitely looking forward to; the birth of my first child, Jayden!

At the beginning of each year, just as many other people do, I give myself goals that I wish to achieve by the year’s end. Some goals I meet, some I don’t. The ones that I don’t, I usually carry over into the next year and work much harder to meet them. This year will bring about new goals for me since this year will be my first as a father. This year, I would like to make my son’s very first months of life a wonderful experience. This year, I would like to give all my love to Jayden, and show him that he has been born into a family that will do no less than love him for all of his life. This year, I would like to become the very best father that I can be.

So, how about you? Whether you’re already a mom or dad, or will be a mom or dad soon, I would like to know, what are your goals as a parent for the year 2008?