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So just a week after talking about my goal of not missing a week I already did. That’s on me, but in my defense I’ve been a little busy. My Wife and I have been home with our first child Gracie, who we very happily brought home from the Hospital last week.

I’m writing this overnight at 3:33 in the morning, watching the 3rd re-run of SportsCenter because I already finished the new season of Full Swing. (Not bad)

If my brain was operating at full speed I’d have some profound thoughts on father hood or being a husband that would make sense to you, unfortunately it’s not. So far it’s been an amazing week of my Wife and I just staring at her, stunned she made it to our side of the world.

We had a tough time in the hospital. We checked in on Thursday night and didn’t end up meeting our baby until Saturday at noon. We watched the USA Canada game Thursday night naively thinking the baby would be born shortly after and we’d have a great story to tell about our baby being born in overtime. I’m going to spare the details but as your President I’m going to suggest that we turn Mother’s Day into at least a week if not a month. Holy shit.

We were fortunate enough to have great experiences with each of the 10 nurses sent out way at Mass General. They understood our waning patience and helped comfort us when we were in tough shape.

I cried for about 3 days. So many emotions and so much relief once the delivery is over. Songs kill me, every little moment alone, moment of peace, I was bursting into tears. I knew that was coming, and the tears delivered in a huge way, too much. Hopefully Baby Number 2 down the road I will have run out of tears by then

It is genuinely wild that they just send you back into the world 24-48 hours after you have a baby. A couple of tips here and there but you really just get sent on your way with a completely new life and a new human to be responsible for. I’m not sure how people did this before the internet. Every question is answered in seconds, helping assuage any concerns we have had while we are home. There are so many little things nobody tells you and then after the fact someone will tell you as if they’re telling you bananas are yellow.

I will say I feel like a lot of the gross stuff has come instinctively to me which is a huge plus. I thought I was going to be in hell every diaper change and milk spill etc, so far we’ve been alright.

Now that we are home we are loving life, singing songs, cleaning diapers, reheating meals (shoutout Mom) and giving each other high fives as we call the other out of the bullpen in the middle of the night for a shift change.

I had grand plans for this post so much so that I missed last week because I wanted to give myself the time to reflect and think about what is happening in the moment, and then I went 6 nights in a row without sleeping more than 3 hours. That didn’t exactly get the neurons firing.

I will say that I called it last year, I am a full blown coffee guy now. It took me two days of fatherhood. I have been pounding Stella Blue Coffee like water to help me through the graveyard shift. Would love to hear from some of my fellow and more experience Dads on how we go about managing the evenings with no sleep/trading off with your selfless wife.

Also I need shows. I killed Full Swing in two nights, I'm caught up on Survivor, I can’t watch the NBA. Please help

I don’t know what will happen with each day as we get further from the arrival of Gracie. I know we’re gonna do our best and keep all 3 of us fed, clean, and happy and go for there. At the end of the day, we’re just gonna live with a little more Grace.

Til Next Week

TT