Buckle Up!

Holy smokes we're about to have a kid... I was in disbelief when Claudia showed me the "proof," but then a follow up test, and finally a doctor visit confirmed it. There was some initial anxiety that set in, but after like a day of reflection it all kinda fell away. I realized that we can sit around stressing that we didn't have enough boxes checked off of our life's to-do list, but would we ever? So instead of spending energy contemplating countless minor (and some major) details, we can spend our energy gearing up for the biggest step of our lives in a positive way.

With that said we've rolled out some pretty cool goals for the next 40 or so weeks, and we'll try to share all of that with you guys.

Here's what's to come:

Martin Stewart

We bought a sewing machine last week because we were thinking how can we go through parenthood without one right? Future rips and tears, potential Halloween costumes and the like all demand that we have this appliance! The kicker is, neither of us really know how to use a sewing machine, especially me... Since I'm the one with the goal behind Diaper Count, I figured I'd better get crackin' on developing some sewing machine skills. So, Martin Stewart will showcase some attempts at different sewing machine projects with the goal set on getting good enough to make a quality reusable diaper... Let's see how it works out!

GrizzliED vs. Baby Bump

I had this idea of growing a 'Maternity Beard.' The goal being that I don't shave my face until the delivery day. I can see it in my head now... Our first picture is gonna have an exhausted and frazzled Claudia and a grizzled foot-long beard on either side of this pink little baby. So we'll be updating the status of Claudia's belly along side my soon to be glorious face-fro.

Gain One Lose One

We all know Claudia's gonna be putting on a few extra pounds during this whole ordeal. We thought it would be cool to see if I could keep up the inverse of that. Throw in a little trash talk and I think we have an interesting little game here. Only question is, can her minor weight gain keep up with my major weight loss? I. Think. Not.

Diaper Count

I really wanna try to use reusable diapers... But, I wanna take it a step further and make those diapers. So, we'll be updating a diaper count, hopefully a picture of like a diaper tower or something...

This Week in Outfits

This really won't kick off until we find out the kid's gender, but the idea is to pick up an outfit a week and post something about it.

"Holy Toledo?!"

This is going to be a segment on interesting tidbits we didn't know about pregnancy, or babies, or whatever, or things that just blow our minds. For example, I was talking to my brother who told me his newborn is going through, "easily 10+ diapers a day," to which we replied, "HOLY TOLEDO! 10+ a day!?"

That's the plan! We're gonna have as much fun and stay as positive as humanly possible during these next months! So buckle up, it's gonna be an interesting ride!