Attention Husbands/Boyfriends/Significant Others/Expectant Fathers: Do not allow your expectant other to watch the movie “What To Expect When You Are Expecting”! You will be cleaning up the emotional mess that this movie leaves her in upon its completion. Basically, the movie takes you through 4 or 5 different pregnancy scenarios ranging from no risk to […]
We heard the heartbeat today. It sounded like sea-monkeys banging on tiny timpani in super fast progression. Wild actually. Unfortunately, I was unprepared for this due to Cindy and I believing that our visit was for other reasons. I didn’t get my cell phone recorder ready. 😦 Anyways, Cindy started to cry and I stood […]
After telling our family and closest friends, we finally told everyone the amazing news that you were expected. For me, it was definitely touching to hear people’s various responses. Most, if not all, were extremely positive and heartfelt. Cindy and I spent the evening reading through people’s comments and were so appreciative. I bought her […]
I am writing this in a crappy/pissy mood. My efforts to join Cindy in the Doctor’s office were once again thwarted by the mid-wife for the sake of “the MOTHER’S protection”. Sooooo I am once again sitting in the waiting room and the worst part? It isn’t the crying babies or the countless conversations by […]
Greetings from Las Vegas, Nevada! Have you ever had a great idea backfire once the event came around? (Idiotic Man Moment #74: Bring your recently pregnant significant other to Sin City) Well, our sober experience turned out to be the most special trip to Las Vegas this veteran has ever taken. We saw the sights, […]
You ever have moments where you feel utterly powerless being a man? Today was our first scheduled visit with the Doctor and I wouldn’t be let passed the waiting room area. What were they hiding? What female stuff were they talking about? It’s not like I wasn’t there when they stuck a radioactive camera the […]
This was going to be it! We were going to get an official answer from someone in a gown wearing cloth booties and an oversized apron. We chose Bellevue Hospital on 1st Ave. because it’s where Cindy has been going to ever since she came to NYC and being a French immigrant, it’s public healthcare. […]
Woke up next to the most beautiful woman in the world. A funny and altogether unfamiliar feeling washes over you when your life changes. I found myself in the shower staring down at my hands and the bottom of our curtain liner. I kept thinking that my hands looked really old, but really tan. Like, […]
Hello. I’m Ryan Rodriguez and if you are reading this in the year of 2013, then I’m just a dude that you might know, work at Sony with, or shared plenty of blackened out nights around the streets of New York City. If you are reading this in the year of 2025, well… it’s really […]
Waiting Room Sitter 