Once
upon a time there was a wild bear, or was it a boar, it might possibly have
been a beaver but then when I told this story before I distinctly remember
telling a story about a furry animal whose name began with a “B” and ended with
an “R” and only had one syllable thereby ruling out the following as protagonists
of my story: backpacker, backslider, baroceptor, bobsledder, bootlegger,
bootlicker, brachiator, buccaneer, brontosaur, and of course the infamously
viscous baffler whose only known predator is the Chessmaster 2000 with his smug
face and robes that he can only have stolen from Gandalf himself. If the hero
of this tale wasn’t a bear he might have been a bawr, a beer (now that’s just
ridiculous), a bier, a birr, a blur, a boor, a brer, or possibly a burr…however
I’m now one hundred percent certain that it was a bear, and further more that
this story has nothing to do with the task that I set out to do when I began
writing this blog entry…a great many apologies to those who feel I have wasted
their time.
What
I’m trying to say is my wife created a blog and she wrote the first two entries
and then told me that it was my job to write this next one so that everyone
would know that this a joint venture. My response was to then procrastinate,
and put this project off long enough for me to have a substantial amount to
blog about…which I have done with great success! And now I begin…
GREETINGS!
I have never written a blog entry before this one and therefore hope that I
have not offended anyone yet with my meaningless babbling in the previous two
paragraphs. I should note also that I honestly don’t know where to begin so I
will start with the most exciting events of late and then proceed forth telling
of other equally exciting, though not quite as exciting as the first item on
the list, events in this the Alex and Melissa King family.
First:
WE’RE HAVING A BABY!!!!! Which, most of you know since I’m pretty positive that
anyone reading this is also friends with us on Facebook. This is the part where
I should probably be a little serious at the risk of getting smacked upside the
head by Melissa. So, nowhere in my description of events past, present, or
future will I refer to our fetal king-ling as an alien, a goblin, a potato, an
old man, or Hector. The truth is that, to say both of us are excited for this
new addition to our family is a gross understatement! Melissa has made it to
stage two which means that any talk at all has the potential to make her cry. And
I’m slightly evil because I occasionally will talk about wonderfully exciting
things just to see if I can turn on the waterworks. For example, in the car the
other day I began describing to her a scene wherein she woke up and walked into
the living room to see me on the couch, snuggling with baby and reading or
singing lullabies. With a swat to my arm she told me to stop, which meant to me
that I won. Of course I can’t say much, I’ve heard that there is such thing as
sympathy pains that happen to the husband when his wife is pregnant, and I wasn’t
sure I believed in such a thing. However, lately anytime I watch a movie about
a man losing his family, or hear a song about a fella who’s nervous about the
paternal responsibilities that lay before him, or even when I think too much
about the future being that I’m going to be able to call son or daughter (we
don’t know yet) my eyes start to leak this strange salty fluid. I blame
sympathy emotional attachment disorder which is a real thing – as of now.
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| If you tilt your head to the left, stand on one foot, cross your eyes and look very closely at this picture, you might just look ridiculous! Seriously though I've never seen such a clear ultra sound, and the good news is, we're not having a squirrel! |
Next:
CHRISTMAS!!! I may need to dial it back on the exclamation points for fear of
people thinking I’m digitally yelling in their faces. I’ll do that next time.
We took a much needed vacation up to Spokane to visit Melissa’s family. While
there we enjoyed sledding, making crooked snowmen, watching 12+ hours of Lord
of the Rings, fingernail painting (that one was Melissa although I did consider
having my cuticles healthened. That really makes no sense, does it?), and lots
of other family fun stuff. It was great! Countless thanks to Mom and Dad
McCarty for letting Melissa and me invade and share Christmas!
Nextly:
New Years!! For those of you that don’t know, every year on New Year ’s Eve there
is a big party at my parent’s house where there is much feasting and playing of
games. We went. Melissa took a nap from 11:15 pm to 11:55 pm. We had a blast.
Let’s
see…finally: I read two novels in two weeks (a personal record), ate lots of
delicious food (the names of which I have forgotten), Melissa and I are now
proud owners of a food storage beginners kit, and…old man cardigan.
Well,
that should probably be enough for now. I’m very sorry it has taken me so long
to get this post up. I know if you are anything like my wife (or me) you
probably check our blog daily in hopes that we have posted something new, only
to be disappointed with the same old amazing photographs of me in psychedelic short
shorts…you’re welcome world. We now vow to be better at stuff and improve our
other things. If you have somehow made it to this point of today’s entry, thank
you for your attention, and congratulations on your abundance of patience.
Until next time, and finally…Cheers!
