Spain Dad, a baby blog

The midwife shook the bottle, turned it upside down, and drew a circle of blue gel on April’s belly. She rolled over the ultrasound machine, which was nothing more than a laptop on a cart with a holster on the side for the probe, which she untangled and rolled over April’s stomach like a miniature [...]

I sat on the couch with a pen in my hand. I was supposed to be editing my book proposal, but instead I was watching April stand on a Wii balance board. The balance board is an accessory for Nintendo’s Wii video game system, and it’s a white slab that looks like a household weight [...]

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We had our second doctor’s visit today and are happy to say we have a healthy, growing baby.

Okay. So here’s the story. I put my foot in my mouth earlier this fall when I told one of April’s classmates in the Masters program, Laurie, that I like friends who give me presents. Apparently I have no shame about asking for hand-outs. Incidentally, Laurie has become a good friend of mine, and because [...]

I checked online today to see when babies develop their sense of hearing before we’re headed to Valencia for Las Fallas, one of Spain’s most well-known festivals. Thankfully I discovered babies develop their sense of hearing at around 18 weeks. We still have a month and a half to go. This particular festival has a [...]

Today we got our first baby present. Thanks, Laurie! It’s not a stuffed animal–it’s a stuffed bug. Even better, right? On the package it says, “Soft squeaker toy for baby’s amusement & delight.” The fun is just beginining. Squeak. Squeak.

We finally got to tell Troy and Heather today that we’re pregnant. April went upstairs to their bookshelf, grabbed a few books about pregnancy and parenting, came back upstairs and plopped them on the kitchen table. “Can we borrow a few books?” April said with a smile. Heather made the connection. “Are you pregnant?” she [...]

Tell me if you see anything strange in this sentence I wrote to Kelly Wills in an online chat conversation last week. We were talking about biblical literary criticism. “I think I’ve mentioned this to you before, but one of the newer and most popular ways of reading the baby in theological circles is literary [...]