Junior Cryptozoologist

The little man hasn't been on parole for a whole week and we've already been out hunting the elusive Chupacabra.



So far we’ve had no luck in locating the rascally "Latino Bigfoot", but we did run across a Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (aka Capybara) outside of the Babies R Us this weekend.



The boy was unimpressed with this graminivore and he quickly reminded me that if there were no Mexican goat suckers in the parking lot it was time to get him a hamper for his dirty drawers and a space themed play mat for tummy time.

Gettin' Ready!

Man o man, only two weeks until the arrival of Chuy, The Amazing Outside Baby!

Or it could be three weeks...Dr. E says he'll give it a whole week past the due date before inducing labor, much to The Wife's displeasure and discomfort.

There's so much to do to get ready for Chuy...Let's see...
We've set up the crib, the car seat, and the stroller...we've purchased diapers, bottles, baby pants, sheets, towels, bibs and a ton of other stuff...but it feels like I'm forgetting something....

Oh snap! I gotta' organize my comic collection! We can't have a jumbled mess o' comic books in the house! What happens when it's time to teach Chuy some life lessons according to the Silver Age and my Amazing Spiderman is mixed in with my Justice League Of America?!



Luckily, all my funny books are in these handy short boxes (and mostly in alphabetical order already)...I got rid of all my bulky long boxes years ago when I finally trimmed some fat off my collection (I'm looking at you, everything drawn by Rob Liefeld).

It was fun going through my collection again and wondering just what heroes and villains my little buddy will be into. What artists will inspire him to draw? Will he prefer Marvel or DC? And most importantly, will he realize that Thor, Frog Of Thunder was quite possibly the most awesome idea Walt Simonson ever came up with?



I know it's still a ways away before Chuy can fully appreciate what comic books have to offer...but thanks to my Virgo tendencies, this collection is ready!



Now, let's whip that record collection into shape...

Baby Gear

And now it begins...Baby gear.



The stroller/car seat was easy enough to put together...and thanks to the LATCH system, the installation of the car seat was a breeze...mostly. The sucker still isn't totally level and wiggles just a little too much for our liking. Luckily we have a car seat fitting class this Thursday to make sure we figure the damn thing out.

It's totally weird having a car seat for Chuy in The Wife's car since the little man won't be paroled for another 44 days....I guess it will be even more totally weirder-er once there's an actual baby in it.

I've been handling my upcoming fatherhood pretty good so far..or is it pretty well? (Damn, I need to figure all this grammar stuff out so I can teach Chuy how to speak good English well!)

Anyway, I haven't freaked out too much these past 7 months...but I have to admit the stroller and car seat combo was a one two punch of reality. It was a complete, This is really happening moment...

Man, this last trimester is going to be over before we know it...and we'll be strapping our son into his totally level, totally secure car seat and taking him home sooner than later.