Otherwise now referred to as the closet-of-what-we-once-were.
Joe and I have spent the last several evenings cleaning out the closet in what was once Joe's video game/guitar room, and what is now the baby's room. The closet was the place we stored things that really didn't have a place elsewhere- video and computer games, Joe's art books, my old journals, photo albums from high school and college, CDs, and all sorts of other things that show our interests and have fed many hours of free time. This closet, and the lonely top shelf of our stuff at the top, now totally represents the changes that have been slowly taking place in our lives over the past 9 months. Joe and I are slowly being replaced by someone named Momma and Daddy. I think the change is almost complete. See, Joe didn't even balk at posing with a tiny shirt.
It was so odd to slowly hang up all the tiny little clothes in the closet that used to hold our things, and now holds Danger's. Joe examined each thing and made comments like "Lilly really has good taste," and "When is Danger really going to wear a velour Christmas striped jumper?" I sat on the floor and wondered if in 20 years I would remember how fun it was to watch him become a dad.
You are still who you were--just more space/time/and sleep challanged. Congratulations to both of you.
Posted by: Nancy | June 22, 2007 at 02:31 PM
It's a PIRATE shirt. What cool guy could resist posing with a tiny pirate shirt?! Danger will do doubt look adorable in it when he's big enough.
Posted by: AriadnesThread | June 22, 2007 at 02:42 PM
You will remember. I remember when the last thing to go into my daughter's room arrived. It was the crib. My husband put it together, and suddenly, we had a nursery! We just stood there and grinned at each other like idiots.
Flash forward a couple of months, and there is my usually sedate and reserved husband walking about the house holding the baby on his head, exclaiming, "Baby hat! Baby hat!" That 'baby hat' is now 10 years old.
Oh, and Alison and Joe aren't being replaced. You're just getting new job titles.
Posted by: Gwen in Bowmanville | June 22, 2007 at 02:45 PM
You'll remember! It's been six years for me and I still remember seeing my gruff, 200+ lb hubby holding our little baby girl and turning to a smooshy, cuddly daddy. You'll definitely remember.
Sounds like the both of you are ready for little Dangers arrival.
Posted by: Trish | June 22, 2007 at 03:44 PM
That's so sweet. I haven't made the transition to parenting (except for our cats...and they didn't have a nursery :) ). You make it sound like a wonderful experience and I'm sure it will be!
Posted by: Alyssa | June 22, 2007 at 04:01 PM
To be fair, that IS a tiny shirt covered in skulls. Which is just about the most awesome thing I've ever seen. I'd pose with it.
Posted by: Emily | June 22, 2007 at 05:11 PM
what a fabulous post!!!
Posted by: amanda | June 22, 2007 at 05:11 PM
Hi there! I just found your blog while blog jumping while my 3 are napping. Congrats on the new baby! And you aren't being replaced, you're being added to. Did you disappear when you two fell in love? No, you just got better. Same thing here.
And you will remember. Maybe not every little minute detail, but you will find that almost every day, you'll fall in love over again over something he does with the baby. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions regarding birth (I had one hospital with Dr. and 2 birth center with midwife, one of those was in the tub...wish the 3rd had waited), nursing (I breastfed all 3, although not at the same time), or anything else related. Mine are 9, 5, and 3, so I still remember most. Congrats again!
Posted by: Kathy in KS | June 22, 2007 at 06:28 PM
Aw.
I still remember how excited Hubster was with each of the girls. Somethings you never forget. We wouldn't let you anyhow.
Posted by: Jill | June 22, 2007 at 08:57 PM
I remember all those tiny little clothes. Now my daughter is almost 21! Where does the time go!? When are you due? It sounds like you're "nesting" a little bit over there.
Beth
Posted by: Beth | June 23, 2007 at 12:45 AM
Once you are parents, you are changed forever. Enough years pass and you will remember life BD (Before Danger) as if it belonged to someone else.
It is not bad, it just is.
And helps protect both your and your partner's sanity when the young alien life forces get totally out of control.
Best to all of you as a family
Posted by: Holly | June 23, 2007 at 04:32 AM
Oh yeah. You betcha. You will always remember these nine months. And it only gets better...
Baby blessings!
Posted by: Susan P | June 23, 2007 at 11:21 AM
That was so sweet; I very nearly started tearing up. Danger will be in great hands, congratulations!
Posted by: Becka | June 23, 2007 at 04:17 PM