Exciting News and a New Chapter in Jesse's Life

I will begin this series of blogs with the event that informed me of the changes that are about to happen in my world.

Wednesday March 27, 2013, location Indianapolis. I, Jesse Yoder, age 27, was in my first week of Spring Break. I had created a list of tasks I wanted to accomplish during my two week vacation. I look forward to these breaks in my school year because they give me the opportunity to refocus myself as a professional and get back to the ideologies I started with at the beginning before the rush of the school year made them a jumbled mess in my simple mind. This Wednesday I had a couple things on the agenda for the evening. I had an indoor soccer game and our (Steph and I's) new small group was meeting afterwards.

A minor distraction to the whole evening, Stephanie was ansey to take a pregnancy test. She had started to have symptoms of pregnancy and we had been trying to become pregnant so it was not out of the realm of possibilities.

However, one thing I have learned as a married man is that the female anatomy is unpredictable. Stephanie's body and I have done this dance before. The first time I was a newly wed husband and the possibility of becoming pregnant so close to being married was a wake up call. Well that turned out to be a false read. Her body would cry wolf two or three times after that and I had become numb to her random physical happenings.

Which brings me back to March 27th, once again, Steph's body wanted my attention. A wave of nausea, stomach cramps, and physical changes in certain areas of her figure roused suspicion of pregnancy. I told Steph to wait until after she missed her period and not waste a pregnancy test (Her body would not get a rise out of me this time). Steph disagreed, stating these were different feelings than before. We discussed the matter and agreed that we should wait to take the test til after her period. Satisfied, I left for my soccer game. I shut the door and Steph made a B-line for the bathroom.

I returned victorious from my indoor session to find my wife in the bedroom with a sentence written on her stomach in lipstick that demanded my attention : "Your going to be a daddy" 

My first thought was: That is not the correct use of 'Your'. I can be slow in some circumstances. Enter emotions. I'm going to be a dad? I literally wasn't quite sure how to react. Some thinking time in the shower and I emerged excited. It finally hit when we prayed and thanked God for blessing us with a baby.

Fast forward a couple weeks. We've gotten our official doctors letter of our pregnant status, we are 6 weeks along currently, baby is due on November 30th. We informed all family and friends and I'm sure will post it on Facebook soon. Steph has commenced getting sick in the morning as well.

And that brings us up to speed. I decided to keep up this blog for a number of reasons. Primarily, as a creative outlet and thought processor for myself. It will also be a place that friends and relatives can go to get an update on the Yoders. Also, I thought it should be interesting since there is less out there on the pregnancy process from the guy's perspective.

So into the unknown we go. Hopefully, I don't embarrass myself too much with this whole process and I learn a lot. During the next eight months my attention will be focused on my beautiful wife and trying to make sure her needs are met. I am sure I will neglect this at some point. Thanks for reading and I hope you derive some type of enjoyment from this blog.