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So today my wife took our son to his appointment. Everything is good, he is healthy there are no concerns, he is in the 76th percentile for all, weight, height and head size, meaning that everything is in pretty good relation to each other. I can't believe it was 6 weeks ago this Thursday that he was born, there was so much that happened, sometimes I'm resentful at what actually did place, sometimes I'm selfish, for not having been allowed to be there for the birth of my son, to not be there to support my wife when she was going through everything alone, after having asked for me to be there w/ her. They say everything happens for a reason, but I'm still searching for the reason we all had to go through what we did. And then I look over at my son and my wife sleeping, happy, healthy and everything just falls away, the memory of it takes a back seat and I admire how lucky I am to have such an amazing family, Kelly I love you so much, thank you for giving me the most amazing gift. Taeghan, thank you for being so wonderful and being such a great teacher, you have taught me so much already and you're so young, I only hope that I can do the same for you throughout the years. Rhea, you are the most wicked dog, you are so gentle w/ the baby, you protect the house and mommy and the baby when I'm not home.
You all ROCK and I love you.

Great....who taught you THAT???

So today my son is one month old. He was born weighing 9lbs 2oz. Today we weighed him just casually at home on a digital scale, we weighed him twice 11lbs exactly. So in a month he has gained almost 2 lbs. God they get big so fast. So today we're having a little fun, my wife, my son and I just hanging around playing, and I make this annoying sound, and at first my son is looking at me like I'm completely retarded, then his lip stars to quiver, then, he pouts, he pushes out his bottom lip and his eyes well up, my god he looked like a trained professional. So my son is only a month and he knows how to suck his father in already, god w/ that face anyone would give in to him. I'm in so much trouble and we're only a month in HAHAHA.

Brain Freeze

GOD! It seems like forever and a day since I've written here. Things are just super hectic, at home, at work, everywhere, and the weather is starting to get nice so the last place I really spend anytime is the computer.
There was the brain freeze. Kelly and I had gone shopping, and we bought a slushy to share, and they use those 1" wide straws, so when you suck you take in 1/2 the slushy and at first nothing really happens, then slowly you feel your esophagus start to get colder, then slowly your brain begins to freeze, you can feel the pain rising, getting stronger and soon your brain is completely frozen, your eyes have tears running out of them. Your in so much pain and nothing you do can ease it. You've got to stick it out you've got to get control, force more WARM blood to your brain, in hopes that shortly it will thaw out so that mind numbing pain will go away. God that pain, that excrutiating pain. There is nothing like brain freeze. Nothing at all. So Kelly has this happen to her, and we get a good laugh, hers is so bad she's practically bawling from 1) the pain and 2) from laughing so hard. So after she's done and gets control she hands me the slushy and says you try. Um excuse me, why would I want to do that, brain freezes hurt. No they don't just try. OK. Um hello brain talking here, are you stupid mouth. What's wrong w/ you, why did you answer that request w/out consulting w/ the brain, the BRAIN first. Lips shouldn't echo sounds unless consulting w/ a trained professional first, as in the BRAIN. So again I pose the question mouth are you retarded. So away we go, and take a huge HUGE sip (god my brain is freezing just thinking about it) So it goes down w/ out a hitch, and slowly my throat starts to get cold, my stomach is starting to freeze I can feel it on the inside. I've taken in so much cold liquid that regardless of my stomach acid and the internal temperature of my body (98.6 degrees) it overwhelms all that heat. The ice is winning and slowly my brain starts yelling at me from the inside, why? Why have you done this, have you been broken, has the stress of becoming a father finally become too much, an slowly the freezing builds up, my eyes start squinting, my brain has practically JUMPED out of my ear in fear of becoming completely frozen. The pain has totally increased to the point that it has not exceeded breaking a limb. God I am laughing so hard at what a dumbass I was in agreeing to do this. My wife sits in the seat next to me in the car laughing, Laughing her ass off, at how dumb I was to do that after watching her pain.

God what fun.

In this corner - Ice Cream , in the other corner, Mr. Police man

So, my wife and I went swimming and to dinner at the in-laws (her parents) last night. It was a great night, all the kids and spouse's were there. Afterwards we headed for home, and the wife (pregnant) wanted to stop at DQ. For all you non ice cream lovers that's Dairy Queen. So we go through drive thru, yes DQ has drive thru. As they should, what's the point of getting ice cream to cool down, if you have to get out of your a/c'd car to walk through 35 degree heat. ANYWAYS. We get up to the voice box and my wife suggests getting something for the dog, so as a treat I order the dilly bar, he rings everything thru tells me to drive up to the window. He comes to the window with our stuff then says that they don't have dilly bars. I'm like do you have anything similar, in a very fast, un able to understand french (i am bilingual) he asks me if i want an ice cream cone dipped in chocolate ( i know now cause this is what i ended up with) I say sure. So we drive away, we are in our jeep w/ air conditioning (liberty) and driving home, my wife asks if it will melt just as we're leaving, we live 3 mins from DQ so I'm like no we'll be fine. No sooner do I open my mouth, (there goes my mouth speaking w/out talking to my brain first, for those of you that are now lost, read previous post - Brain Freeze ) then the icecream starts dripping down my hand, so i take a lick, and then I have the BRILLIANT idea to put the ice cream cone in front of the breeze from the a/c. Smart idea dummy, as ice cream blows all over my wife's lap. Ok so that doesn't work. So I speed up faster, then I mention that I could get a speeding ticket, oh great! And so the self conversing begins, yes out loud, yes w/ my wife in the car. Ok son, do you realize you were speeding, why officer of course I do, are you aware that my wife is pregnant, 5 weeks from her due date, and I am eating the ice cream for our dog, she is not very impressed, do you KNOW what emotion levels are like during pregnancy. Tell me officer, are you married do you have kids? Yes, well then you can certainly compassionately understand where I'm coming from. So officer, unless you would like to detain us any longer, have my wife's neck extend have her head slip out my window and bite YOUR HEAD OFF, you will let us continue on our way. So all the while my wife is howling in the car, laughing her a$$ off. So a notice to all husbands who are / will be expecting a child w/ their wife. Do as they ask, demand, request whatever, keep them happy at all costs, police are chasing you....KEEP going, have to pee, HOLD it, want sex, TOO bad, unless requested, demanded or asked. All of you will thank me in the future for heeding this previous warning.

Husband, still alive and kicking has learned valuable lessons,

Cyph

To Taeghan

What a beautiful day
Since that day I've thought of you
I've known who you'd be, I knew a boy was there to come
In hearts of hearts, I felt your presence
I never wavered or faltered, but believed a boy was there
Who WILL you be, You will be my son,
A son to hold, to cherish, to love, to respect, to teach,
To befriend,
My son, a joyous day yesterday was,
You showed yourself to us, you revealed, your nature of who you were.
A boy, to grow strong, to learn, to play
A young man, to be respectful,
A man to be envied,
Smart, Intelligent, caring, strong, stern, yet passionate.
To be a boy, always, having fun, for him for you
To live today as tomorrow will never come,

You are my son, I will cherish you forever,
You are my son, the son I always wanted,
You are my son, the son my father never had
You are my son, I am your father,
the father I never had,

I love you Taeghan,

Daddy,

Xo xo xo

To you my son

You're coming soon, so very soon,
Our lives you
Will change, Forever, never to be the same again
With much love we anticipate your arrival,
Through us we hope you grow and learn and prosper
We will hold your hand as each
day you grow, stronger,
smarter, more caring, understanding,
Taeghan Conor O'Neill Reid

An introduction

Well I guess introductions are in order. I used to have a space at spaces.msn.com/1diotradar, but spaces changed to live and that place no longer functions consistently.

So I have moved here, eventually most blogs and photos from there will be here, but until then this introduction will have to serve the purpose.

I am a 31 y/o male living in Quebec, Canada, I am happily married to a wonderful woman. We have been married for almost 4 years (October 2002). We just recently had our first child. That has to be and will always be the most amazing experience of my life. We named him Taeghan (pronounced T-gan). Today he is exactly 4 weeks old and to be honest he is the most amazing, wonderful, absolutely mind blowing thing I have ever witnessed.

My interests include sports, camping, going for walks w/ our 100+ lb rottie (Rhea see attached). We enjoy camping up at our cottage, about 45 mins from our house. Once our twice a year we go up to our other cottage which is about 10 hours away, more on that in another post. I like music, movies. I am a hockey fanatic. Ottawa Senators all the way.

Well, I don't want to give everything away in my first post. So I'll sign off, and keep coming back for more posts and pictures.