Mindless Juices

So, there's a storm camped out over the Raleigh/Cary area and the amount of lightning strikes is INSANE. It looks like Florida. This all translates to lots of work and lots of upset customers over the next few days. I'm REALLY looking forward to it. Meanwhile, I'm supposed to meet my wife at a store. I won't name the store, but we're going to look at stuff. This is stuff we haven't ever really looked at before. I'm a little weary, but I'm not sure why. I think I'm worried about pushy salespeople, but I think that's only in TV shows and movies. We went out to dinner last night and I got to hang out with Callie, our friend's 11 month old. She is quite adorable and somewhat fond of me. She smiles at me and stuff. After dinner, I got to hold her for a while and that was nice. Which takes me back to Daddy Boot Camp. Thats right.... it sounds weird, but as part of our education requirement for the adoption, I (meaning Sabrina) decided to attend Daddy Boot Camp last Saturday. This event was overshadowed by the NHL playoffs, but it deserves a mention. So, what I learned is: I'm not nearly as bad off as about 20 guys whose wives were literally a month or two away from birthing. It seemed like these guys had never held a baby before, never even seen a diaper changed, and really had not taken even a minute to pay attention to anything regarding being a dad someday. So, I got a big confidence boost. I know how to hold a baby... I'm not a big fan of passing a baby, but I'm getting better at that and I get less nervous with older babies. I know how to change a diaper. I've changed a few in my day, however, most were almost 10 years ago. But, I think it's like riding a bike. I learned some stuff like: 1.) "They" don't suggest using baby powder anymore. Apparently, it gets in the baby's nose and lungs and that's not good. 2.) Babies have flat noses so they can breathe while breastfeeding. This is somewhat useless information for our first child, but still something I learned. 3.) You can lay a child on its back and "bicycle" its legs to work gas out... burp 'em. 4.) Clinical studies have shown that babies enjoy watching football and hockey (not so much baseball and golf). They like the motion and colors. The Daddy Boot Camp specialists are working on trying to prove that this happiness is increased exponentially as the size of the screen increases (for both babies and daddies). Other than that, I've announced our adoption to my extended family via our family websites on MyFamily.com. So far, there's only been one person who has gotten on the site and she wished us luck, etc. It was nice and I hope the word gets around. If not, I'm sure there will be some talk when we go up for a wedding in July.