Let me start by stating my dirty little secret: I have become addicted to the comments section of Jamie’s blog. I enjoy reading other people’s thoughts and ideas about my son and anything else about which Jamie posts. I find it to be relaxing and distracting, all at the same time.
That said, Jamie periodically ambushes me with a request for a guest post. These command performances generally cause me stress. I know they shouldn’t, but they do. I am FAR more comfortable as a lurker. But I decided to man-up and write my thoughts about the recent happenings in the Life of Weitl. A previous comment asked about my thoughts regarding baby names for “the twins”.
No.
I don’t.
At first, I felt bad about this fact. How can I fail to have an opinion about the names of my potential future children?? I thought about that question for about 15 minutes (believe me, that is a long time for me) and came to the realization that it isn’t a lack of opinion I have, it is a lack of choice. In my world, this question was settled long ago. Jamie and I discussed these names thoroughly and we jointly arrived at the decision. If we have a girl, next name up is Clara Jane. If boy, Anderson James. And that is how it will happen. I am POSITIVE about that fact. One and one. Boy and girl. You get the picture.
The daily facts of life with twins still seems a little bit unreal right now. I don’t have a freaking clue how we are going to juggle everything. But I know we will handle it. And because of this knowledge, I am rather unconcerned about the upcoming changes. The adjustments we made for Bo were huge, and the adjustments for twins will undoubtedly be squared (I figured doubling the adjustments wasn’t enough, but squaring? That’s probably better).
This brings me around to my main trouble whenever I consider posting about…anything. I am absolutely floored that anyone cares what I have to say about…anything. Each of you who is reading this has made a conscious (or unconscious, depending on how long you’ve been staring at the computer) decision to find out what Jamie and I have to say about life. This astounds me. I’m not sure I want to know what I am thinking, sometimes. So if you would like to hear more random dribblings from my brain in addition to Jamie’s thoughtful, insightful posts, leave me a comment. I probably won’t be a great poster, but hopefully I can at least get a smile from you once in awhile. And maybe the guest posts will stop causing me stress!
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Hi Mike,
It’s always good to hear from “Mr. Sticky Feet”!
With a baby and twins on the way, it seems like a lot of the burden falls on the dad, esp. as it gets harder for the pregnant mom to do certain tasks, and as most moms of twins don’t spring back immediately following delivery. But, that’s not a perspective we get to hear often (or ever). Heck, there’s a lot about the male perspective that we never hear! Your guest posts are very welcome (not that we don’t love Jamie too).
I strongly encourage the Guest Posts!
lol, you did great!
I don’t even think I could get my Hubs to write hi let alone paragraphs
Have to say you’re probably right on track in your thinking that double trouble isn’t probably accurate. I don’t have twins but my oldest are 13 months apart and I know that 2 was not simply double the work. A third was also not just 3 times the work. Most days it feels like 30 times!!
The world of blogs is a surprising phenomenon, especially good blogs such as this. I find I am surprised I am so interested in hearing what someone I have never met has to say but… I definitely am. Especially, when you find you can really relate to the people writing the blog and they can write well. It’s always good to hear from the man in the household too, it’s not often a perspective we hear about and this post points out a big difference in most men and women. Men just don’t sweat the details as much and that is refreshing for sure. I know that myself, I would have the same overall feeling that everything would be ok but I would still find myself sweating the details when I would rather not be. Anyway, great to hear from you and I really do think that you, Jamie and Bo sound wonderful. The twins are very lucky to be joining such a great family.
Clare
You’re right — the names were decided so long ago it seems like a non-issue. We really have had our names selected for years.
Love you. Thanks for the guest post.
Dear Mr. Stickfeet,
You are the greatest SIL ever!! You make Jamie very happy!! You are a great dad–
Your thoughts and comments are great….
Love,
Your MIL
I love the guest posts, Mike! I agree with Midwest Mommy….I wouldn’t even get my hubby to write Hi, let alone a whole post. I am always intrigued by the guy’s perspective in all of this (and anything else marriage/parenthood related). Our household is similar to yours, in that I am the worrier and my hubby definitely is not. It is a good balance.
Since I know Mike personally, I can safely say that Jamie couldn’t ask for a better husband (and Mom too!) to support her through a twin pregnancy and to help shoulder the responsibility of two babies.
Keep the posts coming, Mike! You may become so popular that Jamie will have to give you your own day each week for “Ask Mike.”
Hi, Mike! Good to hear from you… I think a surprise posting once in a while is a great idea
Take care and congratulations!
Okay….if I could even get my hubby to sit down and read a blog, any blog, not even mine…it would be a miracle. I personally am a bit jealous at the moment.
Twins will rock your world. I can’t begin to explain how different EVERYTHING IS. I can’t even imagine twins plus Bo…. But your optimism is great. All my hubby says is “I told you so!” whenever I have those moments that I wonder what the heck we were thinking transferring three embryos. Thank God…only two of our stickies stuck or I would sure be in the lcal grin bin.
I lokk forward to your next post….as you did bring a smile to my face.
Your guest posts always amuse me and make me think we should all hang out more:)
Veralee
Hey Mike! Bring it on. It’s nice to hear from the other half on occasion.
I wish I could get Frenchie to sit down and write a post.
Mike,
Everytime I read something you or Jamie wrote on your blog, I feel like I am a little closer to you. You both do wonderfully with your writing! Keep it up! The blog allows us to keep up with what is happening in your lives — and we ARE interested in what you have to say! We are proud to have all of you in our family!!
Love,
Mom
I wish I could get BigP to post so I could have some insight to what is going on in his brain!
I love the names. Hope to see you post again soon.
YAY…. Of course we like to hear. Heck, I follow about 50+ blogs a day, and I was soooo excited to hear about the twins.
Happy to hear from Daddy, to hear from Mommy every day and know that brother and the twins will be truly loved and protected.
What a delightful few months to come!!
I think it’s great that you post too! Enjoy the comment reading!