Firstly I must apologize my faithful readers for the long absence from my last post which ironically was about writing more frequent posts as a New Years Resolution (oops). As my title dictates this is a so far a very busy year for the household. Mainly, gearing up for this:
YES!!! We are expecting another bundle of joy this summer. We are very excited. More-so that Maddie will have a baby SISTER!! That’s right I will be out X-Chromosomed even more now. I meant to post this good news at the usual 12 week mark but some events and annoyances got in the way. First off, we took our time telling our close friends and relatives. Surprisingly with a pre-schooler I tend to make keeping in touch not a first priority all the time and have relied too much on Facebook, Twitter and texting to be my main means of communication. I do have the good sense not to tell my close friends that we’re having another baby via Facebook messaging or texting which explains the procrastination. Some of my good friends don’t even know yet or haven’t responded to my Facebook announcement that I posted last week (perhaps they haven’t seen it). But I wanted to tell most of my good friends on the phone and that took longer than I expected. We also took our time waiting to find out the gender and wanted to package all the news together instead of installments.
On top of all this we are in the process of finishing the basement, mainly as a playroom for Maddie and a place to store all her toys, which doubled since December, and we can have a less Romper Roomed living room. So I had to clean out the whole basement that had years of accumulated stuff so the guys could work down there and that took a lot of my time. But it’s looking great so far and we’re excited about that.
When the basement’s all finished then I have move all the stuff back down as well as my collectibles and DVD collection which is in the other bedroom which will be the new nursery for Baby Girl #2. When that room is empty I then have to rip it apart, paint it and get new carpeting, finish the closet and install a new ceiling fan. If there’s time I should (to be fair to Baby Girl #2) attempt to do a room-wide mural on the walls like Maddie’s room. I haven’t even entertained the idea of designing a whole new theme to make it different than Maddie’s, which is forest-themed. So Baby Girl #2 will also have a forest-themed mural, albeit with different posed animals and different trees. Sorry kiddo, nothing too fancy. In the midst of all this we should have ordered new furniture. You keeping up with me?
So the clock is ticking my friends. Right now we’re super-excited but also super-nervous about having TWO children running around. So many unknowns like How will this new baby sleep? Will she give us the same troubles as Maddie or whole new problems? Or will she be even easier? Will Maddie be super-sweet to her sister or insanely jealous of the attention taken away from her? That one right there is my main concern to be nervous. Not so much that Maddie needs constant attention but I never really know with Maddie. She’s one tough girl to pin-point. We told her a few weeks back and she seems to be really excited as well to be having a baby sister but when Baby Girl #2 is actually in Mommy’s arms most of the day, what then? It is extremely cute and heart-warming to see Maddie talk to my wife’s belly and rub it to say hello. I’m sure we’ll see a lot of hugs and hair-pulls.
But as Bill Cosby said, “You aren’t a true parent unless you have at least two children.”
So this Stay-At-Home Dad’s role (and sanity) will be drastically different this summer I guarantee that. I’m sure I’ll survive but at what cost 😉 So in advance I do apologize for the lack of posts or for the frequent outbursts and complaining! Time will tell.
Wish me/us luck!
Poppa Penguin 
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