Two Year Re-Cap and Fatherhood

Richard Bui — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:00:08 +0000

This is a very special anniversary for us, it’s our 2nd year as Husband and Wife. We bought a house and moved into it in January. We brought our grey tabby cat, Stripes, on her sixth birthday and we got Stripes a baby brother, an all black cat named Panther, in March. The State of California started having some budget issues and Andrea was hit with furloughs. Then me. In June, we went to our very first San Francisco Giants baseball game (they beat the Atlanta Braves) and then three more subsequent Giants games. We did home improvements along the way and most recently added concrete to create additional driveway space.

Now we begin another chapter in our journey: parenthood. It’s both unreal and surreal to say that we are going to be parents. Even when the pregnancy test and doctor’s test came back positive, I was in shocked whereas Andrea had a certain calmness in knowing. Even when I first saw a glimpse of the bean like shape that would mold itself into a baby, I still couldn’t believe it was real. But it’s 100% real and it’s really exciting.

But at the same time I’m scared. Will I be a good father? Will I teach our child many great things? Will I be able to protect our child from whatever harms that may exist? Many of my friends that are parents say it’s a life changing experience when you have a child and I’m sure that will be the case for is when the child comes into this world and takes his or her first breath.

But today is also something very special. It is what has allowed us to have this child. It is our 2nd Anniversary where we share our love for each other. While we currently have nothing extravagant planned to celebrate, Andrea has already given me the best present anyone can give: immortality through a child.

I love you my wife and our future “bun” that’s cooking in the oven. Happy 2nd Anniversary.

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Two Year Re-Cap and Fatherhood