I would like either the power to fly or to pass through things Or the power to teleport...
Haha that is exactly what I was going to say. I have always loved Nightcrawler from X-Men
That would be the best! Right now my wife is pregnant and I swear she only wants things once I sit down
Absolutely. My wife is from California, and that 12 hour drive gets old really fast
It would be so much easier to just teleport to the fridge and back
Hahaha oh man, my wife actually just had a baby 5 weeks ago, but I know exactly what you are saying
That would be nice too! I'm from AZ and the 10 hour drive is rough too Hahaha it's hard! I mean making the baby is probably harder but I mean it's always just one more thing
Definitely. Or it's one thing followed by another, followed by another, etc. How far along is your wife?
Yes! She's 18 weeks today, about half way there now!
Woohoo! Has she been super sick? My wife had a miserable first trimester, and things got better after that.
Yeah it has been pretty bad.
Heartburn, nausea, sleepless nights?
She hasn't been too excited about it with her nausea but she saw her cousin today who had her baby last week and now she is really excited Yeah that is hit and miss. She takes B6 and unisom and that helps her a lot lately
Excellent, hope those help, they were great for my wife. Everybody says the second trimester is the easiest, so hopefully her health improves Are you planning on going to any prenatal classes or birthing classes together?
My wife talked a little about them. I honestly just feel so lost when it comes to pregnancy so that is a little hard
Take it for what it is worth, but I found the class incredibly informative. I was a bit skeptical at first but I think we found a great class. It was so helpful for me to know what to expect at the hospital, she basically gave us a play by play of what it is like to give birth.
They seem like they would help me a lot Yeah see that would be really nice.
Absolutely was. But it definitely does take time and mental effort to figure it out, there is so much to it, it's no wonder people have careers devoted to it.
My wife is the first to have a grandbaby on her side and I have one brother who has had 5 but he is on the East coast so I can't really hear ask him all about it If you were to have a career for it anywhere, Provo would be that place
Hahaha that is so true. I noticed though that even doctors or pediatricians have differing opinions on what to do, they don't all agree with each other about how to take care of a newborn.
That's interesting I mean I feel like it's the same idea with everyone and their ideas on parenting Of course, I know I have the best ideas so I'm not too worried about that part hahaha
Yeah, it's true. So I find it helpful to ask a lot of questions and get a lot of opinions, but realize that at the end of the day it's up to you and your wife to decide. Haha yep, I actually like calling up my parents, and then also my in-laws, because they are drastically different and so I tend to get opinions from both sides of an argument
Both of our families have kids that are still pretty young, 8 on one side and 12 on the other, so it is interesting being able to sort of see it in action
Oh yeah, I'm sure you'll have it no problem. Are you and your wife both in school still?
She likes to believe she is but she found out she was pregnant about 3 weeks into the semester and about a month ago she decided it was better to just work and focus on her calling so she kind of gave up on school. But I am still going strong! Are both of you still in school as well?
I think I can empathize with that, it definitely has been tough for my wife when she was working full-time while pregnant. She had graduated a couple of years ago and works in an HR department in American Fork, I am finishing up my last semester right now actually, so I'm almost done!
I know how that is. She was in a technical school after her mission so she makes a lot more than I do which is difficult That is awesome though! Congrats! If I'm lucky and get into my program I have 3 years of school left
Oh, really? What program is it, are you applying right now to it?
Accounting. I apply this June
Nice! I took an accounting class last semester and really enjoyed it. It's a huge world and BYU is really good at it. I hope you get in!
Yeah it is a lot of fun it's been hard with my wife getting pregnant and it being an 8 AM class What did you major in?
Yeah, I had a really hard time going to my 8 AM class this semester with a new baby. I studied Applied Mathematics. It is a young program here but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
That sounds awesome I love math so much. Math and physics are two of my favorite things
Amen to that. I wish we had a better math education system in the U.S. I think most people who dislike math just weren't taught appropriately.
I totally agree with that I didn't have the best teachers, which is why I think geometry isn't really math per se but I still managed to really enjoy it
Yep, and I think a lot of people feel that way. Teachers need to be taught how to teach math. Anyways I could go on that topic for days lol.
Haha I know how you feel. It was really nice because I took physical science my first semester and everyone made college seem impossibly hard and I was going to fail my first midterm but it would really push me to work harder. It was on physics and I got a 100% on it and that helped me to feel better about college
Wow, absolutely crushed it! That's incredible. I'm glad you had that experience. I've been learning a lot about our generation and stereotypes about us. And the number one thing is that we don't know how to work hard, we feel entitled to everything.
That is so true! It drives me a little crazy. Admittedly I don't work very hard when it comes to school and I succeed which frustrates a lot of people But my parents are under the impression that you should work for anything you want in life and since I have come to college I have had to pay for everything and I feel like that has made me mature a lot faster than a lot of people
Well some people are natural learners, and great at learning new things, there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, take advantage of that as much as possible haha. Let's be honest, life is only gonna get crazier from here on out, especially with a child on the way. Do you guys hope for a boy or a girl? Or indifferent?
Everyone my wife talks to thinks it is a girl. I'm holding out for a boy though I'll be happy either way but I think that if I could choose the baby would be a boy
Yes! That is exactly what I thought. Now that I have a little girl though, she definitely is precious and I am quite happy with her. She makes really funny faces sometimes, including going cross-eyed at times. It is way funny
haha that is so funny I am really excited just to be a dad, especially to start making dad jokes. I feel like the baby was a surprise and a gift either way so I'll be happy either way the worries that I have about the baby wont change for a boy or a girl so it doesn't really matter to me
Oh man, that is so precious.  With an attitude like that you're going to be an amazing father, no doubt about that in my mind. Well I have had a wonderful time being able to converse with you. So awesome to hear that you're expecting a child, that's so amazing. But I gotta take off, gotta head home.