This is crazy. A little over 24 hours ago I became a dad. It hasnt set in yet.

This moment has been 9 months in the making. Forty weeks. 280 days. 6720 hours. 403,200 seconds. That’s a long time. A long time to prepare. A long time to figure out what you need, what you need to do, and how to do it. Then it happens.

Surreal

Its the only word to describe the experience. My wife had a planned C-section due to our daughter being breeched. I can’t tell if it is better or worse than a normal delivery. On one hand you know when it will happen. On the other hand you know when it will happen. The waiting is the worst part. Waiting for the pre-op procedures to take place. Waiting for the doctors to be ready and finally waiting in the OR.

Hearing your baby cry for the first time is a tense and amazing experience.

I wasn’t ready for it. It was magical. All of a sudden it hits you that you’ve brought another human being into this world. This is going to be one crazy and awesome ride. Here we go.