My wife and I found out 8 weeks ago that she is pregnant.  I have been freaking out off and on throughout the entire first trimester.  My thoughts are that I am 30 and still a big kid myself!  Don't get me wrong, I have a great job, and we are able to have my wife stay at home wth the baby, but I am still nervous every so often.

My wife and I just found out that we are expecting like 2 weeks ago ;) This was GREAT news since we had been trying to conceive for quite some time.

When we got married 3 years ago we decided to take her little sister (16) out of an abusive household and try to raise her. When we decided to do this we put getting pregnant on the back burner. Not because we wanted to, but because we decided it was the right thing to do. After about 4 months of her sis living with us, she got pregnant. Now not only were we taking care of her sister, but she was expecting. This put major stress on our relationship and household. After living through the pregnancy her beautiful daughter was born. That left us with a 16 year old and a newborn that were not ours.

When I was a kid — which, these days, seems like a long, long time ago — the rules of social engagement seemed clear. You had friends who were just school chums. You didn’t hang out with them, you didn’t call them.

Then you had better friends to whom you might talk on the phone, or see every so often. Maybe they were friends of friends.

Your best friends were those you hung out with daily and gabbed with on the phone nonstop. The stereotype was that teen girls burned up the phone lines, but we adolescent boys used Alexander Graham Bell’s invention a lot, too. (My friend Cobey and I used to discuss each episode of “Beavis and Butt-Head” on the horn live. Yeah, as you might imagine, we weren’t very popular with the ladies.)

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So, I came across this ridiculous article about a guy (specifically, an expectant father) who freaked out when his girlfriend went into labor.  I am not sure what's more absurd -the fact that this guy forgot that he didn't know how to drive or the fact that it was considered newsworthy or the fact that I am writing about it!

free kids songs that won't drive you insane

Dance like an animal - not quite the song that you may think of when here this title, but it is catchy and your toddler will love it!  Again, keeping in the spirit of keeping your sanity, you won't go entirely crazy listening to this kid friendly song over and over again.  The visuals are good, too.

Being a parent of a toddler, we completely understand any angst you may be experiencing when it comes to watching your kid's baby Einstein video for the 30 millionth time.  That's why we decided to launch the "cool music that your kid will love, but that will not drive you crazy" initiative here on the hip new dad blog.  Our first song is the Elephant Song.