I can say that Mama didn’t want to know the sex of the baby ahead of time…I did. Since she didn’t want to know, we didn’t find out. I’d like to point out that it drove her insane towards the end because we couldn’t get the room painted really and she couldn’t buy baby clothes. And oh how she loves buying clothes for our kids!!
Anywho, at a whopping 3 months old, Tank hasn’t been around long enough to really tell you much. He eats, he sleeps, he poops. Typical. I’ll start with how he got his nickname.
March 2nd, at 020-ish it begins. I had just dozed off after being awake somewhere around 19 hours. I was on the uncomfortable bench/father’s bed in the delivery room at the hospital my wife worked at. I was told by my wife and her friend Carrie, our awesome nurse and child photographer, that it was going to be a while and I should get some sleep. 0215, I doze off after coughing (bad bad chest cold). 0230…”Honey, wake up. It’s time.” Me, “Huh? Ok.”
Fast forward a bit. The head was out and the doctor was struggling with the shoulders. Interesting….my wife’s Female doctor had NO problem delivering the first two. Maybe this guy isn’t as good as Kim thought. The doctor informed my wife she was going to have to push to get the shoulders out. Now, neither Kim nor I said this out loud, but later found out we both thought the exact same thing….”What do you mean, push? The last two just kinda slid out after the head.” Once delivered (and we saw that it was a boy) I realized that this kid just looked bigger than I remember the babies being. Probably just poor memory of the delivery for the first two. Then they weighed him.
Nutty was born at 39 weeks at 6 pounds, 15 ounces.
Monkey was born at 38 weeks at 6 pounds, 7 ounces.
Tank was born at 39 weeks at 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Just a tad bit bigger than the other two. Because of his size, he required the extra push to get the shoulders out. Kinda explains that a bit. Nevertheless, he earned the nickname of Tank at that moment. Now, for almost everything, I have a joke. One particular joke included the punch line, “Tankity Tank Tank”. So there ya go.
Also, FYI, if you want to see Tank smile. Just talk in a slightly higher pitched voice and tell him he’s “A handsome boy” or that he is “pretty”. Those smiles come FLYING out!
