The post where I announce...

...that I'm a dad-to-be.

The news broke over Twitter a while a go and I made an announcement so at least "some" people can hear it first-hand for the first time.

So the vital facts are as follows:

• The kid is about 10 - 12 weeks now.
• Expected to be delivered in May. If we can hit May 22, then s/he'll share my birthday.
• Names? We kinda like Josiah for a boy. I wanted to give some bimbo name like Tiffany if its a girl, but the wife violently objects.
• Some people have been suggesting names though. Percival, Bambi, Optimus - and other wierd un-nameables coming up.
• What if I just named he/she "Ah". Full name on passport? Ah Lian.

I've also started thinking up some goals for my kid. Serving God in church is a given, but here are some other goals / ideals all parents surely come up with:

• If he's a boy, I'll introduce him to his first space marine when he's 6. By 7, we'll be playing chess with space marines and orks and he'll learn to hold a paint brush. I promise not to laugh at his pink space marines.
  
• If she's a girl, I'll introduce her to her first space marine when she's 6. By 7, we'll be playing chess with space marines and orks and she'll learn to hold a paint brush. I promise not to laugh at her pink space marines.

Yeah, I have very varied goals for my kid.