Happy Halloween everyone! So here it is. Halloween night. While the ghosts and witches roamed the streets going house to house asking for candy, Jane and I were out and about at a Halloween Party. A few jello shots later, we found ourselves home… doing the married couple dance. 
Jane forgot to take her pill exactly one year ago today. And because of that little slip, we created a little Monkey.
Were we ready? Nope.
Were we planning or trying to make a Monkey? Nope.
Did we freak out a few weeks later when Jane found out that she was pregnant because of that one missed pill on Halloween night? Oh yeah we did.
Do we regret it? Heck no. It was absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to Jane and I.
Our little Monkey, our little buddy, our little man… is so unbelievable. I can see why parents are often so annoying bragging about their kid. You can’t help become one of those crazed parents who talks about their child all the time if you’re not careful. I mean I live for our little Monkey. I live to see all of his smiles at me in the AM. I live to play with him. I live to see him with his mommy Jane and watch her play with him. I just love our Monkey so much. He rocks.
It’s crazy to think about sometimes. When we first learned Jane was pregnant, we both freaked out. If I had only known how things would be a few months after our son was born, I would have saved myself a LOT of stress. If I knew how much fun Monkey would be already, I wouldn’t have worried about so many things. And if I only knew how much we’d love Monkey more and more everyday, there really was nothing to worry about.
It’s so cool to se Jane as a mom. It’s brought out a WHOLE new woman in her that really impresses me. She’s good. Really good. Sure, we had a REALLY rough start with Jane’s post-partum depression, but once we got that licked, Jane transformed into Mommy Jane and we haven’t looked back since.
Happy Conceive Day Monkey. :)
Tarzan
P.S… Yes, Jane and I had a jello shot tonight (it was in a cupcake. Weird, huh?) … that’s all I’m saying for now.
P.P.S… Urrrgh. Jane bought too much candy for Halloween. We didn’t have many kids come by. That means we have a lot of candy to donate to some sugar crazed kids tomorrow. We got to get this stuff out of the house!
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- Fatherhood Slaps Me Across The Face Like An Escaped Wild Monkey Searching For Bananas
- Past memory of postpartum depression, breastfeeding Monkey, & my dog
- “Baby Mine” song + Monkey = Tears & Happy Thoughts
= a post from Mommy Jane 
= a post from Daddy Tarzan
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It’s funny to look back and see how much has changed in your life just one year ago!
However, I would suggest that you don’t repeat history this soon… lol
Hi Ellen! Yes, it’s been one heck of a ride, that’s for sure. As far as repeating history… hmmmm…
that’s cute!
what are you gonna tell Monkey when he starts asking where he came from?
Hi Tarzan and Jane!
Wow, doesn’t time fly? It was just about this time last year that I became pregnant as well. I remember giving out candy last Halloween, but this year things are quite different. With my husband off at work, I just couldn’t do the Halloween thing this year. Next year for sure!
My little Natalie is now 13 weeks old and I would not trade these 13 weeks for the world. Remembering just how hard those first two months were…Sleepless days AND nights, crying everyday because of the wacky hormones and not knowing what to do when Natty cried. I am so glad that part of motherhood/parenting is a thing of the past.
Happy Conception Day!
Donate the candy to the charity that sends it over to the troops!
Happy Conception Day to monkey and his parents! How fun to look back at how it all played out, huh? Good luck with repeating or not repeating history!
we conceived on my partners 40th birthday 12th november we didn’t find out i was pregnant till 7 weeks later and i can tell you there was a hell of a lot of partying in those 7 weeks – birthday parties, christmas parties, work end of year parties it was a crazy time, plus we had to move out of our inner city apartment because we were not allowed to keep our cats there i was so worried i would have a baby with problems because of all the partying and we did not have a roof over our head it was not the best start. We moved in to my partners mum house till we found a place (her house has views of the sydney harbor bridge and is a 2 minute ferry ride into the city ) we had the place to our self new years eve had potential to be a great night but morning sickness killed that same with christmas day.. but a year on i would not change a thing it is amazing how my life has changed for the , we moved out of my partners mum’s house in Jan live 10 min walk to the beach.. i can not wait for christas this year…
I am so happy for you and Jane it has been great sharing my experiences with you and hearing about yours
Was it just me or was there an insinuation that there might have been a repeat of what happened last year???
melissa, hopefully he just meant the “married couple dance” part. I cant imagine having another baby that soon
Melissa – That’s what I heard, too.
I think Tarzan has some explaining to do!!
Nope wasn’t just you Melissa, hmm, maybe Monkey #2 is on the way?
LOL, maybe this time would bring a little Monkeyette!
Didn’t Jane say in post she had decided she wanted four children? Maybe they got started on that
oh boy!!! ready for another?!?!?!?!? lol congrats on the one year marker of conception!!!
Now I am craving Halloween candy and we gave it all out:)
Amazing how life can change in the course of a year.
That’s funny, I was thinking about Halloween the same way, since my monkey was created at the same time but a year earlier. All the mystirious things are happening around Halloween……woohoo…