There's a Baby in the House

Here are the top clues indicating you might have a new baby living in your house:


There's a barely legible sign hanging on your front door that reads, "Mom, Dad, and baby sleeping . . . please come back another time."

Budget money reserved for Tigers tickets is now used on (very expensive) diapers.

Coffee is the new water.

The way you choose an acceptable shirt to wear to work changes from "what looks good?" to "which shirt does not have a drool stain on it?"

People are sleeping with one eye open.

You hear your wife say, in a sweet delicate voice, "Hey handsome," but she's not referring to you any longer.

You'd consider trading your car for an afternoon nap.

N.T. Wright is swapped for Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions.

You find yourself walking around your house at 2 a.m. with baby on your chest for twenty minutes without once ever opening your eyes.

You write a blog about your newborn son on your wife's 26th birthday (guess who came up with that?)