I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything and I apologize for the delay. Sometimes, life gets in the way and you just need a bit of a break. Well, I’m back and I’m going to do my best to keep these posts coming as often as possible!

Many of you are aware that Melissa’s due date is in 6 days, December 5th. So far, nothing to report in terms of anything exciting or “signs” of labor. We will be going to the doctor again on Wednesday for another ultrasound just to check on how Caleb is doing, how big he is, etc. Our biggest prayer is that Melissa have a healthy and perfect delivery and prayerfully, that will not include being induced. If you could keep us all in your prayers, we’d appreciate it. We want this little guy to come when in God’s perfect timing, not anyone else’s.

During this time of waiting, I find that I keep growing more and more anxious. Not anxious in a nervous sense of the word, but just growing more and more anxious to meet my son. I know my darling wife is ready to meet him too. We want to hold him in our arms, cuddle him, make ridiculous baby noises and generally make fools out of ourselves for him… but isn’t that the great thing about being a new parent? You can make all these goofy and silly noises and faces and no one thinks you’re being weird! I love it!

I keep finding myself day-dreaming about what it will be like when we come home with a new baby. The joys, the struggles, the lack of sleep, and all the other amazing and incredible things that will happen. It’s such a new concept, a foreign concept really, that I’m going to be a daddy. I always knew in the back of my mind that I wanted kids – but never has it been so close at hand. I can almost see it coming. The surreality is still here, but I know it’s reality and will soon be the new normal for us. Just think that this little family of Melissa and Matthew will soon be a threesome, and someday a “many-moresome”. What kind of life will we have? Will our children follow in the footsteps of Jesus all the days of their lives? Will I be able to provide for them not just monetarily, but spiritually as the representation of Christ to them? These are all the questions that run through my mind each and every day. I know that we are ready – as ready as anyone can be that is. We’ve had 9 months to prepare ourselves, our home, our lives, and our hearts for the arrival of our little gift from God. I just pray that as Caleb enters into this world, that I will be the best husband I can be to my wife as she will always come first in my life second only to the Lord – and that I will be the best daddy I can be to our little son.