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Baby Update Monday
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Waiting for a Miracle…
I’ve been reading through C.J. Mahaney’s book Humility with my friend Alf and it has been really good. We both decided that we needed to cultivate a little humility (ok a lot) in our lives. This book has been transformational. C.J.’s insights have opened my eyes to really see how much pride is really in my life.
In the last chapter we read, C.J. wrote about looking for God’s works of a grace in our lives and those that are around us. He talked about how Paul was able to see good things in the church at Corinth even though they were more screwed up than a peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich (my illustration not his). He talked about how only a truly humble person can see the work’s of grace in those that are messed up.
This hit really hard to home for me. I have to admit that I’m a pretty critical person. I’m not very big at looking for the grace in others lives and definitely not in my own life. I’m usually the first person to find faults and then exploit them through veil of sarcasm.
This hit home the other night after church when I was getting a few drinks with my friends at the Copper Lounge. We were all praying for my friend Carl (yes in a bar…and the waitress said it was beautiful) and Carl in turn started to pray for all of us at the table (he’s a great guy like that). He started praying about the miracle that was about to happen in my life and thanking God for the every day miracles in our lives.
It struck me at that moment that God is about to work a miracle in Shannon’s and my life. We’ve been in a little bit of denial that we are going to actually have a kid, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to happen (place you bet here 
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God’s grace is blatantly obvious and I have been blatantly cold to what He is doing. I haven’t been aware of the way that He has sustained us during this time. How He has given us strength. How He has given us rest. How He has provided. How He has been there with us every step of the way and how He will be with us to the end. My eyes have been blind, but now I see (that’s kinda catchy…someone should write a song).
It’s funny how even though we don’t acknowledge God’s grace He still decides to work in our lives. But now that I’m able to see the miracle that is at hand, I have a new sense of excitement that has come over me. I’m waiting for a miracle and that my friends is going to be great thing to see.
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Any day now…
Go here to enter the baby pool.
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Tech Wednesday - Blog Fathers
If you’ve been keeping track, Shannon only has 10 more days until Asa is due to enter this world (June 1st…make sure to put your guess in for the pool). With this on my mind I’ve been noticing a lot of fathers-to-be on twitter. These are guys that have either just had a kid or are in the pregnancy stage. It’s like there is baby boom in the twitterverse.
So on this Tech Wednesday, I thought I would compile a quick list of all the twitter dads that I know of to date. These are either links to their dedicated blogs or their twitter accounts…whichever one they have.
Erik Anderson - Any man that has more grills than children is ok in my books. Erik has a 2-year-old and another kid due in September.
Joe Day - Joe is a pastor at Mars Hill in Seattle and is about to have twin girls. I’m freaking out about having one…may God give you the strength Joe.
Dustin DeKoekkoek - Dustin’s kid isn’t due until August, but he already has his own twitter account.
Jack Moffitt - Jack’s son was born in January and has already started blogging.
CJ Mills - CJ’s wife just had their son Asher on the 16th….oh yeah…Asher was two month early and they were on vacation. You need to go to his site and read the story. Also pray for Asher and his parents as you can imagine all the things that go along with having a kid that premature.
That’s all the fathers-to-be and recent-fathers in the tech world that I know of right now. If I missed you on the list, make sure to let me know in the comments below. It’s cool to know that I’m not in this crazy process alone.
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Count Down to Baby!
photo by: laffy4k
So I realized today that I haven’t given a baby update in awhile. So here is your update. We are currently four weeks from our due date of June 1st. I have to say that there are elivated levels of excitement and fear.
It’s kind of crazy to think that we are about to be parents. In no time at all, I’m going to be losing sleep and changing diapers. But I’m also going to get to use all the cool stuff that we’ve gotten for the kid.
We have the nursery pretty much ready to go (we still have to get a few minor items) thanks to two baby showers that were thrown for us. I’ve been having fun the last few weeks/days setting things up. I even have the car seat base already in the car. I know…I’m a nerd.
It’s also been fun getting to feel Asa move. He is already in posistion (head down) and has been really active. It’s crazy to watch Shannon’s stomach rise and fall. And from what we’ve noticed of his activity, we are going to have a night baby (he takes after his daddy). So, it looks like I’ve got a lot of late nights in the near future.
Speaking of the near future. Don’t forget to put in your guess for when our bundle of joy is going to enter this world.
Well that is pretty much it in baby world. We’re just getting ready here on the home front. Preparing the nursery and taking birthing classes.
Here is one question for all the parents out there. What was one thing that you think every new parent should have that they don’t typically get beforehand?
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Best (local) commerical ever!
I came across this and had to share it. I’ve never seen a local commercial done so well. It nearly brought tears to my eyes (who am I kidding…I cried).
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It’s Pool Time!
photo by: Bethany L King
So here is how it is going to go. This is pretty much you typical baby pool. You’re going to leave a comment below with your prediction for the baby’s due date, due time, and weight. There will be one prize for the person that gets the closest in each category (with the other categories being the tie breakers). The person that is the closest to all three will win a grand prize. I’ll give out a grand and runner-up prize for the people that are closest to the delivery time (weight will be used in the case of ties). The person who is the farthest off from all three will win the grand un-prize (my kids first dirty diaper).
Do you want to know what the prizes are? Well tell them Bob….
Ok so I don’t have that figured out yet, but I’ll get together with Shannon and I’ll update you in the future.
Grand Prize: $10 Starbuck Gift Card
Runner-Up: $5 Starbuck Gift Card
(Sorry it’s all I have)
To answer a few questions in advance:
The due date is June 1st.
No this isn’t an April Fools joke (I just happened to come up with the idea today).
No you can’t exchange you’re prize for something else.
This isn’t The Price is Right…you can guess over.
You must predict all three, or you will be disqualified.
If you don’t put am/pm, it will be assumed you meant am.
Any other questions can be sent to me via my contact form.
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