Davis

He's here. And it's true- i never knew you could love someone you have known for such a short amount of time. He's doing great. katie is doing great. it's been really fun to have so many friends and family stop by. here are the first of many pics.

T-Minus 24 Hours

Well folks here we sit.
This time tomorrow Davis will be here.
No more games.
No more thinking.
here he comes!
After going to the doc and finding out he's weighing in at a solid 9.4 pounds we've decided to let the little (big) man take his first breath.

This time tomorrow- just call me Dad.

It seems silly to say thank you to God for such an easy and safe pregnancy. As often our words do fall so short of giving thanks for all of the many blessings.
So now we selfishly pray for a safe delivery.

It seems like yesterday i started this blog and now it's about to come to life.

Thank you God for gifts of life.

sacrifices

well we are making our first real sacrifice for Davis this week. All of YL is in Orlando at a 4 day conference at Disney World and we can not go because of Katie being pregnant. She can't fly and there is NO WAY I'm driving her down there and her go into labor in Nowhere,GA or Mosquito, FL. So we are missing a free trip to Florida. But when you put it into perspective is it really that bad? (I guess a lot of things could really fit under that category- in perspective, God's perspective, are things really that bad) Is missing a trip to Florida, really that bad to recieve a gift from God?
Probably not.
Today I'm thankful that Davis is already helping me remember to see things as God sees things. Thanks Davis.

This is something I brought home to Katie today.

weekly visits

Katie started her weekly doctor visits until Davis comes. This week everything looked good and doc said Davis was definitely "sitting low", which is good and he said can make for a quicker delivery.
This week we are going to the hospital to register, so when we go to the hospital for delivery everything is already on file about doctors, insurance, etc...
On a down note, we bought the car seat and stroller this week and put it together, only to find that the strap which raises and lowers the seat is snagging- so we have to exchange the stroller and put together a new one.

Any day now!

Well Katie has passed the mark where she now goes to the doctor once a week until Davis comes. It has been neat seeing Katie be pregnant around Christmas time. We were reading an advent devotional the other day and talked about how often waiting time, is preperation time (the coming of Christ and pregnancy).
Here are some pics from Christmas where we hung out with family and celebrated her belly!

Teddy Bear U

So today, Saturday the 17th of November, was devoted to Teddy Bear University. From 9am till 5pm Katie and I were in a class with 14 other couples at Parkwest hospital on being pregant, hopital terminolgy and procedure, etc... We found out about contractions and when to come to the hospital. We found out about different types of labor, how to change diapers, take care of the umbilical cord, and the list goes on.
It was pretty interesting overall and I am glad we enrolled and took part. We had videos, handouts, questions and lecture. Katie's favorite part was finding out about the pain meds and mine was playing with the baby doll all day.
Katie says, " I can't wait to swadel and bathe Davis at 2:30 in the morning!"
The one complaint I had...they thought it was appropriate to show a birthing and then dismiss to lunch--sort of ruined Jason's Deli.
Feel like we are getting closer and closer!

Around the House

So everyone keeps telling us that if we have any projects to do around the house to do them before Davis comes. So today I tried to knock one off of the list. Our driveway was in pretty serious need of resurfacing (it could probably be recapped, but for now resurfacing will do). So on this beautiful Saturday I resealed the driveway. Hopefully the little guy will like it when he falls and skins his knee in a couple of years!
Before


After


More pics



So there you go.
We've got a bunch of showers planned starting in December, Katie has started going to the doctor every two weeks now, and in less than 12 weeks we will have a child.

Crazy

heading into this holiday season there is too much to be thankful for.