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6:43 am - I am heading out to work this morning. I am very excited to see you for the very first time. I know that the next few hours are probably going to drag, and I likely won’t be all too productive at work. It is crazy for me to imagine how small you are, and that a Doctor is going to be able to show me a picture of you today. Well, I had better head out to the car so I am not late to work.

8:14 am - As I had predicted time has slowed to a crawl. I think this is how time seemed to pass for me when I was 5 years old. Everything took forever when I was younger. I keep think that time speeds up as you get older. And since you are so young maybe that means the past few hours have felt like years to you?

10:15am - Well, I am getting ready to jump out of work and meet Jaime at the Doctors office. I can feel stress building up as I process the excitement of seeing you and learning about how you are doing. I tend to always begin thinking about ‘worst case scenarios’, maybe this is from my Boy Scout training to ‘Always Be Prepared’. I am praying for you constantly, that you are healthy and doing well. I will soon know more, and will see you soon!

12:42pm - Jaime and I just left the Doctors office. It was so amazing. We were able to see and hear your tiny heart beating and even see where your head and even your arms are right now. Your heart rate is 167 beats per minute, which is good and you are 1.53 cm long right now. You are healthy and growing just as you should. And Jaime and I were right, you are 8 weeks old right now. We are so excited to have seen you today, and we will see you again on May 13th!

Your First Pictures

Last night we decided to continue our efforts to adopt two older children that we believe God wants us to adopt. There have been numerous ‘coincidences’ over the past few months that we just can’t ignore. And yes, we do have a baby on the way that will be born in just over 7 months. And, most people have viewed this as ‘crazy’. We have boarded the crazy train!

I will keep everyone updated on how this is progressing! We are very excited right now, as we expand our family!

Today Jaime and I officially learned that we are approved to adopt in the State of Florida! We also learned that the children that we had been hoping to adopt are available!

We talked with their case worker today and told her that we are pregnant and are not really sure what to do. We have also been invited to a ‘blind’ visit this Thursday evening. We are still not 100% sure what to do, so we have a BIG decision to make very very soon. So, please be praying for us. We want to do what is best for the children, our family, and follow God in all things.

Right now is a very exciting time in my life.

Yesterday morning Jaime had a gift bag for me that she was really excited to have me open. I thought it was a bit odd to give me a gift while I was rushing to get to work on time. I opened the gift bag and inside was a pen box. I thought “I don’t really need a pen… but something else could fit into this box….” I opened the box and inside was a pregnancy test that showed positive! Jaime is pregnant! I’m a Dad!

We estimate that the due date is around November 24th.

We are very excited about this news! And now we need to decide if this changes any of our adoption plans……

Yesterday my wife and I went shopping for a couple of shirts for me. The reason we were actually doing this is a bit silly. On Friday I took all of my work shirts to the dry cleaner, and they won’t be ready until after 5:00pm on Tuesday. And, well I need to have nice shirts for work on Monday and Tuesday. So, to solve this dilemma we went shopping. After trying on a few shirts it was very clear that I no longer wear a Large shirt. A medium shirt now fits me just fine!

I truly am shrinking!

Jaime and I also began the Couch to 5k Running Program over the weekend. To commemorate our running journey we both grabbed some new running shoes and hit the pavement. We completed the first two days of the program already, so all is going well. We also mapped out a 5k from our front door back to our front door, so it is neat to see the distance that we should be able to run in just 9 weeks. Crazy stuff.

Well, I had better get back to the task of shrinking.