19 Days and Counting

October 27 at 2 pm. We've never known our baby's gender before, much less a name and much much less the date and time of their arrival. So it's been fun this time around to be talking about and praying for Baby Micah - and to know that he'll be here well before Halloween. (The boys wanted to dress him up as Yoda, but we decided he probably wouldn't be quite ready for that.) We're also thankful that it will be a scheduled C-section as opposed to the 2 emergency Cs that came after hours and hours of labor (I'd put numbers but Kristin would only have to correct them later).

Kristin is definitely feeling the effects of being 36 weeks along. But she is a trooper and keeps taking care of the rest of us in addition to lugging that chunker around. We reflected that in some ways the last few weeks of pregnancy might be the most difficult of parenting, because you can't put the kid down or get help from anyone else... If he decides to stand up sideways and beat on your gall bladder all you can do is poke him a little and hope he gets bored of it. And if he gets hiccups all you can do is wait 'em out.

Thanks for praying for all of us, especially Kristin and Micah! We are very thankful and celebrate with those close to us who have also just had babies: the Gareaus in Charlotte had Landon James, the Wojnickis in Louisville just had Daniel John and my brother (well, his wife) in Portland just had Sean David. All three baby boys had minor health issues that have mostly resolved but please also join us in praying God's richest blessing on them as well! More young men who will be raised to serve the King!