She’s Coming
That’s right. This week we are looking forward to meeting the newest member of our family – Lucy. Bekah is scheduled to go in for a C-Section on Thursday, September 3rd. Just as it was with Owen, Mom has been preparing our home to receive the baby girl.
First, we had to move Owen out of his room into his new “Big Boy” room. Here’s Owen and Mom watching the Home Depot guys mix the paint for his new room.
Then Dad had to paint the whole room by himself…okay, not really. Actually, Mom and Dad stayed up till 3am finishing Owen’s new paint job (keep in mind Mom’s pregnant).
Then we found a new “Big Boy” bed on the side of the road. It didn’t look too beat up and was only missing half of the springs so we decided to pick it up for Owen…you know, cause we care (just in case your worried, old, nasty beds on the side of the road aren’t usually wrapped in protective plastic).
After a few days of hard work, Owen was ready to move in.
He likes it so much that he gets teary-eyed just thinking about it.
After Owen’s old room was freed up, the girly stuff just poured in. Mom worked hard on making it just right for Lucy. She even made a quilt!
We all think Baby Woosie (as Owen calls her) will enjoy her new surroundings as she settles into being a part of the family.
Mom did a great job (with a ton of help from family and friends) to get ready for Lucy. We ask all of you to be praying this week as we look forward to her arrival. Pray for Bekah as she anticipates being a mother of two. Pray for me as I seek to be a good Dad and helpful Husband during this new stage of life. Pray for Owen and Lucy – most of all that God would make Owen His son and Lucy His daughter through faith in the atoning work of Jesus Christ. Stay tuned for more details….this week is going to fly by!
4 comments August 31, 2009
The Bike Is Always Bigger In The Other Garage
So Owen is 2 and still hasn’t gotten used to riding his tricycle. He definitely loves to sit on it and push it around with his feet but when it comes to peddling, he isn’t as enthusiastic. I had the genius idea of tying some twine to his steering column in order to pull him so that he didn’t have to put in the extra work of peddling and yet he could get used to the feeling of having his feet and legs move with the pedals. He loved the ‘free ride.’
Today I took Owen for a pull-ride down the street. On the way back to our house I noticed one of our neighbors pulling a miniature Harley out of her garage. Her husband started the thing up like a lawn mower and she took it for a short warm-up ride. She returned to her driveway which by this time Owen and I had stopped at due to his undivided attention on the ‘vroom-vroom.’
So there we were, Owen and I, across from the neighbor’s driveway – he sitting in his bright, multicolored tricycle and I standing next to him holding the umbilical cord that gives his bike life while the neighbor’s 5 year old walked out with a bikers helmet and straddled his hog. We watched him take a couple of laps up and down our road and I have to say we were pretty impressed at how experienced this toddler was riding his Harley.
Owen definitely wanted to ride it.
Lesson learned? Discontentment starts early in life and if you focus too much on what someone else has (or doesn’t have) you’ll miss out on what you’ve been given – even if it is a bright, multicolored tricycle.
1 comment July 18, 2009
