I am clinging to and cherishing these last few special days of ‘just us’. I know we will still have date nights, vacations and other moments without our kids, but I also know life will never be the same and I’m sad to say goodbye to this very special season of life I have thoroughly loved. There are things about this season I am going to miss… simple things like going to the gym together and giving a little wave and smile across the room. I love just getting in the car and going somewhere whenever we feel like it. I have loved this season of our marriage and that it has just been Jamie and me. Sadness Is it ok to be this honest? I feel a bit of sadness knowing that everything is about to change, and nothing will ever be the same again.
#Skip nights in the joy of creation story mode license
Shouldn’t they require a license for parenting? Should they really let us leave the hospital with a baby? I feel intimidated. I once had to get a license to serve food at a restaurant. Clipping little fingernails? What if I cut off the tip of the finger by mistake? This little life is going to be looking to us for everything… completely dependent. I’m kind of intimidated about taking care of a newborn. I swaddled a doll and put a diaper on a stuffed animal. Birth class didn’t really prepare me for life after the birth. But then what? Do we walk into our house and just put the baby in the crib? I’m kind of intimidated. Intimidation I can picture going to the hospital… seeing our baby for the first time… introducing our new love to our family… texting photos to our close friends… leaving the hospital and driving home for the first time…. What if our baby doesn’t like me? What if I’m not a good dad? What if something happens to our child? If I let it, my mind can run wild with scenarios that induce fear. Scared to see the pain my wife will inevitably feel. I am also in awe of the strength and grace with which my wife has carried our child. That is a little human actually inside of her. What will their personality be like? Who will he or she look like? What will their hair texture be? Blue, green or brown eyes? I’m so curious it’s killing me to have to wait!Īwe With every kick to Jamie’s belly and every visible roll, I am in awe of the creation growing within her body. I’m just ready to start this next season of life.Ĭurious We don’t even know if we are having a boy or a girl! I’m so curious if we’ll have a son or a daughter. Ready to face this learning curve and the challenges of being a parent as we experience what life with a newborn is going to be like. The family of stuffed animals is waiting. In my attempt to truly savor and remember our life before we have our child, I thought I would write out a few of them.
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The weight of that truth causes a rush of feelings and emotions to fall over me. In just a few short days, our lives are going to change forever. And like a child waiting to open gifts and discover all that will unfold, we too wait with anticipation. So now we have made it to Christmas Eve, the eve of our official due date. The anticipation that typically precedes Christmas has been replaced with the excitement of waiting for our little one to decide they are ready to join the world.
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Although we minimally decorated our house for the holidays, we mostly focused our efforts towards preparing our home and decorating the nursery. Instead of shopping for gifts, we have shopped for baby clothes, diapers, a stroller and a crib. Christmas hasn’t felt as magical this year as it has in the past. It’s Christmas Eve… which also means it is the eve of Jamie’s due date.