Still Alive!

No we have NOT fallen off the face of the earth . . . we are still alive and kickin’, just having a crazy life right now! And to clear up any confusion, we have not had our baby yet. We are still waiting patiently . . . sort of . . .

Both Sarah and I are very ready to have this new little one. Ever since our first “false alarm” with Sarah having contractions, we have been counting down the days . . . but with nothing really to count down to, it makes the waiting seem like forever! It don’t remember it being this insane with out first! I guess it’s just because we have wanted to have another baby for so long, now that we are this close, it is killing us!!

So Nessa’s official due date is this Friday (9-28) and we are praying that she will come before that. Who knows . . . by the time you read this we may already be in the hospital. But I can’t tell you the number of times I have been asked, “Did you have the baby yet?” And my first response wants to be . . . “Uh . . . DUH! I think you would have heard and you wouldn’t be seeing me right now if we had a baby!”

The past three days I have been on my death bed with the most awful sickness!!!! I had a fever, was throwing up, and achy and shaky all over!! So, I was not at school for the first two days . . . I am finally back today and someone actually congratulated me on the birth of my “seven pound baby”!!! Wow! They know details about a baby that hasn’t even been born, I thought!! Yes the rumor has spread many times so I think at this point, Nessa has been born 4 times! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! It’s driving us crazy! Like we aren’t going to call anyone and give an official word about her birth! Everyone just decides we had the baby and is happy for us! By the time Nessa is born, everyone will be like . . . “that’s old news”!!! Crazy!!!

So those of you on Facebook will probably find out when she is born before anyone else here on the blog because I plan to upload some mobile photos as soon as Nessa is born so everyone can have the official word from us!

God has been good to us. Ever since we got home, we have been going through some crazy things . . . and God is showing himself so faithful in providing for us. I admit, I thought it was kind of odd that Sarah wanted to register Nessa stuff at Target . . . I thought that was only for the first baby and it might be rude to do it with the second child. But any of you that have more than one child knows that you still need stuff for a second child and you can’t just recycle everything from the first baby.

In one day, God provided a new mattress and the crib sheet set that Sarah had registered for! It was so awesome!!!! Through three different sources . . . first came the crib sheets and bumbers . . . then Sarah and I wanted to go out and buy a new mattress just so we could get the crib ready . . . then that night, someone knocked on our door and gave us a new mattress! It was so exciting! Praise the LORD!

Now our house has never been cleaner or more organized! I keep asking my wife if she has run out of things to do . . . and she’s like, no I still have a list! She is definitely nesting! Even so come, little Nessa!

I will keep you posted and get some pictures up when she is born! Facebook people look for updates! Love you all!!