...and my wife is pregnant with our baby. She has 11 days until the due date.
So really..anytime now.
We are having a girl, and we are going to call her Emmylou (The bible names have already all been taken (by bible characters)).
I'm excited, and also nervous. You never know what kind of baby you are going to get. Fussy? Messy? Born with colic? One with the universe and at peace? I'm hoping for the latter but preparing myself for the worst.
I'm so thankful for my wife. She is unmatched in sweetness and kindness but I know she won't baby our baby to the point of spoiling her, like so much homemade yogurt. I want our girl to grow up knowing her parents love her and would do anything for her, but I also want her to thrive as an individual and learn what strengths and weaknesses she has. I want her to develop talents and be her own person. I don't want to give her everything she ever wants and have her think the world revolves around her, even though I'm sure I'll be tempted to think it does.
I'm sure the normal Christian thing to do would be to read a bunch of books by respected authors: "7 Ways Jesus WOULDN'T have raised his kids", and "3 Bible Bests for Wise Child", and lets not forget, "Disciple THIS! A Christians' Guide to Rebellious Teens".
My plan as of now is to read the bible, think through what I'm doing, get counsel from my wife and my pastors and my Christian friends with kids. Though if anyone else has any thoughts, or EVEN knows any good books worth the read, I'm all ears.
11 days (or less (or more)) and counting!
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