I haven’t posted much in the past month. It wasn’t just because of the business of the Christmas season. Life hit hard around Thanksgiving and it’s been a process recovering. I made a decision long ago that I was going to be real on my blog. I don’t want to just post “good Christian thoughts” just to post them. I want it to be real and transparent and give an accurate picture of the journey I am on. I haven’t quite known how to articulate what has been going on, and honestly I haven’t had the desire to figure it out.
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Worrying About Addie’s Ultrasounds
In the first month of her life, Addilyn had two ultrasounds. Angela and I didn’t tell many people about it because there was a chance that we would find out that everything was as it should be and there was nothing to worry about. The first ultrasound was because at her three-day appointment the doctor noticed she had a sacral dimple and because of how it looked thought there was a chance she had spina bifida occulta. This wouldn’t have been major, but something she would have to deal with for her whole life. The second one was a few weeks later when her belly button wasn’t healing as quickly as they would have liked and there was a chance her bladder was still connected to the umbilical cord. Again this wasn’t super serious, but would need surgery to fix. In both cases, the doctor told us that those would be the worst case scenarios and they just wanted to be absolutely sure. [Read more…] about Worrying About Addie’s Ultrasounds
I’m An Awesome Dad
We are officially one week away from the day doctors predicted Zeke will join us in the world. We will see if his clock is aligned with the doctor’s. One thing that I was reminded of this week is that I’ll be able to binge watch the NCAA tournament. Easily the best basketball of the year, so I am very happy I’ll get to watch a ton of it. It is a little weird to think that the due date is only a week from now. I feel like the moment should feel a lot more real than it does. Any day now I’ll have a little dude that is eating, pooping and sleeping a lot. [Read more…] about I’m An Awesome Dad