In less than three weeks, Joye and I will be parents. I know, I know - pretty scary! We are both very excited, though. God has really blessed us. We've been married for almost 7 years now. I can't believe it has been that long, but we've been having fun and have experienced some pretty incredible things together in that short time. We've had some hard times and some really, really good times. We've had time to "be" with each other, to sit on a couch leaning on each other enjoying the company of silence. We've had time to travel to far away places, places we never dreamed we would be able to go. We've had time to invest deeply into family and friends, who's love we will never take for granted. We've had time to "grow up" and look back on our own lives and see the miraculous changes God has made. Mostly, we've had time to realize that being a parent can't be all that bad. We hear stories of horror and stories of glee. However, what excites us the most is the opportunity to be the type of parents that we had. If Joye and I can mimic in even the slightest way the type of parenting we were blessed with, then we think things will be alright. Plus, we've got God to guide us, right? Who needs lamas classes?
Until the baby comes - enjoy today, enjoy your family, enjoy your next meal, and for crying out loud, slow down and enjoy the silence!
Peace and love,
JJ+1
You found us! That means you are either family or a friend and this blog is for you! We keep pretty busy, so we thought we would create a space where family and friends can come check in on us to see what we've been up to. We realize that we don't get to see many of you near enough; this will serve to help us to stay in touch at least a little, but hopefully not as a substitute for never actually seeing you! We may or may not update this as regularly or irregularly as we possibly can. Enjoy!
3 comments:
Joye looks beautiful! Can't wait to meet your beautiful boy. You're both going to be wonderful parents. Lots of love to you three and I'll look forward to the updates!
Wow! This is cool. Thanks for doing this. We will be looking forward to a picture of just the two of you sitting on that couch, leaning on each other and being "silent"? Hmm. Times will soon change as the silence turns into the wonder of a new human being sitting on the couch between you(OK, laying and spitting up stuff). But that is what is going to be so terrific, another human being in the world for God to love through you. Love you all, Dad Deakins
You guys are so cute. I am so happy for the both of you. I can't wait to see the new little one. I just wish that we could be closer to help you out and see the little guy grow. Keep in touch and send lots of pictures, you know me and pictures I just love them. Well we miss you guys and love you Lots!!!
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