I got to hold Jake on Sunday!

HA!  Gotcha!  As you may know, my son’s who is going to arrive on the scene in less than a month, name is Jake.  I cannot not tell you how much I am looking forward to holding him, but I still have to wait a little longer for that.  All that being said, I did hold Jake on Sunday!  Albeit not my Jake Some good friends of mine and my wife’s just had their second child on October 16th, and his name happens to be Jake!  We went over to visit them yesterday and I got to practice just a little.  I have to say that it was a truly amazing experience.  I can’t even imagine how I am going to feel the first time I get to hold my own son.  I just held him in my arms and watched him explore the world.  His arms were just moving around in a seemingly aimless fashion, but I can only imagine what he was feeling.  What seemed to me as random movement, was probably his way of saying “wow!  I have room to move around!”  It is so hard to imagine everything being completely new.  Everything in our world that we see everyday and take for granted is something new for him to discover.  Even his own arms, legs, fingers and toes!  I could talk all day about how the entire concept of a baby still blows my mind, but the most amazing part was just how beautiful Jake is.  Everything about him was so beautiful.  I just cannot understand how anybody could hold a newborn baby in their arms and simultaneously deny the existence our Almighty Creator.  This beautiful baby boy was formed in his mother’s womb by the hands of God.  There is absolutly no other adequate explanation.  To suggest that he “just happened”  is completely ludacris!  I am so happy for Jake and his parents.  They are wonderful people and they have 2 beautiful children.  Jake’s mom was a little apprehensive about the daunting task of balancing the 24 hour care required by a new born with the equally important needs of her three year old daughter.  I don’t know if she will ever read this or not, but I must say she made it all look easy.  I think she is an amazing mother, and my wife and I can learn a lot from her.  We definitley have a lot to learn, and our baby Jake is going to be here so soon!  I am so excited!  God is so good, and he has a sense of humor!  While I was enamored by Jake, I didn’t even notice that he had peed on me!  I didn’t care though:)  So much to look forward too!

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