I remember the day that Sarah told me that she was pregnant. I was working in my office and Sarah called me upstairs screaming " Randy, We have a problem, will you come up here?" It was very concerning the way that she sounded, so I ran upstairs to see what was wrong. She was standing in the doorway of the bathroom and said " I am pregnant" . At first I thought she was joking a bit, but I knew that is not something she would joke about. My heart dropped and it was not in a bad way. It was in great excitement!! So much emotion went through me. I was excited, scared, happy, nervous, love, worried and lots of pride. 24 weeks later and all those emotions plus more still take me over at times.

I can't believe that we are only about 13 weeks away. If the next 3 months are anything like that past 6, Lydia's birth date will be here and I won't be ready. I don't expect to be ready but I am hoping to be prepared. I am working hard to get things prepared for her arrival. I know that there are many things that we can control and have prepared but at the same time there are going to be many things we will not be able to control or be prepared for. That's ok because I do well with things that are not planned and have to be changed with little or no notice. This being our first child we are going to have lots of things happening that we can not be prepared for.

To help us prepare for Lydia's arrival we have started taking a Childbirth Prep & Newborn Care class at Community North. It's a 2 hr class, one time a week for four weeks. So with the 8 hrs of class we are going to be doing over the next month we will be ready for her birth. So far we have had one class. In the first class we were introduced to labor and birth. I don't think that the class has helped me at all. I think it has actually scared me. I am not ready for Sarah to be in that "state" in a few months.

27 done and 13 more to go!!!