Patience

Last Friday was the expected due date and from the looks of it, the baby is still holding on. My phone has been ringing non stop and everyone is asking when the baby is going to come. Perhaps the uncertainty about if the child is a boy or girl gets everyone more anxious to know when the baby is going to arrive. Personally, I have not slept well from just the anticipation and excitement of being a dad. I felt disappointed when the my child did not arrive on the expected due date nor on the next few days, yet there is a lesson to be learned... Patience.

I have been spending much of my time looking forward to the arrival of my little one that I have forgotten to enjoy the present. After all, these are the last few moments that Traci and I will have before both of our full attention turns to our kid. Before I know it my kid will experience his/her first of school or the dreaded day when he/she goes off to college. Here's what I'm thinking, I need to enjoy every moment in my life and not just focus on the future because after all, I'm going to miss this. The day that all my hairs turn gray, I'm going to want these days back and wish that they wouldn't have pass so fast. I don't know what the future holds, but I do know that there will be a day when I look back and say... "Those were the good days."

At the same time, I'm writing this from the hospital. Maybe I'll be a dad tonight.

The few pictures on this post are of some of items we have acquired for the baby along with a picture of the baby's first car show.