Say what??

Well…it was not the news I was expecting in my wildest dreams. Darla and I laying down talking on a Wednesday night when she says the words few husbands want to hear…”I have something to tell you”. She didn't say it in a I’m-ticked-off tone and I had run through my mind the events of the last week or so and I thought I was pretty safe so I jokingly said “we are having a baby?” I laughed. She said yes then I really started laughing. I looked at her face and realized she was serious and I stopped laughing. Then we both started laughing.

Being a dad is my favorite role to play in this life. I love being a minister to students and I love being a husband and I even love being a son and brother and uncle…but being dad is where I love to be. My girls mean everything to me and life without them is just not something I can ever fathom.

Hannah was a surprise. We had gone off birth control and it was supposed to take 3 months to even think about being pregnant…nope, about a month or less! Brianna was a little more scheduled and planned. This one isn't a shock…it’s stunning! ha ha

I have wanted a third for a long time and really had conceded that it just wasn't going to happen several years ago, so this news is shocking but yet exhilarating at the same time!

June 18, 2011 is the due date and I look forward to how God is going to bless our lives with this baby. I thank God that He trusts us with this life and I pray that we honor Him in our parenting and leading him or her (BTW, I'm not hoping for a boy...I am happy and overjoyed with a boy or girl...really doesn't matter to me) in the way of the Lord.

Matt