Cherishing the moments...

So after a long week of TS Fay teasing us, it finally decided to head for Gainesville. UF (my work) decided to not stick it to the man anymore, and closed the campus tomorrow. As i found out I got a nice 3 day weekend, (something i had been hoping for all week). I got excited, but my excitement wasn't that i didn't have to work (ok maybe some), but was more the fact that i get to be home, with my wife. I get to have another day to spend with her, and just be close together. I know i know, it sounds cheesy. But lately i have more and more realized how blessed I am. I have a roof over my head, a nice job, a baby on the way, and a amazing wife! I more and more cherish the extra moments i have to just sit back and breathe out. 

A pastor friend of mine once brought up a good point to me, that is beginning to reveal itself more and more to me. He said that on the 7th day God rested. That He rested for a reason, and that reason was to sit back and see all that was happening, and enjoy it. He hadn't worked so hard on everything, just so that he could keep moving on, and never enjoy it. His point was, that God was also showing us something. He wanted us to also mimic that action. He wanted us to sit back and just breathe. Breathe out all the busyness and stress that we fill out lives with, and breathe in His presence and ENJOY the blessing's he has given us.

For me, that has become so relevant anymore. I am so happy that i get to spend extra time relaxing, and enjoying the blessings he has given me. I am so blessed that i not only have a wife who i GREATLY enjoy being with, and grow to love and cherish every minute, but that she also wants to be with me, and enjoys me, and feels the same towards me. And that doesn't get old! Everyday it gets better!

I have a Daughter who is growing more and more each day. I am so excited that God has blessed me and Challenged me to be the Father of such and amazing little girl. Even before she is born, she is amazing. I pray over her every day, knowing God has a plan for her, knowing that she will be a mighty woman of God, and that she will bless others. It's hard to believe you can already love someone so much, and you've never met them. But thats part of the blessing. I will do all that i know and can, to be the best Dad and man of God to her so that she always see Him first and follows in what she is called to in her life.

Life is so good, i truly am blessed, and know its only getting better. I can't wait for what the future holds, and can't wait to sit back and breathe in the blessings and cherrish the moments it has to bring!

-Brian

Life is good!

Well we are almost 31 weeks... Kate is sooo ready for October to be here. This Sunday is the Baby shower and Kate is so excited about it. We are going to paint the nursery Tommorow and Saturday so that we can get it all setup after the shower. I'm exicted because while the girls are doing the shower thing, me and the guys will be having a "diaper party" (a.k.a. Grilling out and having beers). This is much needed time of R&R.

It's hard to believe that pretty soon we will be meeting our little girl for the first time. It seems like this pregnancy has flown by, but gone so slow at the same time. August is going to be over before we know it, and then its just 1 more month! If someone had asked me a year ago if I would be were im at, in my life now, i would have laughed. But God is amazing, and has a plan, even when its hard to see. I am so blessed to have such an amazing wife, and soon to be little girl.

Life is just exciting now, and keeps getting better and better....

~Brian