September 30, 2004 by daddy.

Hey Little E. I was just talking to Lesile and questioned why I was calling you Little E. Well I explained to her that since we have a girl and boy name picked out all ready and they both begin with and ‘E’ so it is just easier to call you Little E. She mentioned that Dave and her referred to Jim, Michael, and Robert as Baby E, E2, and E3 while they were expecting. Sorta a fun connection.

No new news on the other baby front. K&A are still holding out strong at 6w6d, D&J and J&K are still waiting on God’s timing. I can’t even begin to understand what all three of them are going through. All I can do is stand beside them with our support and take them to the Lord in prayer and I know that is all they ask. And the really cool part to that… is that they are praying for you as well Little E.

On yet another note of news, we let Pastor Greg know this special news last night. He is very happy for all of us.

Well until next time little one, take care, keep growing, stay healthy, and we shall do what we can on this side to make all of that possible.

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September 27, 2004 by daddy.

Praise God for the wonders of His creation. Erin and I were able to hear Little E’s heartbeat today. It was a wonderful event and brought on a new level of realism to the whole thing. I was standing there holding Erin’s hand and I could catch a small tear of joy in her eye. She is such a precious woman and I can’t thank the Lord for bringing us together and then to top it all of He has blessed us with the gift of this precious child.

The doctor estimated the heart beat to be around 160 beats per minute and placed us about 12 to 13 weeks along… well we had us at 12.5 weeks so it looks like we are all on the same page. I will have to miss Erin’s next appointment since I will be flying back in from a business trip in Boston. I have not been out there in well over a year (maybe two) so it will be a great time to get to see the group that I worked with before we moved out here. It was a fun time out there, but I would not change anything. We are suppose to be here in Midland, and we have made this a wonderful home… and now our family is getting larger.

Little E,

We can’t wait to meet you and it was so wonderful to hear your heart beat today. Stay healthy. We are praying for you. I have so much to tell you and I am sure that I will get some of it down in this forum before you are born but there will be so much more to tell you and share with you once you are here. We Love you little one.

Love Daddy

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September 27, 2004 by daddy.

So we decided to stay home and just do nothing Friday night, just a night to sit around and veg a bit w/ each other. So we pulled out Monopoly where Erin proceeded to drive me into utter bankruptcy. It was a very sound killing… gone went my money, houses, properties… she destroyed me.

I think that in the times that we have played we are about even now. I will come back, she had an extra person helping her this round.

Monday we head in for our first major appointment. We will get to hear the heart beat, I am so excited, I can’t wait.

We Love you Little E. God is watching over you and forming you into a wonderful son or daughter of Him.

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September 23, 2004 by daddy.

Well last night at WAM (Wendesday Nights at Messiah) my prayers for Little E and Erin were basically as follows:

• Erin’s health would return so that her body can be healthy and rested
• Little E would continue to develop as the Lord has planned and grow healthy and strong
• You (Lord) would teach and show me how to be the father you have called me to be for this child
• Erin and I would know how to bring Little E to You Father so that Little E might know You and follow You all the days

For some reason just understanding how to be a parent was on my mind last night. I know that people say that it will ‘all just come naturally’ but there are times that I still question the unknown. Not really in fear, but just a wonder and hope that we (Erin and I) don’t mess it up.

April seems so far away right now but I just know next thing we know it will be here and then a year will have passes in Little E’s life. It is amazing to see how time flys in the little ones that we are around through our friends.

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September 20, 2004 by daddy.

Sometime it seems like working from home is the greatest thing in the world and then there are times when working from home is still great but the days drag on. For some reason today is one of them. I hope that working from home is still going to be a viable alternative once Little E arrives. Just letting it all out there, for some reason I started thinking about that today. I am sure that it will be great 99% of the time and there will be those times that working from home just seems wrong… the feeling normally last for a day or two and then it is all back to normal for a few months again.

I think it might be more cabin fever then anything… maybe I should try to keep changing up my working env. so that it seems fresh more often. Might be time to move the desk around and clean up the office.

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September 14, 2004 by daddy.

Hey there little one. If our calculations are correct you are now on day 59 and we pray that all is moving along as planned.

Yesterday your mommy and I were at the Habitat for Humanity, Fore! Habitat! golf marathon. It was so much fun and we helped to raise a lot of money for Habitat of Midland County. Together the two teams from Messiah raised just over $10,000. Praise God! And, the event as a whole brought in just over $91,000 this year. What an amazing time.

You have been doing a lot of cool things before you are even born. You have been to two different productions at the Midland Center for the Arts, a Detroit Tigers game, and now the golf marathon. You are getting around Litte E.

I am just so excited with this whole process and can’t wait to share the world with you and mommy… and more importantly to share our Lord and Savior with you.

Love you Little E.

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September 8, 2004 by daddy.

So I am still on the the side of the fence that says that I don’t want to find out the sex of Little E the birth and I have come up with the what I like for a response

Q: So are you find out what the sex of the child is?
A: Nope, we are just praying for a healthy child and that is all that we can ask.

So that is going to be my standard response. Erin also heard of an interesting idea, taking a small card to the sonogram and have the technician write boy or girl on the card and seal it for us. That way we can take the card with us home and once we get home we can figure out if we really want to know or not and not make a snap decision while were are at the office visit… I just think the card would be to tempting so we shall see.

For now, I don’t want to know until the birth.

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September 8, 2004 by daddy.

It seems like an eternity since I dropped a note in here so here is what has gone one since I last wrote and what has made me go ngahhhh.

Grandpa Dale (my dad) arrived and we totally surprised him with the balloons, it took a second but then he realized what the pink and blue balloons meant. How great is that, I got to see my dad as well as tell him that he was going to be a grandpa to you Little E. Dad shared the news with Belva and then Erin and I spoke with her.

Your grandpa and I busted a move on the new shingles and realized that we are not cut out for that type of work… for his age and my lack of being in that sorta shape. We had some help from great brothers in Christ as well as Joe after he arrived.

After Lori, Joe, and Grayson arrived we had some dinner we took them on a tour of the house and showed them into the nursery to let them in on the news. Me being somewhat impatient to tell my mom we rushed into the office and surprised her via the web cam (iChat).

Everyone is so excited with the news of your planned arrival. We just pray for your help and growth.

After a great visit it was time to wish the family a farewell on a couple of different days. It tore my heart apart to hear Grayson wave and say ‘bye bye uncie dan’, it still almost brings a tear to my ear thinking back on it. He is growing up so fast and it is wonderful to see the Love of a child so pure and unconditional. Little E I pray that for the rest of your life you know that your mommy, and I along w/ Jesus will Love you with that pure and unconditional Love.

After wishing dad a safe trip home your mom and I spent the day in Detroit shopping and wondering about before the Tigers game. Mommy did not get her afternoon nap and we were up way late… this morning was hard on her. We need to keep a better watch on keeping her rested. We told the rest of the small group from church last night as well w/ pink and blue M&M’s while at the Tigers game.

You are totally being surrounded in pray little precious one.

I Love You.

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