We spell trouble R-S-V in our house

Everything was great until last night, when we found out that Hannah has RSV. This sucks because now, I need to stay home with her, and Carrie can't come home until at least Sunday. And that sucks. However, I am singing a new song to the Lord, because Hannah doesn't have to go to Valley Children's. He is good, and He has a plan for this. I am thanking God for my mom, who is helping me out, and Carrie's mom and dad, who is staying with her and will keep her at their house until she can come home. And good ole Auntie Brooke for taking Hannah yesterday and watching the boys today. I am singing praises to Him for my family, and for my boys who aren't sick anymore, and that I only have one kid in the hospital right now. It's very nice to be able to keep my eyes on Him so that I don't have to worry about what's going on.

I sure miss my baby though, and my baby boy, too.

Picture time!

Update - half way done

Well, we're a day in, and mom and baby are doing great. Carrie has walked at least twice, and is waiting to toot so she can eat. Isaac is so laid back, it's great. My attention is to Hannah now, who is sick for day 3 now. Auntie Brooke is taking her to the dr., so we'll see. More later!

A little bundle of joy

8 pounds, 10 ounces. 20 inches long. He kinda looks like Luke, but kinda has Hannah's chin, and he's got dimples like Noah. He is just cute as a button. Full head of hair, and so quiet and content. I love my little baby boy so much, it's not even funny. Happy birthday, my little Isaac!

Carrie is doing great, she feels great, she's wiggling her legs and moving around as much as possible. We've had great nurses so far, our O.R. nurse was phenomenal, everything is just going so wonderful. Oh and to top it off, we got a single room, so I can stay the night and help Carrie with the bubba all night. God has so amazingly blessed us today, words fail.

Case of the Mondays

Well tomorrow is the big day. I'm going to have another son this time tomorrow (hopefully a lot earlier than now!). It's weird, there was never the same kind of feeling with the other kids as there is now. Noah was completely unplanned, but Luke and Hannah were. But this time, it's different. Maybe it's because Carrie is having surgery, or maybe it's because it's so definite. You know, with an induction, there's the whole load of variables that comes with labor. You don't really know when the contractions will start, how long it will take, all kinds of stuff are up in the air. But with a C-section...it's set. There's no guessing. The only variable is if they push our surgery time back. That, and if Carrie's going to get a single or double recovery room (aka I can stay there all night vs. I have to go home at night).

And just to add a twist to all this, Hannah is sick. Mean sick. Fever and runny nose and coughing. Poor sweet baby girl. She has a cute little squeal in her voice now, it just makes you want to lol. Hopefully she'll be better when it's time for Isaac to come home. Isaac. One more little one to worry about. Should be fun. God be with us.

Oh the joy of being Santa

They don't call me Saint Nic for nothin! I just finished assembling all the kids' "Santa" presents for Christmas. Carrie helped out with the train tracks, but I had to put together Hannah's new kitchen. Man, I'm ready for bed, but they are going to freak in the morning :D.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

By now, I should be immune to everything

So at this point, I've been sick for 2 straight weeks. There is a price you pay when you have small children (ok, there's a lot more than just one, but stay with me). They get sick all the time, and that means YOU get sick all the time. I'm thinking at this point, my kids, my wife, and I have been sick so much that our immune systems should be out of control awesome.

In other news, we're having a baby pretty soon. This should be a very interesting Christmas, we'll just have to see HOW interesting. There could be a whole different kind of chaos this holiday season, but we'll see.

Servant Songs in Isaiah

So I've been getting Ligonier Ministries (R.C. Sproul) magazine Tabletalk for the last few months, and have been able read little bits of them here and there. From what I've read, it's been very good, I always learn something from the articles, and there is a daily devotional section of the magazine which is also very cool. This month, Dr. Keith Mathison wrote an article in it called "The Wondrous Cross", and about halfway through he mentions these "Servant Songs" in the book of Isaiah. My interest was grabbed by this, and I almost stopped reading the article to look these up. When I finally did look them up, I was AMAZED. Why am I just now learning about these passages???

For those of you scratching your heads (like me), there are 4 sections towards the end of the book of Isaiah that are called the Servant Songs, and they are about (as you could guess) God's servant, Jesus Christ. They are at:

42: 1-9
49: 1-6
50: 4-9
52:13 - 53:12 (all of ch. 53)

Keep in mind that this book was written ~700 BC. Yes that is SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS before Christ. God is amazing.

Exerciiiiiiise the bell-eh!

So, for the past month and a half, I've been on a structured exercise routine. My weekday mornings look something like this:

5:30am - alarm goes off
6:00am - actually get out of bed
6:05am - make a half bowl of cereal
6:07am - make my post-workout drink
6:12am - start eating cereal and reading Bible
6:30am - start exercising
7:10am - done exercising, drink post-workout drink
7:15am - shower and get ready for work
8:00am* - be at work

This is the most structured I've been since high school. It's kinda nice, and my body is thanking me, because my belly isn't nearly as repulsive as it was 2 months ago. I just started my December routine, and I've decided that I'm gonna have to make some permanent diet changes to really maximize the results of all this effort. Definitely start that in January :).


*How on-time I am to work is indirectly proportionate to how much I have to help Carrie with the kids.