My Heart is Full

I've wanted for some time now to put this into words through a blog post. Due to the fact that I've been basically absent from the blog since Ethan's birth (other than sending the "I Crawl the Line" picture from my phone), obviously it hasn't happened- until now.

I knew that if we were to have a baby, I would love him, and it would be an incredible new experience for me. That has been true, but I had no idea the degree in which it would happen. This little guy just eats me up.

I have trouble even putting it into words. Any of you who live here in Midland and see us regularly can probably tell something of how crazy I am about him, but it's difficult to express to the rest of you. I love my job, but don't like leaving the house in the morning and look forward to getting home every day just to be with him and his mom. And when I'm here- I just can't get enough of him.

I am overwhelmingly thankful to God- although life here has its challenges right now just as does life anywhere at any time... I don't know that my life has ever before been so full of joy. Of course I probably would have said the same thing while we lived at NLCH in Guatemala, and before that as we started our married life together in Georgia. But now- my marriage to an incredibly wonderful woman, and the privilege of being a dad to this little boy have made my heart full.