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Well we have been busy here. So I tim am posting this for my wife. Our son Matthew James was born on Tuesday June 17th at 4:33 am. He is a healthy 8lb 2oz and 20 1/4 inches long. It is such a blessing to have this little man in our lives. GOD is so great in just answering all of our prayers about our son. I cannot not begin to describe to all of you what all your prayers and support mean for angela and I. We are learning so much since tuesday and still don't know what the heck we are doing, but it all will come with much practice and prayer.

Monday morning I will get up, if I sleep at all and get ready to go to the hospital. I've been trying to think of a time in my life when I ever felt the way I feel now. Nervous, excited, happy, unsure and I'll admit afraid. Before Tim and I found out we were going to have a baby we had decided we were O.K. if it was just the two of us. I thanked the Lord for giving me my husband and was willing to except that the Lord might not have kids in our future. It was not easy to get to that point, trust me. We both had this peace, that just because we couldn't have children (so we thought) didn't make us any less of a husband or wife or any less a family. We were open to adoption and had placed personal limits on how far we would go to try to have one of our own. 5 years went by 2 treatments of infertility drugs and an outpatient surgery and we still didn't get pregnant. After all that Tim and I still had peace even though we didn't get pregnant. In my heart I told myself "I will not let not having a child rob my joy". And I felt ungrateful for everything the Lord had blessed me with, the Lord has given me everything. Anyway, when I get really nervous about what is going to happen on Monday I think of my marriage but better yet our wedding. I don't think I have ever felt more confident in my life then the day Tim and I got married. And it wasn't because I knew what I was doing or that I prepared for what it was to be a wife or that I had the support of loved ones (my family is great but 18 and getting married I think they had their doubts) But because in my heart I knew I just knew that Tim was the man God had made for me. I was ready and confident, even if I had no idea what was coming. When Tim and I got pregnant I told the Lord (that's funny I told the Lord He must just laugh at that) " Lord this is your child. I give this child over to you. Whatever happens I know it is your plan." Monday can be the happiest and most physically painful day of my life but I would like to go into the hospital with the confidence I had when I got married. I have been changed in these past 10 years but it is comforting to know that the Lord that was there July 25th 1998 will be with me June 16th 2008 and He never changes.

Tim and I went to the Dr. yesterday and well we got some fun news.....

1. I measured big again nothing new there, but this time Dr. Yin asked so what to do you think about being INDUCED!! What? uuuhhhmmm She thinks Matty is going to be a big baby. How big? We have no idea but we will find out tomorrow after our ultra-sound.
2. Dr. Yin has picked the 16th as the day, so far, it might change from what she sees on the ultra-sound.
3. The other factor is my blood pressure. I have what they call "White Coat Syndrome" It's when you go to the Dr. you get super nervous and your blood pressure goes way up. So yesterday when I went in it was 140/100 which is very high. So after a few minutes they let me relax and took it aging and it was totally normal. But my Dr. thinks if I go the full 40 weeks I might have a hard time controlling my blood pressure during labor so she doesn't want me to go any longer then I have too.
4. So pretty much if I don't go into labor between now and Monday and if Matty is as big as a watermelon (yum watermelon sounds good) Tim and I will be going in on Monday to have Matty!
   WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED...

So this morning we asked the Magic 8 Ball a few questions? Here are the questions, Will Matty have red hair? Yes Will Matty have hazel eyes? Yes Will Matty be over 8lbs? Yes Will Megan make it in time? Yes

So we will see, Magic 8 Ball; real deal or real waste of time..lol! P.S. When you are like 2 and half weeks away you will pretty much do anything to take your mind off the fact that the last weeks, well they suck!

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