“Are You Ready Yet?”
“Are you ready yet?” The most asked question during this pregnancy. My typical answer is “as ready as we’ll ever be!” I have no idea what we could possibly do to be more “ready.” We have the nursery together. All of Samuels clothes are washed. His diapers are together. The bags for him, me, and Alex are packed. The house is as clean as it’s going to get. Our hearts are full, our support system is close, and we are all ecstatic to meet our little man. But we will never be “ready.” We both fully recognize that we will mess up. We are fallible beings. But we are willing. We are willing to learn from our mistakes. We are willing to be there when things get rough. We are willing to learn with our Samuel. We are willing to hear the advice of others. We are willing to love our baby to the best of our ability. We are willing to raise him up in the way he should go, even when it feels impossible. We are willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to help make a safe physical and mental envi