“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 environment for him. We are willing to rough the difficulties of the time of a newborn, toddler, tween, teen, and beyond. We want him to know he is loved, cherished, and safe, with us, with his support system, and with God.

We are willing, with God’s help. We need our village through it all. We will need all the prayers and support we can get. It will be an interesting road, but one we are willing and excited to go down.

As we count down the unknown amount of time until his birthday...we cannot wait to hold our son in our arms. The anticipation is growing, and we know our God will guide us all the way through.

Here’s to awaiting Samuel David’s arrival and being as “ready” and willing as we can be.