It's the end of the world as I know it...

...and I feel MORE than fine! My world is going to be going through some big changes soon, as Heather and I are expecting the first little addition to our family! Yes, baby #1 is due to arrive in August 2007.

It's really hard to sum up my feelings, but I think a combination of excitement and anxiety will do. I love kids, but it's hard for me to imagine myself as a father. Each day it becomes more real to me that I am going to be responsible for watching over another human life. Scary stuff. At this point in the pregnancy, I think the anxiety comes from worrying about the baby's health. The first trimester is definitely the most risky time, and I've been praying that God will protect this little life until we are able to meet him or her.

People keep asking if we've started thinking of names, which we have, of course. I think the top names are Ichthar Richard (Icky Ricky for short) for a boy and Egberta or Robocop for a girl.

I'm not sure that I've sold Heather on those choices yet.

At any rate, for the very few of you that happen to read my blog, I wanted to share the good news since we've already let the cat out of the bag with most of our close friends. Parenthood, here we come!