3 months and counting

It seems like yesterday that my wife, Laura, and I were married on August 20, 2005. I can remember everything I ate that day, what cologne I was wearing and the excitement of watching my beautiful bride as she walked down the aisle to a strings version of Five For Fighting's 100 Years. But it wasn't yesterday, it was almost four years ago! Just before my wife and I left for Thailand we witnessed our first child's little heart beat as it flashed on the screen at our first ultrasound! We were beyond what words could describe. I have never felt so protective, joyful and unworthy all at once. It really is an amazing God centered experience to actually see your first child for the first time! As you can imagine we've been asked a lot of questions, but let me first say that my wife is tough as nails. She managed 16 days in Thailand with foods, smells and heat that no woman should have to experience in her first trimester and she never once complained. She stuck it out through rough airplane landings and uncomfortable layovers in airports where air conditioning is an after thought. Oh there were days that she wanted to just crawl up and sleep away the nausea but she found a way to get through it, eat and prepare her heart for riding in a hot Sun Tau all over Chiang Mai looking for an opportunity to share her faith. I am confident that my wife will be a great mother.

From the moment we told our family, Father's day, we've been asked a lot of questions.
But out of all of the questions we've received the three most popular are:

1. Do you want to know what you're having?

2. Do you have any names picked out?

3. What do you hope you're having?

To answer the first question, YES!!! YES, YES, YES, YES!!! We can't meet to our little sidekick! Which means we can't wait to get our nursery ready. No yellow or green walls for this baby, we're going to coordinate based on gender. That doesn't mean we're doing either pink or blue it just means it'll either be masculine or feminine depending on the sex of our child.

Do we have names picked out....since the moment we realized we wanted to get married! Laura and I are more than planners we're day dreamers who dream about planning. A little intense, I know, but we love anticipating all of the great things God has planned for our lives whether they're good or bad. Although we have a few names that we really like we're always thinking through the "best" possible name for our new little baby. There are not a whole lot of names that go well with "Navey" so we have to really think it through.

What do we hope we're having....a BABY! If we get a little dinosaur I'll be disappointed. We don't care if we have a boy or a girl just as long as it's breathing and it likes to be hugged! We realize that there are a lot of risks involved with having a child and regardless of what our child develops with or without we're hopeful for a child that breathes and cries and needs us more then we could imagine.

I am certain that our child will be one of the most documented kids on the planet but until then my cute wife and her beautiful belly will have to do! We really appreciate all of the encouragement and support that we've received from our friends and family and can't wait to meet our little baby.