Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Becoming an Uncle
Sorry for not blogging here in a while. It has been a wild week. Well during this time my brother and his wife have had there first child. It's a baby boy! And I get to be an Uncle for the first time.
You know being an Uncle and witnessing the birth of your nephew was a cool experience for me. Childbirth in its self is not, because I am a farther of two myself. But watching this miracle event from the perspective of an Uncle and not the nervous Dad. Really made this event what it is, and amazing event of life and just how awesome God is.
Now I can totally relate to how my brother was feeling and the full range of emotions he was going through. But for some reason I was able to appreciate the process a whole lot more, because well I wasn't going through again what my brother was going through. It's to bad when were Dads we are so worried about the bad things that can happen that we miss out on the little moments in the process that are truly amazing. Heck when my children were born I was happy they got out all right and were healthy, and then I can began to worry about what could happen next and I missed out on a whole bunch of things with my youngins. My brother no doubt went through the same thing, just as many fathers do.
Which brings me back to the Uncle thing. It was awesome to watch and enjoy the birthing process without all the nervousness that I had as a Dad. It was cool watching my nephew get cleaned up, shots, weighed and measured like a trophy bass..lol. I tried to get as many pictures for my brother as I could, because well I knew he was going through those emotions like I was and at least he can have the pictures to look back on. I'm glad I got to watch this process as an Uncle, because when my nephew gets older I'll get to tell him I was there when you came in the nurses station sportin that football shaped head. God is awesome and its going to be fun to be an Uncle. I now get to watch my brother and his wife go through this stage in life, and help spoil their child along with my parents. And laugh at him because he has no idea how much life is going to change, now that he is a father.
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