4 weeks left to go/ thoughts on fatherhood

   Hey all. Mike here trying out my hand at blogging! Well, here we are, in Alaska, with winter coming, and getting ready to have a baby. Scary and exciting all at the same time. Here in a couple of weeks, the first snow will fly, and it will be May again (or later) before the snow leaves. We have our car ready for the winter, and thanks to some generous gifts from friends and family (thanks especially to my dad and Jo for the car seat fleece cover), our baby will be ready also. It is neat to see Kim changing in great ways, nesting, and preparing for this new journey!

   As for me, I have been getting ready in my own ways. I have been busier then I have been since coming to Alaska! Doing ALPHA on Wednesday nights, working hard, marketing, etc... And it is hard to have some of our best friends (the May's) leaving. But, I have still found time to read some good books, and to try to prepare mentally for the task ahead. No new parent (I'm assuming) feels ready, and we don't completely feel ready either, but that is where God does His best work! So I'm reading books, becoming an expert in swaddling and diaper changing, and becoming mentally prepared for what is to come! Exciting stuff!

   As for the rest of life, things are good. I'm excited to see the beautiful (but brief) fall colors. I had the joy of having a patient give me a quarter of a moose in a bloody game bag at work! Only in Alaska. So, my friend Dennis and I cleaned it up over two days (with help from our wonderful wives), and now we have some awesome meat for winter! I also went to the Copper River with Dennis, and got some fish from the fish wheel (20 each)... so we will be eating salmon every week for the next 9 months or so lol. Wilding it in Alaska. I never imagined living like this, but I like it! And yes, we have a real home, not an igloo :D More to come later, constant reader, keep track of our wild and exciting life!

   Mike