25w4d

Today I had to drive an hour and a half to Coralville to go to training. I have wondered about how car travel would be as I got bigger. Really, it wasn't all that bad. I was traveling into the sun so that sort of sucked but I didn't have to stop along the way to stretch or anything.

Once I got into the class the teacher was discussing cell phones and how he knew that for some people they might need to leave their phone on but that he would appreciate it if it was on vibrate or silent and you waited until you were out of the room before you answered.

Then he hit us with this. I am going to be leaving my phone on today also because my wife just found out that our third child that she was, well is, carrying.... there's something wrong with the baby. He didn't elaborate any further than that but my heart just sank for him.

As much as I complain about carrying this little man around I LOVE the fact that I am able to do it. I love feeling him move and I love the connection that we are building every day. Sometimes I take for granted that he is there because this has been such an easy pregnancy. I seem to forget that there are others out there who are not having such an easy time of it.

So for today at least I am going to take the time to remember to be grateful. Grateful for my son and to never take for granted what a wonderful gift it is that I get to carry him with me for nine months.