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Man sleeping has become a rare thing in the Butler household. So yep I can’t wait till this little girl comes because I know she will be sleeping at least for 2 hours at a time.  The thing is, not so much me sleeping, but Amber. She gets up because little Charlie likes to kick at night and loves to kick her bladder. I guess the neat thing of it all is that it prepares me for what life is going to be like. Helps me be less self gratifiying by sleeping my lazy but in and going to bed early, and helps me get in a routine. I actually feel less tired now then I did when I slept more. Anticipation is getting hard to ignore, we both can’t wait to see her and knowing that our friends both just had there babies it makes it even harder. Imagine if everyone was able to celebrate Christmas in September but you had to wait until Dec 25. That’s how we feel, but patience is a virtue and it’s something that doesn’t come w/o lot’s of practice. So we are trukin along with our lives and spending almost every waking moment thinking about her. We have our 4th and finale baby shower this weekend and on Sunday we begin our classes so it’s getting closer and closer to the day and time is flying by.

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So the baby girl was weighed today and she is a whopping 3 pounds and 3 oz. They say all is well and that she has a great sized brain. So I know that she definitely has that from me and the looks from Amber. (hah hah) But in all seriousness she does have Amber’s Lips and Cheeks, and my face shape and Amber’s big eyes. I will post pics later. We also have our classes aproaching and I am a little nervous only because I don’t want to see any videos like the 15 pound baby video in baby mama. By the way that movie is more funny the second time around and with your wife pregnant.

Put new pics in my photos of the babies room….. Check them out at the top of the page. It’s complete except for her..

So, this weekend has been pretty crazy so far. With the baby shower quickly approaching today, and just some family stuff going on it’s starting to pile up. I have come to the reality that raising a kid isn’t really that hard, but raising a family is. Kids’ will do almost anything you teach them, just be diligent. On the other hand raising a family is hard. Especially when you have to maneuver in and out of the family issues that are raised from established family members. It makes you want to pick up and move to an island. In some situations to much family is good, but in others to much family is bad. This little girl has really opened my eyes to what is needed in life to be happy. First and foremost I need to be the best husband I can be, that is what God’s plan is for me and that’s what I will do. Without being a good husband I can never be a great father. The two go hand in hand. Then I need to take every day in stride. Even when the stress in mounting I need to realize that God has a plan for our future. This is really nothing new, but something that in time I think everyone realizes, some just might take longer than others. Things have really opened up for us since joining our new church. We have experienced things that we thought were no longer possible inside a Church atmosphere. It seems as though even when you spend the most time working in something and dedicating your time to it and fulfilling God’s plan, that even sometimes that plan has limitations but our self can take over and carry it beyond the means. 20/20 hind site is always more clear. This is something that I have experienced first hand, the heart ache of betrayal the joy of acceptance the refreshment of something new and the reality of love. These things are something that I as a man am glad I have gone through. It not only makes me a better husband, but also prepares me for the heart ache of being a father. So as we go through these things that we as a family have been shown, we know that it is something that needs to be done. We are strong and have always been and this is just another door we have to walk through no different then the ones that we opened before.

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so this is the baby room in our old house(the one we live in right now soon to be sold) but it will look almost the same in the new condo!!!!! can’t wait and her closet is full of clothes, we love buying the baby clothes.

so we get to hear baby charlie and her beautiful heart beat today. It’s so amazing to know that she is there and the days are numbered before we can see her face. To us we see her personality and what she likes and doesn’t like. I know she likes Java Chip Ice cream because every-time her mommy eats it she starts kicking and moving and bouncing off the walls. And she doesn’t like grapefruit or sandwhich meat. And when she moves around it’s a riot. I will try to video tape it and post here when I can.

Ok so last week we were prayed into our new church and boy it was a great feeling. We have been apart of the same church for a long time, and to switch churches is harder then switching jobs. The people and relationships that we made at our old place seemed so hard to let go of. But we have never felt so welcomed as we have felt these past couple weeks. This church(Destiny Church) makes you feel like you are and always will be part of the family. And we know now what God has in store for us in our new place of worship. We are apart of something big, something bigger then even we could ever imagine. I am excited every week to go and cant’ wait till Saturday comes and have not felt this way in a long time. The burden of church is gone and the excitement of being in God’s presence in now here.

working on this Job today and still think it’s way to early to even be thinking about Christmas, we have 2 more holiday’s before it’s even here.