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Whoa – slow down there honey. It’s on its way.
I know more than you about it (which is essentially nothing).
It’s true. But settle down and just enjoy the ride (while
I enjoy the secret). The shower will be here before you
know it. Now “it” is.

The truth was that there wasn’t a shower – there were three. One was
filled by my family and folks from church, one was attended by
the wife’s family, and yet another was bursting with friends.
One took place last Sunday. The last two concluded this weekend.
It’s been a worldwind tour. It seems that every time we open
a door, we are greeting by shouts of surprise.

Presents are piled high in the baby’s room, while the wife
works furiously hard to clean and fold all the cute little
outfits, towels, and blankets. Toys are collected on the
dresser, whose once bare drawers are now nearly full.
The wife organizes, coos, and organizes some more.
Look at these cute little diapers.
I do the heavy lifting and building. Boy do I do the
building; doesn’t anything come preassembled?

I don’t know how I could possibly thank everyone enough.
The wife is very loved. We have so many people
that care for us, and by extension our coming child. All
the faces we’ve seen lately attest to that.

Just scant weeks ago, the baby’s room was empty and I could
count all the baby stuff we had purchased on two hands.
Now, the baby’s room is painted, the dresser is built,
and the crib is not only up, but stuffed with Noah’s
Ark sheets, comforters, and more. After a trip to
BabiesRUs
for some returns and necessity purchases,
we are nearly ready. It’s amazing how fast the
transition was. Someone pressed the
fast forward button.

Now we need to finish tending to our mountain of gifts.
It’s a great problem to have.

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