Coming Up On the End Of the Road...

We are now beginning the 40th week of the pregnancy, which means we are pretty much at the end of the road. The baby will hopefully come any day now. I am very anxious to meet this little person, so keep those fingers crossed that the baby will decide to make an appearance this week. I never thought I would be so eager to get the baby out of Cara's belly and into my arms. I am just really ready to start that physical bond with the baby instead of playing through Mama's belly. :-)

Also, I have a bit of advice to the men out there. Do your best to ensure that when you get your lady pregnant she will not have to carry a full-sized belly around in the middle of summer. I have no idea how Mrs. Wallace has carried around that belly in the 105-degree temperatures we've seen lately. It takes a strong person to do something like that...

A Father's Legacy

“Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine... And I just wanted to say I love him — so much.”

-Paris Katherine Jackson

Those were the first and only public words ever heard from Michael Jackson's only daughter. As she spoke them, I sat at my desk with tears filling my eyes. I got so emotional that I had to go outside and collect myself. This little girl just proclaimed to the world that she loved her father and wanted them all to know how she saw him. To her, he wasn't the King of Pop, the greatest performer of all time, or even Michael Jackson... To her, he was simply Daddy.

I know much has been disclosed in the past few days about Michael Jackson not being the children's biological father, but it doesn't matter. Those kids know him as their father and he cared for them as if he had made them himself. Any man can make a baby, but not every man is a father. Michael Jackson was a father and he would be proud father today had he heard his daughter speak.

We have our own child that will be here in a few weeks, and boy or girl I hope to leave the kind of legacy with this child that Michael Jackson left with his daughter. I want my child to be able to look at me and see a man that only wants the best for his child and will be behind them 100% in whatever it is they choose to do. I think the best gift a man can give to his child is to be a true father and I want nothing more than to give that gift to my child.

36 week appointment

Monday we had our 36 week appointment with the doctor. We're down to weekly visits now; it's hard to believe we are so close to meeting our precious baby! Though we didn't have a 4D sonogram scheduled, Baby was posing for a picture. :) Here it is...



Things continue to go well with the pregnancy, though it seems I'm supposed to be taking it a little easier than I have been, as my blood pressure is slowly rising. So, hopefully with a little rest I can keep it under control! I really hope to work as long as I can so I can take off as much time as possible after Baby arrives. From the sonogram they guess that Baby is already about 6 pounds, 10 ounces. The prediction at birth is 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Baby has tons of hair and looks quite a bit like Papi already! :) Still not sure if Baby is a boy or girl! My doctor says my cervix is beginning to thin and I'm dilated to about a one. Nothing too exciting yet, just trucking along at this point!!