9/15/08

This is our estimated due date!!! The doctor also told us that I would not go past this delivery date which I'm very happy about. I cann't wait to see our little baby.

I've had everything planned out in my head of how we're going to raise the little tyke. Most of which I had long since planned before I even met Marc, I was in my late teens then. My mother raised really good hearted, honest, respectful and caring children. She is my role model. I'm sure everything she learned was passed down to her from her mother.

At the dinner table she would tell us to bow our heads and clasp our hands to pray as sometimes one of us would start quietly giggling. She would read us the Bible and send us to sunday school, we were far from being holy rollers, but she made sure we knew God and what He wanted for us to be like. It gave us a strong base of right and wrong.

When I was really little I remember her long talks about choosing the outcomes by the choices we would make. Instead of choosing to do something bad, I would think, "well, when you do bad mom or dad will find out and I'm most likely going to be punished". Then there would be another way to do the right thing that wouldn't be so bad, not exactly what I wanted to do, but at least I wouldn't be punished. These talks made me stop and think and learn to make the right decision, it gave us some sense of accountability. There's so much she has taught me that I will pass on to my children. One other thing that is soo important that I completely agree with is, that you start teaching your child from the cradle.