Tag: My Life

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Greatest Day Of My Life

Such a blessing to announce that Baby Jada Marie Curry was born last night (May 15, 2010) at 2:45 a.m. Words can't describe the feeling I have right now.  This has been the most amazing bonding experience Brooke and I have gone through outside of our wedding events!!! More to come later...(I went camera crazy as soon as the coast was clear!)

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The joy of my life

(I took this on our picnic yesterday)

12 more days based on the counter...but during this stage in pregnancy God is the only counter!!!

I have and am still LOVING this faith journey!!

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Because I can

This is from quite a while ago but I came across it and decided to post it...because I can.

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Take lots of pictures

Some of the best parenting advice I've gotten so far is "take lots of pictures" (given to me by this guy).  As Baby Jada gets closer and closer I am preparing myself to take "LOTS" of pictures because I don't want to miss a moment. The above pic is one I snapped of my friend John White as he watched his son Levi head off to go spend the night at a friends house during this past spring break.  It was the greatest thing to watch. Levi busted out of the garage door with his bag packed, with his pillow strapped securely to the back of it and headed down the driveway with excited conviction.  John and I were hanging out in the driveway and as we watched it all unfold  we kinda started laughing because he was so excited.  The funniest part was Levi had decided he was gonna WALK to his buddies, this time.  He didn't need anyone to drive him through the neighborhood to his buddies house, he was a big boy and he was gonna "hoof it", as we would say in Texas, all by himself. So then I saw it, John's face light up even more and his smile got bigger and...here it comes...he said, "Man I should get a picture of th..." and just as he said that he took of sprinting into the house to get his camera and he sprinted back out of the garage door into the cul-de-sac and started snapping pics. Thinking quick like a mongoose, I grabbed my camera out of my car and snapped this pic of John snapping a pic of Levi to help John remember this moment forever.  Sure he'll have the picture he took of Levi's first time "hoofin it" to his buddies, but I pray this photo for John will remind him of all the amazing moments he played in growing up Levi to the great man of God he will become, even if it was just 'letting' him walk his buddies house by himself with no adult. Levi will forever have on record, 'the first time he walked through the neighborhood  to go spend the night with a friend' and John will forever have 'the time he snagged some pictures of Levi becoming more of an independent young man'. Every moment matters and John reminded me of that this day! John could have just watched it happen, like lots of other people would have done, but he chose to seal this moment in time forever through a simple photograph!  This was a memory-building experience for a father and a son and now there is a way to remember it forever.  They'll look at that pic years from now and laugh...Levi will be happy John took the time to get this picture! Parents and Parenting matter, and John White is on the best at it I've come across.  Thanks John for helping me remember to take lots of pictures of Baby Jada as we walk through life so that we can remember all that God brought us to, and through! Do you need to take more photos?

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Brooke's gonna be a great mom

This is Brooke holding the Keim's cute little baby Lydia Dawn! Just watching her hold Lydia brings a smile to my face!

She's gonna be a great mom! I'm a lucky man!

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Jada's doing great! Dr. said so...

Brooke and I had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday and doc said everything looked great!  Brooke's #'s were all really good and baby Jada's heartbeat was right on the money! We got, somewhere around, 36 days left from todays date if everything stays the same.  Our Doc said he thinks J's maybe a little over 4.5 lbs and thinks she'll be a smaller beaner at birth (Brooke sighed in relief), which is about right because I'm big now, but I wasn't a big baby. All in all, we're excited that Baby Jada is almost here and that her and Brooke are healthy.  We can't wait for her to step on the scene!

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This week

Here's some things I've loved about this Spring Break week:

1. Working on Baby Jada's room with Brooke!!!  It's almost there!
2. Dinner with friends
3. I got to come up for air. Spring Break offers me some space to breath before finishing the GSM school year strong.
4. First Wednesday last night...three words...HE IS LORD!
5. Got to hang out with one of my small group guys who's still in town.
6. One of my best friends Jason Stoker announcing his transition in ministry.  I love that he followed God's call on his life.
7. Fishing with Gino on Monday
8. Getting texts from our students who are out of the state on spring break.  I love technology.
9. Movie Night last night with Brooke and a close friend!
10. Last but not least Kem Meyer's tweets.

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Truth's from the baseball field

One of my favorite quotes and principles of all times is:

"You can have everything in life you want, if you just help enough other people get what they want."

This principle carried me through almost every phase of my collegiate career.  It literally was some of the 'leadership glue' that brought all of the areas of my life together so that I became one person where ever I was. It's easy to be a chameleon and Truth someone different in every environment but standing tall in who you are no matter the circumstances is the true test. Well that's a post for another time, so this afternoon, I was thinking about Zig's quote when I was at a local baseball field hanging with one of my small group guys and his buddy who plays on the baseball team with him.  I was having mini flashbacks to my high school days on the baseball team when I used to dream about playing college baseball and/or football. Today, I was particularly thinking about my sophomore year when I was a shortstop on the varsity team and all I could think about most of that year was "baseball is my ticket into college" and "I gotta do better this year".  I had won Rookie of The Year my freshman year on the varsity baseball team for our region and I led the team in home runs, batting average, and on base percentage that year as well so going into my sophomore year I was really focussed on being better than I was the previous year, which was hard coming of a .525 batting average and .800 on base percentage. Anyway, that year was all about me!  I loved my team, coaches, the atmosphere, etc. but when I really looked at what I was trying to do it was "be the best".  Oddly enough that year, I improved a little bit but rolling into my Jr. year a LOT changed!  That year I knew that if I stayed healthy I would definitely be going to a D-1 School whether it be in football or baseball so there was no more "pressure to perform", I just needed to stay healthy. That Jr. year something inside of me changed to, I felt this need to "help"... I felt like I could help the coaches more by helping my teammates excel, so I kinda became a cheerleader.  No, not the ones with the pom poms and the high kicks....although that would have looked hilarious...I began to really cheer on my teammates.  Before it was, hurry up and bat, so I can wow people with how hard I hit the ball, or hit it hard to me so I can make a great play.  That Jr. year, I legitimately wanted my teammates to hit the ball, get on base, make their catches and throws, and succeed.  This is when I really discovered what I call "The Joy of Team" (I'll write about this later). Up to this point I hadn't ever heard Zig's quote, I just knew there was something special about being on a team and wanting "THE TEAM" to win!  This is something that kept growing inside of me until the time I was at Notre Dame and heard this quote from Zig. Here's the truth about my athletic career: I really did find myself excelling more when I focussed less on me and more on team. Leadership translation: Who's on your team and do you really want them to succeed or are they merely people to help you get accomplished what you desire to accomplish? (I know that's a long way to get to that but I had a blast at the baseball fields today and wanted to share what was on my heart after hanging with the guys)

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The Easter Poem

(Family time with Brooke and Baby Jada!)

Brooke let me in on the glory of the "Easter Poem" we share with our children in the Penguin Room at church.  (Brooke serves in the "Penguin Room" every week.  The Penguin Room is the Kindergarden and First Grade classroom at our Granger Campus) Brooke loves the little ones! Here it is:

"Palms waved high, on a cross he died Rolled away stone, the cloth left alone King Jesus is alive, that's the Easter Surprise!"

Isn't that awesome!  It even has hand motions...Brooke wouldn't volunteer to shoot a video so we're out of luck there.

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Brooke, Katie and Babies

Brooke and I were hanging with one of our good friends today.  She was in town for Brooke's shower and decided to come over and hang out for a while today before heading back to Chicago where she, her husband, and her twin girls live.  Katie Mikitka has been one of Brooke's best friends for a long time and they always just pick up where they left off.  Katie's an amazing follower of Christ and a great friend to Brooke! It was such a joy for me to watch Brooke with Amelia and Ainsley because I know it's only a fraction of how awesome she'll be with Baby Jada!  These babies were precious and reminded me of the miracle of life!  Every one of God's children (you included) is precious in His sight and He loves us all just as we are.  Sometimes that's hard for us to understand because we see our flaws more than our beauty. Katie loves her girls like Jesus loves us and it was great to see faith in action! It was also fun to hear Brooke and Katie talk about being mom's.  That makes my day every time! I know Brooke's going to be the most amazing mom ever and I can't wait for the day for her to be holding Jada.