Today is the Monday after Easter. Happy Easter Monday. He is RISEN! So what has been happening the last three and a half weeks since the birth of Mr. Jasper.
Well first, Jasper is such a blessing. He is a great baby. He lets his parents sleep. Most of the time once he gets to bed (seems to think the day is noon to mindnight), he sleeps 3 hours...me and Jenna have to set alarms (yes plural) to wake up and make sure he is fed. He does what other babies do. Eat, sleep, poop, pee, hiccup, smile and cry. That is about it. Recently he seems to stare at me and Mom more and turn his head to our voices. He is very strong, he holds his head up most of the time, he kicks well and if he could figure out where to put his arm, he could roll over. Sometimes if he is in the right position he can kick both of his legs in the air at the same time. He like to roll onto his side and sleep on it...just like Daddy.
Today his Mommy is taking him to the doctors for a well visit. Our hope is weight gain, that seems to be his only hiccup. His weight has been on a little bit of a roller coaster since birth. Any prayers are helpful.
Jasper did attend his first church service yesterday. He slept through the whole thing (Even with the awesome rukin music). The River church had over 2000 people attend. We parked about as far as we could park and still be on the property!
Everyone says your life is so much different with a new child. My son is such a blessing, but to be honest...besides a little less sleep and changing a lot of diapers...me and my wife keep shaking our head and checking to see if he is really ours....LOL. Things are different but it just feels more right and in a good way. Not sure if I feel completely responsible for him yet, but that is growing. I have a family I call my own. He is the next generation. It is a pretty cool feeling. ....And of course he is the next racer for TF American Racing! (Anyone have a quarter midget for sale?)
A few have started asking, so I will be clear here. I probably will not be racing this year. I don't have any plans currently, and unless the winning lotto ticket flies into my pocket...I have no plans to rent or fix Old Glory currently. The house has gone through a big remodel in preparation for Jasper. That equals the financing to do the work (Even if I have done a majority of the work myself). Plus some other not so convinent things breaking (Furance and the daily driver has a nice rattle in the engine currently.). But do not feel sad for me. I had three wonderful years of racing, Old Glory is not for sale and slowly will be put it back together for racing at Waterford Hills...and Mid-Ohio...and some other places I would love to visit in the future, for the future. I will visit Waterford Hills reguarly and will be a fan with Jasper at my side. I still enjoy watching racing on TV and will make time to visit race weekends at Waterford Hills and maybe that street race on Belle Isle this June. The joy is still there...and well I don't have that golf thing figured out, nor do I enjoy mowing the lawn or kite flying...LOL. So racing is where it is at. Its where my heart is at and will continue to be.
Jenna and I have felt it is important for the growth of our son to have as much opportunity to be the best he can be. He is now the priority. So, Mom will stay home and schooling will be important in the future, even if it is not cheap. The priority of saving pennies to race really fast is not where it use to be in the order. I am very much happy with this. You see, God has a plan for me, my life is the best it could be, and trust me about two years ago, I thought it couldn't get better. (Think about it...two years ago, Old Glory was in the driveway, not yet painted, and maybe not even with glass in it. The Waterford Hills 2010 season wasn't yet here, and I couldn't wait. I was a single guy living a dream, with friends and family...and God was so good to me then). I could never imagine...now I am easily 100 times happier. Give it to God and he will give it to you 10 times over and over flowing.
This reminds me of a song from The Turning (willing to bet most of you have never heard of them).
Here are some of the lyrics:
Everything I held is out of my hands
Everything you bless is not what I’d planned
Not what I’d seen, not what I’d dreamed
Even if my dream was to drive a racecar...my life now, even not racing a car, is far beyond what I dreamed and far beyond my imagination of how good it can be. It is beyond good, beyond fair and far beyond what I deserve.
Today is also my first day back to work full time. I have work here and there for the last few weeks, but today is the start of the first full week in 4 weeks. Fun, fun.
Hope all is well in your worlds.
Be safe, keep it on the track, and don't be a stanger.
God Bless
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