A "Dirty" Dealing

It was 3:20pm when the call came in. "I've arrived. When can you meet me?" I checked my watch. "I have to stop to get the money - maybe twenty minutes." "I've parked in front of the cart return at Toys R Us. I drive an olive green Grand Prix." Click - she hung up. Keith and I stopped and picked up the cash. We didn't want a paper trail. We pulled into the Toys R Us and were heralded by a woman pulling a large green rubbermaid crate out of her trunk. We met between the parked cars. Money exchanged well practiced hands. And after a word or two of thanks and a quick peek in the crate to ensure the goods were intact, Keith and I stowed the crate in our car and the woman disappeared into the store. When we arrived home I started to excitedly unpack the crate. Our first major purchase as expectant parents. 39 cloth diapers. That's how the dirty dealing went down.

thwub thwub thwub

today darcie and i went to an obstetrician appointment together. she had been to one like it before, but it was a first for me. when she went they had the ultrasound done, which would've been pretty cool to see, but this time we got to listen to the baby's heartbeat. "thwub thwub thwub thwub thwub..." it was loud and really fast, like this little heart is going to work as hard as it can so that the baby can get out as quickly as possible to see the world.

the ladies at the office were all wonderful and they liked us a lot. i guess it's quite a rarity to run into a couple where the wife has only ever had sex with one man. they didn't ask me about my history, but i would've been proud to tell them. it makes us feel like we've done our part to ensure we'll have a healthy baby. like in the Old Testament, when you follow God's order "all will go well with you." i did a Bible study last night and i talked about that a bit, along with Josiah and revolution. i'd tell you more but, really, you should've been there. everyone was really encouraging after the study.

next time we go to an appointment i'm going to try to bring a voice recorder so that we can post an mp3 file of our baby's heartbeat for you to listen to. it might not strike you as much as me, but i think we can all marvel at the gift of life God has begun.

thoughts from a proud soon-to-be-dad,

keith

opening thoughts

welcome to a site that will hopefully keep track of darcie and i a bit over the next few years. on the internet it's easy to try new things and come up with new web pages, blogs, galleries, and even join this thing called facebook, but even if these things change we'll try to point www.keith-darcie.com to somewhere you'll find interesting, that hopefully has something to do with the two of us! it can be hard to make the time to provide updates sometimes, especially when so much changes, but we'll do what we can to keep you up to date, because we have committed to share our joys and our sorrows with our friends so that God can be glorified in all we do. we always want our friends and family to be a rich part of our lives and our relationship because God works so much through the people he brings into our lives. we may go through a long period without writing, but this just means we want to see you in person!

news of late? well, hopefully you've heard by now that Darcie is pregnant and we're expecting our first child near the end of July. we're tremendously excited about God's surprising blessing and the responsibility He has entrusted us with. we have also begun the process of buying a car, a pretty vw jetta. there are pictures at our picasa site (see column to the right or go to http://picasaweb.google.com/keith.darcie). other than that, darcie and i are reveling in the joy of our marriage. it sounds corny, but God has truly blessed us by bringing us together and we are each loving spending so much time next to our favourite person in the world.

with our thoughts and prayers,
keith (& darcie)