On Becoming a Father, Soon…

I am less than two weeks away from becoming a father for the first time. This is a role I have always wanted to be in, however could not have imagined actually being there. I was just chatting on Facebook with a friend of mine who was commenting on how he can not believe I am going to be a daddy soon and how scary that reality must be. It’s funny because if it was five years earlier I would be much more scared then I am now. I won’t lie and say that I am not scared, because I am. To know that I am going to be responsible for bringing up this person in a world I constantly question is something to be freaked out over. However I don’t think the timing could be any better then it is now.

I am always thinking in terms of photography and computer related things. Some would call if being a huge nerd, but I take it like it is. I made the comment to my friend that I am actually excited to become a father however I want to make sure that I spend as much time with my kids as possible when they are young because those years go by to fast. I made the following comment to my Facebook wall:

“Words to all photographer fathers. Spend time with your children, you can’t photoshop out a poor childhood.”

I got into Photography and working for myself so that I could make time for things if I wanted to. I could be as busy or as slow as I wanted to be, and I have been. I have been fortunate enough to attract amazing clients who keep me busy with referring their friends and I have even became good friends with many of them. Now that I am staring right into the face of fatherhood I am even more grateful for the way things have gone since I started this journey. God has really blessed me with the ability to work for myself and keep that going.

I will probably be posting more written blogs over the next two months. I only booked one wedding in May and none in June to make sure I had plenty of time to be there for my wife and new child. However once July gets here I am going to back into full swing as the rest of my year is pretty well booked.

Lastly, I just wanted to throw out a huge thanks to all of you who have been commenting and messaging me on Facebook with congratulations. I really feel like I haven’t done anything yet, my poor wife is the one going through a different change every day. She is doing amazing by the way. I am such a lucky guy to have such a beautiful wife who already has such a motherly heart. I can’t want to take some photos of my little one to share with everybody.

Until next time!