baby kota

How many transitions in life are there?  100's?  1,000's even?  Often times, somewhere in the middle of the 'big ones', I've found myself thinking (saying), "Am I really here right now?  Is this really my life?"

Well, I've found myself there again.  On Tuesday, May 17th, at 3:42a.m., Kota Ryan Thune was born.  She's beautiful!  My brother Bob, after rebuking me via Facebook for not posting any pictures, asked me how I was doing - how I was feeling?  I'm still trying to figure out how to respond.  This space, this moment, it's just so surreal.  I'm a father now.  How did that happen (that's a rhetorical question - feel free to rescue your mind from the gutter)?

Transitions turn into realities, and the same is true in this case.  But I think this one may take awhile.  My wife was an absolute rock star, receiving no drugs, no epidural, delivering her first child 'all naturale'.  But we both agree, that prideful hearts are of little concern.  God was ahead of us, in the room with us, sovereign over it all.

So...am I really here right now?  Is this really my life?  I hope so.

Here are just a few pics Bob.  More to   Kota's first full day in this world.  Enjoy.

Yes I know she's upside down

The Thune girls

Jarryd Cole and Kota - they have a special bond

And...Big Joe.  Only question...which one is cuter?

Grandma Dubbs.  I know, I know, how can she possibly be a grandma.