April

Happy Birthday, Jacob Solomon Hiett. You are now officially two years old and it has been a fantastic two years for me knowing you. I type this as you slip with me asking you if you have been walking long, and your mom chuckling to the whole concept. I love you my son. And during this month on the Third day you have for yourself the best occassion that you can possibly produce each and every year.

Automobile

A Car. One Automobile. that is the one single thing that has been able to successfully replace the horse. The single best car in the past three decades.

The W124 body was given two priorities: reduced weight and improved aerodynamics. That Mercedes was able to shave several hundred pounds out of a car the same size as its predecessor–yet with substantially improved rigidity–alone was a very significant accomplishment. Undoubtedly, the use of modern CAD and high-strength steel helped make that possible.

January

The year 2014 is now upon us, and with it are numerous expectations of great things that are to reveal themselves to us in the coming months. We commonly associate these as resolutions, and those resolutions are comprised of good intentions which we often pave ourselves a path to destruction with. However, there are always positives to these set backs we encounter in our attempt to make ourselves better as well and it is these positive aspects which when focused on in the light of great learned reasoning we can truly improve on the person that we are. To say this a little more clearly so that you are certain to not miss the meaning in the form of sentence structure, there is a lot to be learned from each of our multitude of mistakes. The multitude of mistakes being a comprehensive list of all of those things in which you performed less than favorably in the grand scheme of things over the course of one's life.
My sons! Last year I began a slightly new approach to this archive, online journal, blog, story of your alls youth, however you want to call this entity which has transpired before me in the course of countless hours spent pecking away at keys a little at a time to give you periodic updates real time while creating for you content to dive into when you feel the need to do so. This format which I began last year incorporated my posting essentially one update per month with occasional second or third postings as I felt necessary. I feel that I may keep this format, at least for the time being unless something occurs to make me feel as though more recent updates are needed.
I believe that most importantly I will begin to make updates a weekly habit when your reading skills have begun to develop to such a level that you may enjoy reading a weekly chronicle from myself. In the beginnings of this endeavor I will be certain to keep each chronicle short, sweet, and at a reading level for a child. I will however, continue to address you as a full grown adult from time to time when I begin that practice as well. I love you sons! Seek first the Kingdom of God in all that you do and the rest shall fall in place on its own.

Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Two Sons: A comparison

Aiden Xavier Hiett

Born October 31 2013 10:49am

Jacob Solomon Hiett

Born April 3 2012 8:40pm

The similarities in our two children appearance wise has been noted to us. To be able to share this occurrence with all interested parties I have submitted these two photos which display both of the children within a very short time after their birth. Both of these photos were taken by the proud pappy before the momma had even recovered from the foggy haze of the anesthetic introduced for the purpose of performing the cesarean section. When you compare the physical features and appearance of these two children, I must say, they do clearly have a significant portion of shared genetic material.

My two sons, I love you each unconditionally. May each of your lives be filled with ample love, joy, and prosperity. Be a part of one another's lives and share a brotherly bond that no outside force is able to understand or undermine.

The final 24 hours

We are now standing at the threshold of the birth of Aiden. In English class last night I was taking a glance at "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe and noticed that in this classic poem, Poe uses the name Aidenn spelled with a second "n" I thought this was interesting and so I shared it with Rachel. Neither of us had even realized this despite the fact that we both talk about how well versed we are in works of this fascinatingly creative author. I am not certain that this totally warrants any last minute changes to the proposed way of spelling Aiden's name, however it is noteworthy in that the principal idea must be discussed with Aiden when he is old enough to understand the metaphoric concepts of Poe's writing. Perhaps a Poe piece is not exactly meant to be shared with the very young of modern civilization, however it is undoubtedly a thing to be treasured and shared with all young men and women becoming of the age to perfect the art of freely thinking.

The scheduled cesarean section is tomorrow at 10:30am and we have been requested to show up at the hospital promptly at 8:30 am. This will be so that they can get us checked in, prepared, and underway in the delivery of our precious second son. Jacob will soon have a little brother, and we have discussed the idea that we think he already knows something about the impending addition to our little family because he has already most certainly come to terms with the fact that there is now a second car seat ridding around in the back of the car with him, and that this second car seat is not his. Therefore, we are rather sure that Jacob understands he will soon be having a little brother riding around in the back seat with him.

I will be trying desperately to update any relevant news, photos, or videos as promptly as possible of this monumentous milestone event. Although, please realize that I will also be enjoying it as well so I urge you ahead of time to grant me a slight bit of slack in response times to the latest updates only because I will be concentrating primarily on enjoying the presence of my growing family over the next 24-48 hours.

October Update

October is now upon us and as the month closes and the large mass of children hiding their identities behind their custom costumes begin to roam the streets in search of various marvelous treats, we ourselves inch towards the closing of another pregnancy which concludes with the welcoming of Aiden.

As the days are each crossed off of the calendar and the final day of the month draws near, excitement overwhelms me with anticipation of meeting my youngest son Aiden Xavier Hiett. Oh how my heart yearns for him to be near me. Oh, what joyous pleasure shall become of his eldest brother and I when we can all learn and play together.

Rachel is working tirelessly at finding a fitting halloween themed outfit for young Aiden to wear home from the hospital and we are now about to purchase an infant's car seat which will enact as his fine chariot for that fantastic ride home to a yet unknown location.

Heaven is no trick,
Hell is no treat!