Is she here yet?

So my wife and I are twiddling out thumbs while we wait for our second child to arrive. This waiting is filled with mixed anxiety and anticipation. We reminisce back to when the “14 hour drive” to visit family was really 14 hours rather than 20 hours or when we wanted to go to the movies we were only paying for the two of us. Sure life is a bit more expensive and you don’t sleep the entire night with newborns and toddlers but in the end it is worth it.
After church today I met with the leadership of our men’s group and discussed what children face and how we can best influence their decisions. Now seeing how my oldest is almost three, I don’t have a whole lot of insight on raising older children without referring to the scriptures or my parents. If there is one thing I know for sure it is that God blessed me by placing me in a stable family that was ideal by design. For those who wish to know my idea of the ideal family here it is: http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,161-1-11-1,00.html
The scriptures are clear on how we as parents should raise our children. Our Father in Heaven gave his son Adam the blessing of work so that his mind and body would stay healthy and active. In Proverbs 22:6 we are taught aTrain up a bchild in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. This training does not just develop the child but it reminds the parents of their own duties to God. Psalms teach us that children are a heritage of the Lord and blessed is he who has a quiver full of them. The scriptures are full of versus on how to raise children.
As for my own experience I had parents who adapted their parenting style to each of their six kids. Where I fell in the birth order I was the one who was pressured to be the “Good Example” for the four younger brothers. While most of my friends had curfews I didn’t. Because at home we had a simple unspoken rule “you can go to bed whenever you want but you still have to get up at 6:00AM for family scripture study without complaining.” So while I never had a set curfew I was usually home by 11:00 PM because I knew what would happen if I couldn’t get up at 6:00AM. Another expectation we dealt with was work. While living at home Mom and Dad provided food, clothing, rides and love, if we wanted more we were on our own. As a family to earn money we cleaned construction sites, collected aluminum cans, mowed lawns, and as soon as we were old enough to “legally” work we got jobs. The few weeks I was without a job the first words out of parents mouth when they back from work in the evenings were “Where did you apply for work today?” or “Did you call back Company X for an interview?” It drove me nuts while it was happening but I am better for it now.
My wife and I have been contemplating how we plan to raise our children as we wait for that due date to roll around (we know she won’t make it) and we laugh about the foibles of youth. At last we have come to the recognition that most Parents don’t really know what they are doing either.