Congrats Dan, I hope it all goes well and the dryness clears up!
Now, let's talk about how you refer to the fruit of your loins, "Kid" is not in my mind an acceptable term, its "Son" "Daughter", "child", "children".
Having spent a few years in North America it annoys me greatly when my friends and collegues over here refer to their offspring as "my kid", the kid" .......... they are not baby goats!!
However it is ok to refer to the oiks across the street "fecking kids at number 3 are burning MPS3's again...."