While this may not be the actual birthdate of Jesus, it is the time that we celebrate His birth. The wonderful gift God gave to us doesn’t seem to be the focus of the season, and I wish it weren’t that way. I received some nice gifts this year, but I really don’t think I… Read More »
We all have those parts of the family that we dread getting together with. There’s one faction of my wife’s family that makes it hard to get through Christmas. Not all of them are annoying, self-annointed, looking down their nose at you, selfish, self-righteous, and always know (think) they’re right people that make me wish… Read More »
Christle and I went Christmas shopping yesterday, despite the fact that I was sneezing and coughing up a storm. We also went out to eat for her birthday. I was amazed by how many people were out and about. It really makes you wonder where all these people are during the relatively normal times of… Read More »
Things I am thankful for: – God, for being who He is, and for giving me these and more reasons to be thankful – My parents, who raised me with the knowledge of God, and set a great example for how to live – My wife, who raised me the rest of the way –… Read More »
We were up all day and were all very tired. Here is Lily and me posing for the camera. After all of the initial stuff, she became the calmest baby I’ve ever seen. I guess the word I’m looking for is passive. She nursed right away, and within the first few times she nursed, it… Read More »
She was born at 12:14am this morning weighing in at 8 pounds 5.8 ounces and measuring up to 19 7/8 inches long. She’s absolutely beautiful. The doctor checked on Christle around 11:45pm and said that she was 4 centimeters dilated, and it looked like we’d be delivering around 3am this morning. About 10 minutes later,… Read More »
We got to the hospital around 9:30 this morning, and we’re still waiting to have the baby. Dilation is coming along slowly and the epidural has been applied successfully, and as I’m typing the doctor has just broken her water sack. She’s 3.5 centimeters dilated, and we’re hoping to get to the faster paced stuff… Read More »
Well, Christle’s doctor has scheduled to have everything started early friday morning. Maybe this time we can have a better relationship with the hospital’s schedule. I’m not somebody else’s father, yet. I was kinda hoping that she’d be born today, because that would’ve put our birthdays exactly 6 months apart. I guess she needs a… Read More »
Well, the hospital’s been backed up, and it looks like we’ll be checking in sometime between midnight and day-break. It’s a little frustrating just sitting around waiting on the hospital to call and let us know that they have room for us. By the time we get there, Murphy’s Law states that someone else will… Read More »
Tomorrow night we will be inducing labor in the evening. This should make for a long night. I’m already starting to feel the effects of the nerves on my stomach. Once she is born, though, it will be nice to be able to get a little rest without having to go to work the following… Read More »