As I first woke up this morning it was like any other day. My internal alarm woke me up around 5:45 and I stretched out in bed for a second. I gave thanks for another day ahead of me with possibilities running through my mind. Looking over to my right I saw my wife was already out of bed, which normally would be very strange to have her up before me but lately not too rare. In the last month of her pregnancy she has been getting up really early hungry and eating a quick breakfast then going back to sleep for awhile. I sat in bed for a few more minutes and right before getting up saw her standing right next to me. She was pretty calm but said she had been having contractions for the past few hours and they were harder than they have been for the past weeks. We both thought it wouldn’t be anything big but since the Dr. said to go to the hospital with anything we decided to head over to O’Connor hospital. We took our time (even stopped for a quick bite to eat) and got to the hospital around 8. They got her all setup to monitor the contractions and called her Doctor to see what she wanted to do. She was still having contractions and after a ultrasound confirmed the baby was not in the right position for birth. The doctor came in and said they have a c-section scheduled for 9:30, I paused for a second and first said “a c-section?” and then “9:30, are you talking about in like 45 minutes or 9:30 some other day?”. I was shocked, our first baby came naturally and we didn’t even think about the possibility of a c-section. I also didn’t think we would be having our baby that day. With his due date not until 3 weeks away my mind I guess just wasn’t ready yet. Well 9:30 came and 11 minutes later Isaish was delivered into this world, nice and healthy and already 8lbs.

This week has been a blur and a challenge. My wife is doing well but with the surgery can’t move much and can’t pick up anything heavy, thankfully we had help from my family to watch Faith and take care of her a bit. Every day is getting a little easier on my wife so hopefully she will be fully healed quick. You never realize how much you need to lift and carry with a 16 month old until you can’t. But all of these things are always just minor inconveniences in the big picture, sleep can always be caught up on later, work can get done at other times but the beauty of your child is worth so much more. I am Thankful today for my two beautiful and healthy babies, looking at them always brings a smile to my face.