Rev_Rick

Congratulations isn't God GREAT!

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carolinasteve

Thanks Bookworm and Rick. And there are not enough words to express the greatness of our Lord! This child will hear of God's greatness and will hear His word read to him. And I pray that the fruits of mine and my wife's lives will let Him see with his own eyes the love that God has for him. Please pray for us as new parents who are infants ourselves in our walk with the Lord.

Jax

He must be here by now, how did it all go?

carolinasteve

WOuld you believe, he's not here yet?!We(including the doctor) thought he would be here by now. His due date was the 6th. I don't know what he's waiting for but if he holds out after today, he's gonna loose his say in the matter. My wife has a doctor's appointment tommorrow, and if he doesn't come by then, she will probably go ahead and induce the labor. My wife and I would rather have the "Um, I think we better get to the hospital" moment, but he's got to be close to 8 pounds by now, and my wife has a small frame. My one concern is if we do induce, is that a display of lack of faith in God to handle it, or is it His will for us to induce? Our doctor is a Christian, so hopefully she will have the same question, and have a good answer before she goes ahead with anything.

Jax

Praying for you !
I was mostly late with mine, 15 days was my longest overdue!

Looks like tonight it is the spicy curry followed by a long warm bath and an early night if you know what I mean!
Lazy boys, I dont know

carolinasteve

He was born at approx 9:15 Pm on Wednesday, Dec 12. He weighed in at a svelt 7lbs 12 oz, and is around 20 inches long. We've been up since 5am Wednesday(its 5 am Thrusday now. Induction started at 8:30 am. I guess a total of 11 hours 45 minutes isnt so bad for a first time mommy. She's is a supreme pusher! We're finally going to lay down for a nap. Hopefully, we'll be able to go home tonight, and I can get some pics posted. He is so beautiful. God has truly blessed us once again!

BreathOfGod

Congrats!!!!!

Born2LoveYou

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How Cute.
I posted a message on help where to look, because I could see anything..It looked like a big blur lol.
But looking at it from different angles and looking closely I can now see it.

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Jax

You must be so proud, and so tired!
God bless you all, and keep you all rejoicing, even at 3am

carolinasteve

Thanks jax and B2LU! Man, he's 5 days old now. everything I was ever told about having a child, from the indescribable feeling of love and protectiveness, to the pain of watching your own in pain, and yes, even the lack of sleep, we've already experienced in these few short days! He has ben colicky the last couple of days, but we changed his formula while mommy keeps trying to get him to like breast feeding(he's already developed a taste for fast and easy from the bottle-the TV diner for infants I suppose) and that seems to be helping. Anyway, here are a couple of pics of our new,perfect, baby boy(Thanks to God for a healthy child and no complications durring the birth! Thanks everyonef or the prayers!):
Less than a minute old, and as you can see, I'm still verticle! I didn't miss a thing. I even cut the cord. Mommy is loking at how big he is and saying,"Thank goodness for epidurals!"

Then they took him and cleaned him all up and checked his vitals, under the watchful eyes of the grandmas and grandpa, of course!

All cleaned up, with a very proud Daddy, and a very proud and tired Mommy:

Back from the nursery after a bath and making sure he held a good body temp. He's ours to keep now. Look at those cheeks!

I jump right onto my role as new dad, witht he honory first diaper change! I kept it cause I need to patch my roof(all I can say is WOW!)

Of course our child will also be a UNC fan( in fact he got his first tarheel durring the session pictured above-eeeew!)

"Dear diary. I'm almost a day old. Stll tired from the move."



Ready for the trip home, but how about a nap first?

... Uh oh, looks like he's nodded off. I better grap a quick nap too while I can. Thanks again for all of your prayers and encouragement!
Blessings
-Steve