Saturday, March 26, 2011

…a birth to remember

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I was invited to be alongside my dear friends Dawn and Dave as they were having their latest edition to their family a few days ago. Much to the very joy of Dawn, things went very, very different than previous deliveries. Which means instead of a 4-5 hour labor with many moments of intensity…it was 13 hours of labor with much fewer moments of intensity. A wonderful blessing indeed. On top of it, it afforded us many hours of visiting that we may not have had if it had gone differently. Yay for that!
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Although, during the last hour, things indeed do go pretty quick and little John Patrick arrived in a bit of a hurry. Yay! Dawn was relieved I am sure and little John, well, he was still a little upset over the whole thing, well just for a few minutes Winking smile!
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He was all checked over…ten fingers, ten toes, you know the check up!
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All the proper measurements were made.
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In his first wee little diaper…
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He was finally left to rest and after I had all my shots I wanted, we turned the bright light back off again.
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…so he could open his little eyes up.
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Daddy sayin’ “hi”.
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Finally momma gets to see him again. Awwww, priceless!
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After all was said and done and Simply Dawn was settled in her new room, Dave and I took off at 3:00 am. Yep, a little late and we ventured out into one of our worst winter storms this year. I would not have made it home on the roads and since my kids were at Auntie Lorrie’s I ventured out into the snow and made it to Lorrie’s who live relatively close by…although my parking job was a bit precarious at the end of her driveway. Lets just say that it was a miracle that I made it that far!!!
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2 comments:

  1. Wow what a blessing! I teared up at the photo of baby and mommy! Those moments are so priceless!

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