Introducing Elijah part 1

We'd like to introduce Elijah! He's 7 lbs 2 ozs, born on December 16th, and 20 inches of pure handiwork of our God. The Lord absolutely blessed every part of this process - from the no need for drugs to the labor that was less than 7 hours total. Just like Elijah's name means, the LORD is our God!

Suz, one of our best friends, was able to be one of the nurses for the delivery. Just another huge blessing.

Jamie with our new baby boy.

Apparently, Elijah was the 600th baby born at the Newberg Hospital this year, which was a milestone that the hospital was hoping to reach. As part of the celebration, they gave us "a major award!" (that's a line from the Christmas Story). We were gifted 600 diapers! They also took our photo with Suz and Nan (who delivered baby Eli), and framed it and all the nurses signed it. Again, just another great blessing from the Lord!

Introducing Elijah part 2

He's really good at making old man faces. This looks like he drooled blue onto the blanket, but that's just the print.

Uncle Nathan and Grand Mommie Mom meet Elijah for the first time.

This was on the 18th, which was Auntie Carrie's birthday! The 18th was Elijah's original due date.

Introducing Elijah part 3

G-Dad gets to hold baby Eli for the first time.

Introducing Elijah part 4

Grandmama and Grandpapa see Elijah for the first time. Grandpapa's birthday is on the 27th.

Cam and Ro brought us a chicken dinner! Cam's birthday was on the 18th too. Lots of December birthdays apparently!

The Lovely Ladies have added their first baby to the crew.

Joe did a good job - he didn't drop the baby. Elijah liked Joe so much that he kept pooping when Joe held him.

ALRIGHT!!!

Some recent pics

This is a Thanksgiving shot with Jamie's family and my parents.

Baby boy is due in less than 2 weeks from today.

*Disclaimer - Jamie and baby were only 35 weeks in this photo.

We're getting ready to cross that bridge!

*Disclaimer - Figuratively, the baby bridge, not the bridge in the photo.