It's a Boy!

The story will go down like this...
On a Friday evening Alyssa and I went out for dinner at one of our favorite greasy spoon diners, The Grand Coney. Our plan was to read some materials on digital cameras and camcorders over our meal, and then go shopping for one or the other. Alyssa had a turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy and one bite from my coney dog. Toward the end of dinner, she felt a pain in her lower abdomen, but neither of us thought anything of it. On the way out of the parking lot Alyssa told me we needed to go home. Her water had broken, but we were new to this, so we just figured this was a sign that things were moving along--good, but nothing too significant. After all, we were a month away from our due date. We called the hospital, expecting a nurse to tell us that this kind of thing was to be expected and nothing at all to be concerned with. The nurse told us to come into the hospital, and honestly we were both really bummed. We felt like this was going to be a needless hospital trip when we had shopping to do! I remember telling Alyssa that she should have insisted on talking to our doctor before we went to the hospital. "Well," we asked each other, "should we pack a bag just in case?" Why not? So we threw some things in a suitcase and off we went.
Imagine our surprise when upon admittance the nurse told us Alyssa was already three centimeters dilated, and nine hours later, at 5:15AM on November 18, we were holding our firstborn, Lucas Michael. He was six pounds, ten ounches, and 19 inches long, and had a head full of red hair. Mother and child are well.
6 Comments:
At November 20, 2006 ,
Anonymous said...
Chad,
Let me be the first to offer hearty congratulations to you and your wife on the birth of your son! He looks great. At 6lbs10oz it is a good thing he decided to show up a little early. This Thanksgiving you all have a lot to be thankful for.
Best,
Tim Keel
At November 20, 2006 ,
Anonymous said...
Chad,
What a thrill we had meeting Lucas Michael earlier this evening! Sorry you weren't home. He's even more darling in person than he looks in this photo (although in the photo he's pretty darn cute and looks pretty comfortable in your grasp).
Blessings on you, Alyssa, and Lucas,
Carol & Roger
At November 20, 2006 ,
Will said...
Congrats, and God's blessings on your whole family!
Will & Lisa
At November 21, 2006 ,
tony said...
Mega-congrats, C & A! What a great Thanksgiving gift!
Tony and Julie Jones
At November 21, 2006 ,
Anonymous said...
Congratulations and welcome to parenthood! He's beautiful and we're so glad everything went well.
At November 28, 2006 ,
Anonymous said...
Congratulations on your beautiful boy. The red hair is just great. I'd be able to pick him out of a hundred boys and know he's yours, Chad. Blessings (and stamina) for the adventure ahead.
Jamie and Zeke P.
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