Cute Baby Jack
Today was not the day I had planned in my mind for the birth of our baby. July 1st was a much better day for my obsessive compulsive mind. June 27, is such an odd day… not a nice small compact number.
Babies, have no sense of time and rarely comply with my obsessive compulsive nature.
Earlier on the 27th, Lori went to the doctor for her weekly visit. While there, the doctor checked her out and decided that it would be better for her to check into the hospital today, rather than risk having the baby in a less ideal location (like the car, or the store, or at home etc.) As much as we were not ready for this day, he had a good point. Having the baby in the hospital where the best care in the world could be given was a more important goal than number on calendar that was created by man and meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
For me, I had just barely (by barely, I mean just sat down in my chair after entering the building, laptop still in backpack) arrived in the office. I got a call from Lori and she said that it was time for me to turn around and head home.
It took me over an hour to to return home using public transit but I was glad too, because I got to see the last swim class (where parents are invited) for Caleb. I was too late for Conner, but he is already a pretty good swimmer. I like to think it was good for Caleb to have me there as well.
After swimming lessons, we gave the boys to Lori’s mother and Lori and I went to the hospital. Along the way, we stopped at Wal-Mart to see if we could find a stroller/baby carrier since that was one of the things we needed to accomplish before the baby arrived. Of course, we didn’t. Wal-Mart did not have anything that we were interested in. In addition, the ones that we were even slightly interested in, they didn’t have in stock. This seems to be a common theme for Wal-Mart in my opinion.
Anyway, we made it to the hospital. Things there were normal as far as delivering a baby go. I am the last one to be qualified to give an accurate opinion on how things went (I’m just the dad, my job in the hospital is pretty much to just sit around) but, in my opinion, this was one was the smoothest by far.
Baby Boy was born about 5:30pm. He was a healthy 8lbs 3oz. Everything was fine. Both mom and baby were doing well.
Being caught by surprise, Lori and I didn’t really have a lot of time to discuss a name for the baby. On top of the busy busy of having the baby, three boys at home etc, I still had to prepare a sundayschool lesson. I was told that I could postpone it if necessary but I would have put the Bishop in a bind and I was overprepared with material, just not put down into a logical flow at that point.
Usually, we are slow to pick out a baby name, but we are usually able to accomplish it before we leave the hospital. With all that was going on, we (rather I) were not able to finalize that decision before we left. We were comforted in that we had 10 days from his birthday to figure it out.
Sunday afternoon came and we were able to leave the hospital. It was nice to have everyone in the same location and start to live our lives as a family of 6. (Side note: WOW! I can hardly believe I just wrote that last sentence. I am married to a wonderful woman and together we have 4 beautiful kids… I can hardly believe it.)
We got a call from the hospital and they asked us if we had a name yet for the little boy. We told them that we didn’t. They said that it was ok, they were off the next day but would call us back the day after that. Well, that was a relief for us because we still didn’t agree on a name. That week was the fourth of July and they must have been off for a couple of days because we didn’t get a call again until the following Tuesday the ??. Luckily, by that point, we had decided to call him Jack (Everyone had decided this a long time ago, It just took me that long to agree with everyone else.)
We are glad to have baby Jack in our family. He is a beautiful little boy. So far, he reminds me of our other boys when they were born. (That is a good thing, because all our boys are cute) I guess that Jack is also destined for good looks and a great personality… just like the other boys.
Lori and Jack
I am thankful for the safe arrival of Jack. I am greatful for my wonderful wife. She is strong and caring. She is smart and beautiful. She is the best.
