He has finally arrived. Tracy, David, and Elijah were blessed to receive Matthew Jeremiah this morning at 8:46. Tracy was taken in for a routine c-section and all went well. Matthew weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 inches long. He is beautiful and healthy and we are thrilled to finally meet him. As you can see from the picture below, he was born ready to eat. He was sucking on his fists in no time while Tracy was still in recovery. Matthew was eventually taken in to see Tracy so she could nurse him and he did a great job.
Elijah was smitten from the start. He wants to hold and snuggle him as much as possible. He told Nana that he "just can't stop looking at him" - love at first sight. Elijah gives explicit instructions to anyone who comes to visit to wash "both sides of your hands" and you can only hold him a minute before being asked "can I have him back now?" He also doesn't like too many pictures taken of Matthew because "you're probably hurting his eyes". Each time Matthew jerks or flinches, Elijah calls it Matthew's "robot dance".
David and Tracy are elated to have been blessed with a healthy child. Each shed a few tears of joy and everyone who has met Matthew so far falls under his spell within moments. As the saying goes, "you just want to eat him up". As you can see by the pictures, one of his best traits is his hair. We're not sure where the dark color came from, but we love the style. After his bath, he has it all styled and is ready to meet his guests. It almost looks like the nurses have jazzed it up with some product.
Other than the horrific nausea and hot flashes, Tracy has felt pretty good. As with all new mothers, she is pretty tired but seems to be going on the adrenaline and excitement of meeting her new son. New mothers are so beautiful.
You can't imagine how proud Nana was to meet her new grandson. She has grinned all day. She's been holding her breath that she might get to hold him for a second or two later tonight. She has been amazing as she has helped entertain Elijah, support Tracy, and doing what she does best which is just serving others any way she can. Nana will be staying at the hospital with Tracy tonight so David and Elijah can go home and catch a few winks.
As of now, Tracy and Matthew should be able to go home some time Saturday morning.
Corbyn was thrilled to meet him and quickly asked if Randy and I would have another one.
As adorable as he was, I doubt we'll jump right back into new parenthood. I think I'll just sugar Matthew up whenever I get a chance.
Please join our family in praising God for this precious blessing of life. We look forward to introducing him to you soon.
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