It was a normal hot afternoon this past Sunday in H-town. The bride, son, and I were trying to cool it by spending some time in the pool. I decided to go in a bit early to dry off before going to our Sunday afternoon Life group when the phone rang. Aaron is calling to let us know his bride called him back from Praise team practice because her water broke. How exciting, Cohen has officially decided to kick himself out of the water and into the family. I called the troops in from the pool, called Lynne, our LG host to tell her we weren't going to make it, and hurriedly packed up for Forneytown. Within an hour we're off headed north to Presbyterian Hospital to welcome our newest grandson.
He managed to get here only a bit more than an hour before we arrived and all are well. He was scheduled a c-section because that's how his brother was born. We hoped we'd be there before he arrived but no cigars...until after the birth. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 7 oz. and as of today, Tuesday he and his momma are doing great...the rest of us doing great too. I'd like to say I could post some pics but couldn't find camera before we ran out the door. :(
If you want to see some pics Kim posted a couple to her facebook page from her new Verizon Storm phone. She ditched her blackberry world phone for one that takes pics and does all that other cool stuff including post pics to facebook. For now, we're on Noah duty along with Allisons folks. The rest of the fam comes home from the hospital tomorrow. It's a world away from Noah's coming 5 weeks early and spending 9 days in the NICU. Aaron commented that after he was born they just handed him over to his parents and "let em hang out." Pretty nice having things go pretty normal this time. Last time the same call came we were in Cooperstown for Thanksgiving and tried to figure out how to get back to Dallas. We did but it was quite a stressful several days. They whisked Noah off to NICU and monitored him closely for that first stretch and it was all quite stressful. Cohen arrived much more low key and fully ready for life in the world. By the time we got to the hospital and got to see Aaron he was beaming, ear to ear.
They are all enjoying a restful start to the first couple of days and Kim and I enjoying Noah. Unfortunately Kim had to fly out today for work. She'll miss their homecoming tomorrow but so far...all in all...Cohen's off to a great start. Thanks for all your prayers and text msgs. We're proud grandparents again!! Praise God for Cohen Thomas Ellis. We think he's just about the best thing going...along with his brother of course.
He managed to get here only a bit more than an hour before we arrived and all are well. He was scheduled a c-section because that's how his brother was born. We hoped we'd be there before he arrived but no cigars...until after the birth. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 7 oz. and as of today, Tuesday he and his momma are doing great...the rest of us doing great too. I'd like to say I could post some pics but couldn't find camera before we ran out the door. :(
If you want to see some pics Kim posted a couple to her facebook page from her new Verizon Storm phone. She ditched her blackberry world phone for one that takes pics and does all that other cool stuff including post pics to facebook. For now, we're on Noah duty along with Allisons folks. The rest of the fam comes home from the hospital tomorrow. It's a world away from Noah's coming 5 weeks early and spending 9 days in the NICU. Aaron commented that after he was born they just handed him over to his parents and "let em hang out." Pretty nice having things go pretty normal this time. Last time the same call came we were in Cooperstown for Thanksgiving and tried to figure out how to get back to Dallas. We did but it was quite a stressful several days. They whisked Noah off to NICU and monitored him closely for that first stretch and it was all quite stressful. Cohen arrived much more low key and fully ready for life in the world. By the time we got to the hospital and got to see Aaron he was beaming, ear to ear.
They are all enjoying a restful start to the first couple of days and Kim and I enjoying Noah. Unfortunately Kim had to fly out today for work. She'll miss their homecoming tomorrow but so far...all in all...Cohen's off to a great start. Thanks for all your prayers and text msgs. We're proud grandparents again!! Praise God for Cohen Thomas Ellis. We think he's just about the best thing going...along with his brother of course.
Here's a couple pics I stole from Kim's facebook. :)
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2 comments:
Congrats to the grandparents!! He is precious!! I know that ya'll are having a great time with Noah. Sending all the Ellis crew hugs & kisses. We love ya'll, The Garcia's
David, Kim and all
Congratulations!!!! He is gorgeous just like his big brother. So happy you all got to spend some time with them. Pat G
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