Well, it's now two days after my daughter (Elizabeth Rose) was born and it's still surreal. There is probably only one word to describe it, blessing. It is such a blessing that we have her now and honestly I'm so relieved Amy doesn't have to go through the pregnancy anymore. But, now the real fun begins...raising a daughter, it will be wonderful. It will be a whole new experience for me...all over again. Because, while this is my first daughter...I did play a small part raising my sisters. Twelve years older than Pam and fourteen older than Katie, I was more of a younger parent to them then a sibling (although we did have our sibling moments! lol).

Amy and Elizabeth will be coming home tomorrow and a new chapter in our lives will begin. It will be hard but I'm up for the challenge. I actually feel renewed now that the pregnancy is over, the last couple months have been hard (more so for Amy). The people at our Church brought dinner over tonight (I had already fixed dinner though) and they'll be bringing over dinner for the next five nights!! Man, they are great bunch...stick together through thick and thin. God has blessed us with so many things lately and I am humbled.

I'll close with some pictures I took at the hospital the last few days:

My First Blog Post

Well, decided I would start up a blog like Amy to share my thoughts and keep everyone updated. While, our blogs might follow a same pattern...I'm sure the perception will be different haha.

It's 0930 on 21 December and I've just dropped the boys off at the Needham's (family from Church) so they can bring them to Church. Amy has been up since 3 or 4 with contractions and she's really thinking this is FINALLY IT! It would really be a blessing because I am scheduled to go back to work tomorrow and I've been worried about the drive back home and then the drive to the hospital (timewise). And that is why I bought a GPS, just couldn't deal with the pressure of worrying how long it would take me to get to the hospital (and if I'd get lost!). We've also decided to go to the more modern hospital because we've heard much better things about it. Occasionally, they'll try and give Americans their own room and if not it's only 2 to a room, with a curtain. The other hospital usually would have 3 to a room and no curtains...crazy how European countries work sometimes.

God willing, it will happen today and then I'll be calling everyone and posting and emailing to try and get the word out.

Stay tuned...