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Welcome to the world Thomas Dean!

I know I haven't posted much in a while but I've been kind of busy the last 2 1/2 weeks.  Brittnee and I have been going thru the ultimate on the job training...becoming parents! 

Friday July 18th started out like every other day for me.  I got up, did my daily Bible reading, and went to the gym.  But after my workout that day was anything but ordinary.  We had a C-section scheduled for 10:30 since our son was breeched.  We rushed up to the hospital, actually on time for once and got there at 8:30.  They put us in one of the triage rooms to wait a little while....which turned into a long while. 


Any one who knows me even sort of good knows that patience is not one of my strong suits but I got some practice that day.  We FINALLY were told that we were up next after what seems to be a very chaotic day in the labor and delivery area at the hospital.  I was told that mom started throwing food away (her and Kat were eating) and said "We've got to go now!".  It was a strange time for me when they took Brittnee back to the operating room and I had to wait outside.  I had been told that was the plan from the start but it's still weird just watching them take her, and Thomas, away.  I was left to my thoughts and prayers in the waiting area which was really helpful to have a few quite moments to be by myself and pray.

 
 
They eventually came and told me that she was ready and I was allowed to go back and check it out.  I was surprised by how many people were in there but it was calming to know that all of these people have been sent here to help us deliver our child.  Everything went as planned during surgery and Thomas's birth and within just a few minutes we had a healthy little baby boy.
 


I wish that I had written down the first thoughts that popped into my head at this moment but that wasn't really an option.  It was shock, awe, gratitude, and a little fear of wondering if I really knew what we had gotten ourselves into.








 

 I know I'm new at being a dad and I have a lot to learn over the coming years.  But the first few moments seeing Thomas come into the world and begin living were even more proof to me that God is real.  Just to think about how a child goes from feeding thru a cord and being inside an air tight body to then come outside and figure out how to breathe air and eat food thru his mouth within minutes is just amazing to me.

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in my the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of the came to be." - Psalm 139:13-16

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