Plus Eight

So here’s the deal…eight is rather a magic number in my family. My dad is one of 8 kids (2 girls, 4 boys, 2 girls); I am one of 8 kids (2 girls, 4 boys, a girl & a boy) and now my child is going to be one of 8 grandkids (2 boys, a girl, 3 boys & 2 yet to be determined). It’s funny that it has worked out this way. In fact after four years of no new grandchildren suddenly we are doubling them in a matter of months. Two new additions in the last 2 weeks alone. Grayson Joseph Jay was born 5/25 (3 weeks early) weighing in at 6lbs 15oz & 20” long. He has fuzzy dark hair & is perfect. We were glad to see him & rejoice with my brother R & his wife as they had a long hard road getting pregnant. Thankfully the pregnancy went pretty well. Then on 6/3 Micah Joel made an appearance (2 weeks early) weighing in at 6lbs 14oz & 20” long. He has long brown/blonde hair & looks like he’s recently had some highlights added. Micha joins his brother Asher who will be 2 this fall. My sister-in-law J went in & had her water broken at 12:30 pm…she delivered at 2:38 pm after some serious back labor but since she only pushed 4 times I don’t feel too badly for her. One very special thing about Micah’s delivery is that his brother Asher was in the delivery room the whole time. He helped J with her breathing at the start. He would stand by her shoulder & go “hee hee hee hoo” with her. By all accounts he was a big help & even managed to sleep through the most intense parts of the labor. Asher woke up just as Micah was being delivered. After catching a VERY quick glimpse of the birth he pointed, made a face & pointedly said, “Mess”! I love how honest & forthright kids are even if they don’t know all that’s going on. Other than that Asher seems to have embraced being a big brother (we’ll see how long it is before they fight over trucks). So now we wait….it is a month to the day until my official due date. I am hoping that this last month goes smoothly & I’m refusing to think about labor & delivery or I may just refuse to give birth. After my (our) little one makes an appearance we have to wait until September for the last baby to arrive. It is going to be a busy Christmas for the family this year but we are excited to have all these little people joining the older cousins.