Welcome to the Family, Roselyn

Well, at 5:13pm, Angie and I had an unsuspected Christmas present in our arms. Roselyn (pronounced Roz-ah-lyn) was born. That's right, we had a Christmas baby, the only one for the whole day at the hospital.

Angie is a champ. She's so strong and incredibly patient. We stayed at the house as long as possible with the assistance of our fantastic doula. When she gave us the word that we needed to head to the hospital, things got exciting. Long story short... well, short story short, I guess, I drove to the hospital, dropped Angie and doula Julie at the door, and by the time I got up to the room Angie was pushing. From my driveway to the moment Roselyn was in our arms was only 23 minutes. Whew! That's fast.

Angie and baby are doing great. As I type, Angie just said, "Man, my foot really hurts from when Abe (our two year old) dropped that toy on it last night." Seriously? You just pushed a baby out of your body and you're thinking about your foot? She's a tough lady.

We're happy with our little Christmas baby. We're blessed to have four awesome kids. Most of the posts you see over the next two weeks will be at random. I'll keep checking and will get a ride in here and there, but my priorities will certainly shift for a bit!

Get out there.