What's important

I had plans to make my next blog entry a discussion of Tweeting and how far communication has come from the Pony Express days. It would have been very insightful, trust me. Instead, last night, my basketball game started a chain of events that were far more important.

Even before I was sweating the night away at my Wednesday game, I was instructed by my wife to have the phone close. "just in case". Well in the middle of game 8 or 9 the phone rings. Amid the chuckles and comments I stop the game to answer the call. "I think this may be it" she says.

After getting home we made the call to my Dad to come watch the kids. He arrives, we leave.
At Timpanogos Hospital the monitoring begins. The contractions were short, but very painful. Painful enough to convince the doctor on call to make the decision to perform the C-section today.

So at 6:15 the doctor comes in, quite an upbeat guy I may add, and carts my wife away to the O.R. Meanwhile I get a brief chance to reflect, and since we hadn't slept all night, I doze off in the 4 minutes I had to sit and prepare.

After getting decked out in the new throw away scrubs I head over to meet up with Deb. The procedure was quick and painless...well for me. But at that moment, when I saw his face, his wrinkled body and mussed up dark hair; I knew what was important.

Our baby boy is here! Four days earlier than planned, and we still have some preparations to do but we couldn't be happier. Mom, baby, older siblings, and even Dad are doing well. What a surprise it was for our kids to wake up with a new brother. He is well loved already.

Enough talk..here is what we're all waiting for...the photos. Enjoy.