I can remember the day Noah was born like it was yesterday. We went to work at Walmart like it was any other day except I was going to start my leave a week early due to trying to get the house ready for our bundle of joy. Before leaving work I filled out the paperwork for the LOA and then said my goodbyes and left for home. Darcy came by to bring me some left over diapers and a heartbeat bear. Right after she left I got the phone call. There were complications and the heart beat had slowed down so they had to do a emergency C-section. I had to call Ward and tell him to get home the baby was coming. All I could keep saying "Baby is coming". Ward came home and he hopped into the shower, then off we drove to Tacoma.
I was so nervous the whole ride over. I remember we stopped at McDonald's because we didn't know when we would have a chance to eat again. When we got there we went straight to Malia's room. I was afraid to hold Noah. I let Ward hold him first. I felt like when are they going to change there mind. They have to change there mind. He is beautiful. I loved how his eyes had the slant to them. How his lips perched up. I counted his toes and fingers when we got him in our own room. Our room was colder then they planned so they took Noah to the nursery to warm him up. We also went into Malia's room about 11pm just so she could watch us with him. He was just so beautiful. I was so happy the next when it was time for us to drive the 2 and half hours to our home. The nurses packed two full diaper bags of formula and diapers to make sure we could just enjoy our new bundle of love. It took us a while but we went straight to my parents house. My Dad was gone but Mom was home and we stayed the night. I had been up for over 24hrs without sleep and I was so tired.
The next night we went to our house where we tried to get a routine down but babies they have there own deal. Noah had colic and was cranky at times, but I was truly blessed to have a wonderful husband who took half the shifts with me to care for Noah each night.
awesome! it's so funny, we took showers before we left and got food cause we didn't know when we would be able to do that again. it is crazy we have time to think of those things when only the best gift is waiting for you! ;) lol. thank you for your posts and this story. ;)
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