Thursday, December 7th, 2016
Today at approximately 10:57am Jack Aaron made his way into the world and my heart.
He came in weighing 6.4 pounds and a little more than 3 weeks early due to some complications with both my daughter and grandson. I am more than happy to say both mother and child are doing wonderful but for a brief moment it was kind of nerve wracking to say the least.
Don't think I've seen so many smiles as I did this morning waiting to hear how things were going and getting the word that he had made his arrival and promptly gone to sleep. My son commented that he has an early start on those teenage years where sleep is everything.
Because he was born through an emergency C section it meant that either mom or dad has to be present whenever a family member goes into the baby center to see him. L, my daughters fiancé, took my son to see his nephew for the first time and when he walked back to the recovery room you could see his eyes watering up and all he said was "He's incredible" and hugged both his mother and I. He tried to wipe his eyes but his mom smiled at him and said "Your father has already cried tears of happiness so go ahead and let your own out" He turned to look at me and I laughed and said "Hell, I was crying on the walk down the hallway to find the baby unit" and then proceeded to feel more wetness on my cheeks as I thought about the amazing thing my daughter just did.
Life is sure to be more interesting over the coming years as baby Jack, my nickname for him, grows up and reminds all of his family what the innocence and joy of youth looks like over and over.
I have violated my rule on using names by saying my grandson's name but special moments call for some rule breaking don't you agree.
My name is Marcus and my grandson already has me wrapped around his awesome little fingers
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