Yes, I have some very exciting news…. I am an aunt! Austins sister Erica welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world on Tuesday afternoon. His name is Alex John and he weighed in at 8lbs and 21 inches long. I am very excited to have a nephew, and I know that Austin feels the same way.
The story of the birth of this baby from my perspective was that of an emotional rollercoaster. We got a phone call at 5am on Monday morning to let us know that Erica started having contractions, and we were so excited that the baby was on his way that we waited it out a while. At 8am, nothing had changed and they said it would be a while, so we went on our way keeping our phones nearby in case we got another phone call saying it was time. That night I sat on the computer editing photos and getting updates via text message from Glenn about Erica’s status and his soon to be son. They finally headed to the hospital when the contractions were 5 minutes apart for an hour.
At 2am we got notice that they were giving Erica the epidural, so we packed up… I grabbed the camera… and off to Delaware we went to Christiana Hospital. Needless to say… the little guy had no intention of coming out just yet… so we waited all night/morning. Austin’s mom was in the delivery room, but we eventually had some company in the waiting room around 6am when Austin’s dad and stepmom arrived. More hours went by… and in the early afternoon the doctors decided it was time to do a c-section. Shortly after, Alex was welcomed into this world. Erica had been in labor for 33 hours! I can’t even explain how excited we were to see the baby. When it was Austin and my turn to head up and see him, we both had butterflies. We each got a chance to hold the little guy only a couple hours old, and I already started informing him that I am going to be the favorite Aunt!….haha…
This one is my favorite because he looks like he is smiling:
Proud Daddy Glenn
Austin holding his nephew
The FAVORITE aunt holding my new nephew
