Gabriel Michael was born at 6:21AM on July 10. He weighed 9 lbs 3 oz and was 21.5 inches.
The little turkey took all night to be born. Liss and Jeremy went to the hospital at 6am on Saturday to be induced, after being 12 days overdue. Around 10pm she was dilated to 5 and the doctor broke the water and we all thought he was coming soon. My mom and I went to the hospital and waited with Jeremy's parents and sister. We kept getting updates and just after midnight she started pushing. The baby was stuck though, with his head slightly turned. But Lissa persevered through 6 hours of pushing, determined not to have a C-section. Finally around 6am Jeremy came out to the waiting room saying that Lissa needed more encouragement and my mom, Jeremy's mom and I went in the delivery room. She had been in labor for 24 hours by this point.
I walked in the delivery room, and it was hard to see my sister like that. She had said before that she only wanted her husband with her when the baby was born, and I felt a little awkward, having no clue what to do. But she was focused on the contractions. I was filled with nervous excitement and almost wanted to cry for my little sister, as if being up for 24 hours was not enough, she had endured a long and tough labor with Pitocen the entire time, which makes contractions much more difficult. I stood by her head and prayed that his little head would finally move down that he would be born. Moments later, he was crowning, and the nurses called the doctor. When he came in and got ready, it was all business. Through one contraction in a beautiful moment, he was born, and we were all delighted to be there to witness it. I think we all cried some.
I was next to Jeremy, who reached over to touch is new son, who was now laying on Lissa's stomach, but hesitated twice. I put my hand on his back, and told him it was OK. Gabriel was turning pink and Lissa took a first look at him. My mom proudly cut the cord. We are all falling in love.
I spent a few hours with them, and then I had to go home and pack up my car for camp. Thankfully, they let me be a little late. So after getting maybe 30 or 45 min of sleep on a bench at the hospital, I drove off to Camp Adventure, where I am the activities coordinator this week. My middle school students are here along with some of my high school students who are counseling and helping. I am sleeping in a cabin, kind of keeping order and assisting the counselors who are under 18, but am not responsible for campers. I'm really thankful for the way it all worked out. God was really good to me, and I was mostly OK for pulling an all-nighter. I am thankful for horizontal hour! I have taken naps the last two days, and I hope to get one today as well! Other than having to cut in line past campers to shower, (which I do feel bad about) or shower after campers are already asleep, and the fact that I have given up on shaving my legs this week because of limited shower time (I am thankful I am tan, and it doesn't show much) things are good!
The games have gone really well with our 200 campers. Even the one I lead on Sunday night on no sleep. I'm so glad everything was all planned and I gathered all supplies last week. The campers are having a blast and so are the counselors. I have even been able to sneak away to spend some much needed time with God. This is a place I always heard from him. There are so many places to go away from people. I sure do love this places, and I am getting some answers.
Now I have to go take some pictures of my kids during activities rotation. I hope some are on the Blob and at high ropes, because that's where I am headed. Good times!
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