Hallelujah the baby is out!!! On the 5. 5. 2008 Claire had an appointment at 4pm to have a cesarean. I was able to attend the operation and comfort Claire during it all. At 4:41pm little Shawn Alex honored us with his cute grumpy blue face and a real upset Taurus cry! Claire was able to give him a little greeting kiss and away he and I went to clean him up. His welcome to me was him peeing allover me and the midwife. What a love!
A bit upset he soon was reunited with mommies wooing words where he responded with a surprisingly alert look and calmed down so he could get his first tummy full.

Thank you again for all your prayers. Everything went well even though we prayed for a natural birth we now know why it was not possible. Some muscles that contract during labor did not function properly so it did not push the baby into position making a natural delivery possible. Something the doctor said is very unusual. We did try everything and asked our doctor to wait as long as possible. Usually after 14 days past the due date they don’t wait any longer and go for a cesarean. But Doc. Wali, who is our good friend, put his reputation at risk and let us wait 2 days more. So our little one was 17 days late!

Already Claire is doing all she can do get her strength back and is walking daily while at the same time getting little grumpy all he needs. He has some colic which makes it a bit of a challenge. But Shawn Alex is such a cute one and every time you see him smiling in his sleep you can’t help but love him. Ha!