Is it our imagination or is he one of the cutest babies ever! He's just a few hours old here.
Here's how the past few days had played out for us before his birth.
On Dec. 17, at Rebeca's doctor appointment, she was told that they would schedule a delivery for December 26, so we all had December 26th in mind. We planned to drive to Tucson on Christmas day. On the morning of December 23rd, we get a phone call from Rebeca at 8am!! She told us they are admitting her to the hospital and that we should probably pack our stuff up and go ahead and start driving over there because he would probably be born later that day. We had waited for this call for weeks and now that we had finally gotten it we just couldn't believe it. It took us 2 hours to get everything fixed up at the house like we like it and to pack away our last minute stuff. We pulled out of our driveway at around 10:10am and left San Antonio around 10:30am.
We only stopped once for lunch and gas in Ozona - a 15 minute stop - and then continued on our way. We even said we wouldn't stop for dinner - that we would just eat whatever we had in the car and just keep on going. But we did have to stop for gas in Las Cruces but that's all we did - bathroom break and get gas and keep on going. By the time we were approaching Deming, it was already kind of dark and after that we drove pretty much in darkness. Fortunately, the weather was perfect and there wasn't much traffic. We pull into Tucson around 9:30pm and head straight to the hospital. After finally figuring out which was the entrance to the hospital, we finally get in, sign in and make our way to the newborn wing.
Seeing little Scott for the first time was so unreal and beautiful. He looked to us just beautiful and we couldn't wait to hold him. We were so happy to hold him and be there with Rebeca and Jason and to know we were there on the day he was born. Absolutely contented, we left the hospital a little while later since it was WAY after visiting hours (they made a special exception for us). We drove to Rebeca's house, unpacked and went to bed with visions of little Scotty in our heads!
December 24th - Christmas Eve
We got up early, had breakfast at Ihop and then went straight to the hospital. We visited with Rebeca, Jason and Scott for a while.
Here is Scott on his second day getting a hearing test which he passed with flying colors. He got his first sticker for a good job!
Making faces at Abuelito
Then at exactly 4:15, we took pictures of Scott at 1 day old.
Every single time I see this picture of Scotty, I can't help but laugh!
December 25 - Christmas Day
Rebeca and Scotty come home today!! Guillermo and I spent most of the morning putting his little Pac n Play together and after that, working on figuring out how to install the infant seat in Rebeca's car. That proved too much for us and Jason came to help us figure it all out. They finally got it installed and we all then went in two cars to the hospital. We got to the hospital around 11:30am but once there, Rebeca said that they wouldn't be checking out until sometime after 1:30 or later. So, we stayed awhile and then went back home to get some things done there.
This is the beautiful view Rebeca had from her room in the hospital which evidently was one of the nicer rooms.
There is a little bit of video of Scotty in his car seat and being brought into the house for the first time. But I need to figure out how to put that on here first....
We had a nice Christmas dinner that evening that was really easy to get together thanks to picking up several items from the Honey-Baked Ham store such as the turkey and mashed potatoes. Guillermo made cranberries, I made the broccoli casserole and stuffing and with olives and gravy to round the meal out - it was a very good Christmas evening dinner. Anyway, none of us got much sleep at all on Christmas night. Scotty cried a lot of the night which is to be expected. It was your typical "first night home with a newborn".
Congratulations Rebeca and Jason!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vicki for posting the pictures.
Andy