introducing jared

Introducing:

jared michael houston roseberry, 10 lb-8 oz, 21 1/2 inches long, by c-section, delievered at 7:35 AM on july 1, 08. aaron got to be in w/anne while they did the pre-planned C-section and he did well until it was all over and he'd trimmed the umbilical chord. then he got woozy and had to lay down and catch his second wind. lol. all are doing well and going home later today. planning to nurse and supplement w/bottle. he's a "mini me" of aaron. i know people say this, but OMG, its totally true. i GOTTA find a set of those t-shirts where the dad sized one says "ME" and the baby sized one says "MINI ME".

he has anne's nose (thank goodness) and my itty bitty deep set eyes. (which disappear when i smile) he definately has the dell family (my birth family) gobbler extra chin. the little stretchy knitted hats that they put on them, just popped right off his head. even after stretching it a rediculous amount. some lady had crocheted some hats for the babies and he got a lovely blue one that does fit. newborn diapers were a 'no-go' from the get go. he's in #1 size. i dont know what that means but it sure aint newborn nor premie size. lol.

our precious jared was circumcised yesterday and the dr told the proud papa that they had to use the biggest circumcision instrument they had. the nurses were teasing about how popular he'll be with the ladies, and lovingly nicknamed him "goliath". he was the biggest and only blonde haired baby on the unit, has curley hair, and blue eyes, and has thin lips like aaron. anne has such beautiful full lips. so, other than the differences i noted here, he's "mini-me" of aaron.
hopefully all the newborn diapers that were bought for them can be exchanged for bigger ones, even w/o the reciepts. same goes with the 0-3 months outfits. he'll out of those w/in a week. lol!!

my 7 yr old grandson, joshua, is more facinated with jared's soft silky hair than anything else. joshua had a blanky w/satin around the edges (4 exactly alike were made for him by his great grandma when he was born) and he rubs the satin on his lips to get to sleep. he has one left........the others either fell apart or got lost over the years. suzi asked joshua if he thought they should make jared some blanky's w/satin around the edges, and joshua told her that jared didnt need any blanky's because he'd just rub his own soft silky hair. how precious, huh?

thanks to you all for your prayers up to this point. hopefully suzi will upload some of her pictures and get them online and send them to me and ill surely pass them along. i cant do any of that stuff on this computer here at work. too many "blocks" on what we can and cant do.
The city of kokomo had a big party for jared's birthday on Friday, and set off fireworks in celebration of his birth. they did it on friday, because we didnt think they'd be coming home from the hospital till then, and by then it was too late to change the date of the festivities. wasnt that nice of them? i hope you all came to kokomo, friday night and enjoyed this city-wide celebration of jared's birthday.

joshua, got baptized on july 6th. it was full emersion and he had put it off for quite some time for that reason. going under water, backwards just wasnt his cup of tea. rusty practiced with him several times in the bathtub and he took a wash cloth with him into the baptismal. everyone chuckled as he put the cloth over his face. he "dunked" well and came up smiling. we heard him say something as the pastor lifted him out of the water but couldnt make out what he'd said. the pastor smiled and told the congregation that joshua had remarked to his daddy, who was waiting for him (just out of the water) "that was awesome". how precious can you get?

this holiday weekend brought both joys and tears to our family. aaron and anne's dog, sandy, died on sunday evening at their home. sandy was blue's pet. blue is the cat. sandy had been with anne about 8 yrs and aaron loved this dog so much. sandy had a seizure on thursday when anne and the baby walked in the door after being discharged from the hospital. then saturday she became listless, not eating or drinking and bled out old blood in the house on saturday evening. aaron carried her outside and they expected to find her "passed away" on sunday morning. i went over in the afternoon and sat with anne and the baby as aaron sat outside petting, talking to and trying to give her water. finally he went inside to get things ready for work today and a while later, he looked and she had died. animals tend to go off by themselves to die and sandy loved them both so much, but couldnt move, so my heart believes that she waited until she was alone to 'let go' and 'move on'. it was a sad evening for that household. she was such a sweetie. i told them that she was protecting them even in her death. she didnt want to distress them by dieing while either of them was with her.

joys and tears. isnt that the way of life? a little rain must fall to be able to appreciate the rainbows. my last word is just that............appreciate the rainbows when theyre with us. we never know just how long they will last.

IBKARYN4U :)