Welcome Gabriel Guy St. Louis

On July 31st at 1:49am Gabriel Guy became an official member of our family. We named him Gabriel which means Man of God, and we named him Guy after his grandfather. I think he will be filling some big shoes in this life with those names. In Honduras we have a little bit different birth plan options versus in the US and the plan we picked was at our home with a mid-wife. For those of you who are scared of this option, it is not for everyone, but we loved it!

Part of our home birth included me getting to catch the baby, put the baby on Jamie's chest and cut the cord. What an experience! I think every future dad should get to do that at least once. We kept the gender a surprise the entire time and I did not know the gender until after I put the baby onto Jamie's chest (I was too busy counting fingers and toes). It is funny how unimportant the surprise was for me, I was really just going for healthy.

That being said however, a little boy was welcomed quickly into our family by a very proud father whose house is unevenly balanced in estrogen. I still can't wipe that smile off my face.

Here is the picture of Jamie holding the baby. Yes she really was that happy! Being in Honduras in the middle of summer pregnant is quite a job. I am amazed at how happy she has pretended to be over the last couple of months:)
I should have more pictures later today that I will post and more info on the height and weight. Until then we would like to welcome Gabriel into our family.