meeting Baby Kieron

I was still at the computer

having just finished paying the bills 

when she called.

Some women talk about how hard it is 

to watch your daughter go through labor.

I got to be at the hospital

when my mom had my youngest brother.

I guess I was about 14.

In my opinion,

watching your momma labor

is much harder.

Isn't she such a pretty laboring momma??

Lana labors well;

I'm sure that makes it easier on me.

I also think that it's in part due to the fact

that some of my own babies

are still babies.

The prize

is still fresh in my memory.
(never mind that I didn't get to labor with the last four...)

It helps, too, that

Shelley is an amazing midwife.

When Lana started wearing out

and told us she just couldn't do it;

we told her she could.

And she believed us.

And she did it.

Kieron Tyler      02-28-2011    8 lbs 3 oz      19 3/4 inches long  

I was positioned in the pool with Lana & Shelley

to catch the baby;

but that didn't happen - it went rather fast there in the end.

It was all good, though;

I got to wrap his first blanket around him

and hold his cheek next to mine

before I passed him off to his momma

surrounded by love.

Welcome to the world, Kieron!!

You are loved!!