A Tale of Two Boys

Kelly has always thought she would be the mother of a whole bunch of boys. It's happening so far. She thought she would have another little guy just like Asa because she couldn't imagine having anything else. You don't have to imagine much to think these two are quite similar at birth.

Eli

Asa

Asa loves his brother Eli and loves to talk about him and hold him. Asa is already showing Eli how to use his fun new toys.

It's a Boy

After 24 hours of waiting (and contracting) we finally have two little boys. Asa will be very excited to know that he has a baby brother. Kelly did an awesome job pushing that little guy out in 33 minutes of pushing. Eli Emmaus Quade (that's his name so far) is 7 lbs 8 oz born at 7:18 this morning. We feel very blessed that God has given us another healthy boy. Kelly's VBAC went great and we are so happy that everything went according to His plan.

It's Go Time!

We're in the hospital...waiting for baby.

Froggy Frog World

Asa had a great Halloween. Lots of candy. No baby brother or sister yet. It was good to be able to this as a family - just the three of us. There will be many fun holidays to come but there is something to be said for the attention you can give to your only child. I think we are getting more mentally ready now that we were able to spend that time together and our lives feel normal again (Dad isn't taking massive opioid doses).