Mommy Mode
Thank you all for the congrats and everything. I'm slowly recovering from giving birth and am slowly re-entering the world. Aidan and I are both doing well. I'm still in lots of pain (and rather drugged up) and haven't slept much, but that's how these things go!
To give the basic info. Aidan was born last Wednesday June 11 by emergency c-section. I went through the whole labor thing only to discover that he was positioned face up with his neck tilted back. It would have caused him severe trauma to be born vaginally, so I was rushed to have a c-section. I had to be completely put under and Mike couldn't be in there, but the result was a healthy baby boy. If you are really interested, I posted the full birth story here. There are also more pictures and our reasons for choosing the name Aidan Elessar on the baby blog.
So I have no idea when I'll get back to posting reguraly here, I'm taking things a day at a time at this point. But I can direct you to a piece I wrote for the Jesus Manifesto blog's writing contest on Pentecost. I had a great time exploring themes on how the Holy Spirit works.
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What an adorable little boy! And I love your story about Aidan's name. The more I study Celtic Christianity, Aidan's story is central. The story of being sent from Iona to Lindisafarne because he was practical and wanted to deal with the inhabitants as they were, not as the monks hoped that they would be – that's great. And the story of the horse that Aidan was given to be more efficient in evangelism, which he then gave to the first poor family that he met… Oh yeah. Go.
So cute! A beautiful family. Congrats.
He is a beautiful boy. Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Blessings to you all!
Blessings Julie
Blessings and best wishes to the entire family! Aidan is absolutely beautiful. I love this picture with those teeny little fingers folded and the look of serious contemplation on his face. He looks like a boy with something to say!
Congratulations! Beautiful!
Congratulations!!
Congrats