Delivery and first impressions

"Labor started at 6:00 am on October 24, 1979, contractions every 5 minutes. a 1:10 pm we went to the hospital. Labor continued past midnight - a new day began and a new life came to be! October 25, 1979 at 1:17 am. The delivery took place at Williamsport Hospital. We had decided on a labor bed delivery and with Dr. Byler and Don coaching, Nathan was born - helped into this world by his father. Official weight was 8 lbs 2.5 ounces! Much bigger than I had expected. He was 21 inches long and had beautiful chubby cheeks.

You were much bigger than I had expected. Your head was quite large - a considerable amount of molding had taken place. I recall that before you were born I had asked your father if you had hair and he could see when your head was crowning that you did indeed have some hair. Dark brown hair - a fair amount, more in the back than in the front. At first I didn't feel you resembled either one of us - now (5 weeks later) I believe you resemble both of us, siding more with your dad's good looks! Your eyes were the color of most babies' eyes - blue - as deep and beautiful as the sea. At your first gaze into this world my eyes met yours and the bonding that had started 9 months earlier had become even stronger."

I can't really describe what it is like to read about the first time my mom and I looked at each other. Even though we don't get to keep that memory (because then I suppose we'd also have to keep a lot of tedious memories from that time as well) I am glad that I can still read about that moment. Thanks mom.