I am pleased to announce the birth of Benjamin, my second son and fifth child. He was born at 3:09 in the afternoon, weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces, measured 18 3/4 inches, and complete with black hair and dimples. Both he and mom are doing great. They will be coming home tomorrow; until then, I am pulling full-time Daddy Duty (it's not "baby-sitting"...it's called "parenting").
Isaiah is excited to have another boy in the house and wants to share all of his toys with Benjamin. Rebekah is thrilled that there is another black-haired person, Mary is on worry-overdrive about them staying at the hospital tonight. Emma is also on overdrive, but for a different reason: she has been told it is her job to hold the baby's hand and to make sure Mommy has enough blankets, diapers, etc. for the baby. She has been waiting for this moment for a long time now.
As for me and Leslie, I think we have reached an agreement that this will be our last kid. Not only is it already like a horde of locusts at mealtimes, but it is starting to be a drain on us physically, mentally, and emotionally. I love my kids, but everyone has a point at which there is a limit - as the saying goes: "It is not requisite that a man run faster than he has strength."
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Welcome Benjamin and congrats to you all. So when do we get to see pictures? :)
Congrats!!!!
Tom and Stephen are thrilled. They want to know if you are calling him Benjamin Tom Stephen Piggott. I told them he is a Wilson...that was ok as long as Tom and Stephen were kept! Never fear I shall break the news to them slowly.
As for that being the last...My heart, lungs, brain and every other part of my body goes out to you as my three boys are enough to drain every ounce of energy out of even the strongest person...but I still love them all to bits!
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