The Sweet-Toothed Wife: Introductions

We are so blessed with SO many family and friends who were eagerly waiting the arrival of Zach! This little boy has so many people who love him already. It was fun to capture many 'first meetings!' Let's start taking a look.

The first person to come to the hospital to meet our new baby boy was Justin's sister, Debbie! She was there when we were going into labor and was up almost all night long praying for us. She was so excited to meet Zach that she came to the hospital when I was still in the delivery room, although I was being transferred to the Mother/Baby room right then! Debbie helped decorate our hospital room with a sweet balloon, a bouquet of spring flowers from herself and a red rose in honor of Zach's grandpa who is with the Lord.

aunt debbie

Our next visitors were Grandpa and Nana! They came later in the day that Zach was born. About 10 minutes after they arrived, my sister Jessica came and... surprise, my sister Jen! She surprised us by driving up that morning, just to be there on Zach's birthday! They came with fun baby boy balloons, blue hydrangeas (my favorite- I may have also hinted that I wanted those flowers!), presents for the babe, mom and dad and.... PEPSI! I had told people that right after I gave birth the first thing I would want would be a Pepsi and a turkey sub. My mom also made the most adorable sign to hang outside our hospital room. It had Zach's name and his stats!

nana and grandpa

aunt jessica

aunt jen

Gramma Linda came and visited that night. Gramma is a nurse on the NICU, which is the floor above the Mother/Baby floor. She was able to come down on her dinner break and meet Zach. Apparently, she came earlier in the day, but we had a note on the door saying that we were resting and she didn't want to bother us :( But we are excited that she was able to come down and visit with us on her breaks during our hospital stay!

gramma linda

The day that Zach came home from the hospital, he got to meet his cousin Ya'el and Justin's sister, Amy! It was so special for Amy to meet Zach because she lives out of state and was only in town for that one day. We did not think she would get to meet him for several months, and here she was able to meet him on his first day home!

aunt amy

Zach's first weekend and home he got to meet Justin's sister, Emmy! She came up to celebrate Jen's birthday and finally got to meet the little boy. Emmy and Nathanael and all their kids wanted to come up and visit us while we were still in the hospital, but since some of them were sick, they thought it was best not to come. They surprised us with a beautiful bouquet of flowers that was sent to our hospital room. Hopefully the rest of the family can meet Zach very soon. He has many excited cousins that are waiting to meet him.

aunt emmy

Zach's next introductions came when we traveled up to Ohio for my brother, Jon's wedding. He got to meet all of my brothers and sisters and his two cousins! It was so nice that my whole family could meet him so soon after he was born!!