Wednesday, August 23, 2006

For Unto Us a Child is Born!

This is Nick, Rebecca's husband, standing in for her on this post. It is with exceeding joy that we announce the arrival of our beautiful baby boy, Thomas Jackson Nugent. Becca is far more eloquent than I, and so I will leave to her the wonderful narrative of how this little one came to us early yesterday morning. For now, here are a few pictures:

Here is little Thomas, just minutes after being born. He was extremely alert and responsive during the first hour after birth, as are most babies.



This is Lydia, our friend, neighbor, and (in Thomas' birth) our doula. She was of indescribable help in coaching and comforting Rebecca through the birth process. Thank you, Lydia; we are in your debt.



A little hair on his head.



A tired but delighted mama.



A very happy family.



Time to rest.



The TJN 0.01 is on the cutting edge of baby technology, equipped with pooping, peeing, crying, and all sorts of other features. Check out the specs.



A very hungy little boy looking for milk in all the wrong places.



Waking up - "I had this horrible dream that I was taken away from my dark and warm little home ... wait a second!"



Ah ... so cute!


Becca and Thomas should be out of the hospital sometime tomorrow (Thursday, 11/24/06). If you want to call us, please call the hospital phone at (615) 936-0776. We are low on our cell phone minutes. Thank you, everyone, for your incredible love and support through this long, uncertain, and difficult process. We rejoice and praise God for the gift of this little one. Hallelujah!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just think... in 16 years you'll be teaching him to drive!!!!!
What a blessing he is. Can't wait to hold him! You guys did great!!!!!!!!!

Lots of love to all three of you and WELCOME TO THE ADVENTURE!!!

Nana Ball (I'll be his favorite till he learns to wrestle with PopPop)

Anonymous said...

Just think... in 16 years you'll be teaching him to drive!!!!!
What a blessing he is. Can't wait to hold him! You guys did great!!!!!!!!!

Lots of love to all three of you and WELCOME TO THE ADVENTURE!!!

Nana Ball (I'll be his favorite till he learns to wrestle with PopPop)

Anonymous said...

Wow, he's besutiful!! I'm so happy for the both of you!!! Good Luck with everything, I'll be praying for all of you!!
Kara D.

Anonymous said...

congrats! he is so tiny and very cute. good luck, and let me know if u need anything.

Chantal said...

Congrats Nick and Rebecca, your baby is beautiful!!

Love,
Chantal (C-dog)

Anonymous said...

Ah, what a sweet little one. Can't wait till you come up or we come down so I can hold him (and give you guys a long-overdue hug, too)! Now the fun begins. Love you,

Mammaw Carole

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Nick and Rebecca! The Lord has richly blessed you. I miss you all tons and hope to be able to your happy little family soon! :) I have a verizon phone, so if you have in-calling we should connect!

Rachel Pierson said...

I am so pleased that everything went so well for all of you. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us.

God bless you both...all three of you.

In Christ,
Rachel

Andrew Dionne said...

Praise God!