Our Wait is Over

In February, we learned our son Brian and his wife, Katherine, were expecting our first Grandchild. They told us on a rare Skype call on which they showed us the ultrasound picture. They said the due date was September 18th. A couple of months later, we found out the gender of the child; a Grandson. So we made our plans for the year. We did not want to do as much driving as we did in the last two summers, so we planned on spending a lot of time in the Northeast in a few key places, and then to finish up the season in the Boston area to be there for the birth and to spend some time with them in the first few weeks of his life.

This worked out pretty well, as you can see from our previous posts, and so we have been getting more and more excited as the 18th approached. On September 15th, after keeping our phones at the ready, we got the call at 7:15 am that they were at the hospital and things were happening. We got to the hospital, a good 45 minutes drive from our campground, about 10:00 am, and started waiting. Brian told us how far along they were and said we probably had time to go get some lunch before there would be any more activity. We did so and, while there, got a text that things had changed and that an emergency C-section was being done (seems the baby was in a occiput posterior position and was getting stuck in the birth canal). When we got back to the hospital, Brian was in the nursery with their son and Katherine was in recovery.

We were able to view them through the glass in the nursery and, although they were still trying to decide on a name, Brian was able to tell us that he was “Oliver”. We already knew the middle name was going to be “Geoffrey” because both of the Grandfathers have that name. It was an emotional moment for both of us.

They we hurried back to the waiting room to do some emailing to our relatives and closest friends. We were instructed to avoid Facebook until Brian and Katherine had broken the news. While we were doing this, Brian came by with Oliver in his bed on his way to take him to Katherine in recovery. It was a wondrous close encounter.

We gave Katherine some space to start recovering from the c-section and for both of them to get used to catering to their new bundle of joy.

The next day, we came back for some snuggle time and to properly congratulate Katherine, although she was still feeling the after-effects.

It was well worth the wait and we are still basking in the glow. Tomorrow, we go back to our lavish lifestyle and head up to the Big-E in Springfield.