{"id":2906,"date":"2017-05-31T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:44:24","slug":"may-2017-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2017\/05\/31\/may-2017-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Skie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MAY 17th is finally here. We were so excited to meet our new baby boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking a photo outside the hospital, we went inside. They checked us in (felt like check-in at a hotel, except with a much, much, much larger bill).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to change into my scrubs, and Maryia was prepped. We really liked our nurse. Silly, maybe, but they were big fans of Grey’s Anatomy, and they even had the scrubs from Grey’s. Haha, it made us relate a little more. They also let us know that it was a good thing that we came in because she had just started labor. Ironic as we had picked out this date – I suppose it was going to happen either way on this date!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytime! Not such a fun story, at least not for me. I was in the room with Maryia a minute or two before they were going to bring the baby out. She started feeling very sick, and for some odd reason, I also started to feel very nauseous. Due to this, they had me wait outside the room until they had delivered our baby. I was soooooo upset about this. I wanted to be in the room that very first instant. It turns out Maryia had gotten sick thereafter, and as for me, the feeling had passed after a minute or two\u2014such a different experience from the first time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, so we finally met this little human that had been hiding out in mama’s belly for the last several months. Here are a few photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had this cute little hat for him to wear (above). Then it was on to finding names. Yes, we knew that we were having a boy. It did NOT make things ANY easier when trying to get a name. The first time around, we had a boy’s name picked out but not a girl’s. The second time around, we agreed on a girl’s name (ironic, but just happened as we talked over time about having another child), but did not have a boy’s name picked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We narrowed it down to three different names. We wanted to keep the “ah” name like Arabella. We also looked up all the different meanings of the names and wrote them on the whiteboard in our room. We finally decided on a name! Elijah Skie. We probably had a good 20 different name sites up, and one of them had Skie, meaning “arch over the heaven,” which was the best out of them all, plus it was a direct tie to the wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the photos. Our standard “Hello my name is..” photo along with the first time Sister met her brother. Then, a few days later, having a baby, Arabella snuggled up next to me. I loveeeee doing that. Mommy and Arabella were taking photos with Elijah, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also have a candid photo of me vacuuming the house while holding the baby and having Ara “help” \ud83d\ude42 We took a trip to the beach soon after he was born to give him some good sun with cool temps (May temps in AZ are scalding). And finally, we will end with a precious photo that I personally love. My baby boy is wrapping himself up in my jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We ended the month with a trip to see some Route 66 sights. Arizona has some of the best sunsets. Our car (Sharkie) also looked very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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note: this post was published on 07\/27\/22 but moved the publish date back to the end of May 2017 to keep chronological order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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