Biology

I'm not used to this blogging thing, and keeping it up to date, so hopefully we'll get better at it as time goes on.

We are having a great time learning to be a family of five. Getting out of the house is quite a big deal. Of course, Micah's first outing with us was to Target. But, we still had not been out as a whole family. So, it was a very exciting (yes, exciting is the word) for us to go out to dinner last Thursday to the Good Earth. We had our first opportunity to say, "table for five". I also realized that at this moment that our mean wait time for a table whenever we go out to eat has probably increased by 10-15 min. Table of four is much easier to seat than five.

While we were at dinner, AJ demonstrated to us how observant he is, and how much he has learned in the past weeks about human biology. As we ordered food for everyone, AJ realized that we didn't order anything for Micah. When he asked about Micah's food, we explained that Micah is too little to eat this food. AJ thought about it a second, and loudly exclaimed in public, "Because Micah eats from your nipple?" I guess these are moments we have to get used to.

I'm not sure why the boys are so fascinated with nursing, but they do know that it calms Micah down. Micah was crying the other day, and AJ just simply said, "Momma, you lift your shirt up."

We are loving our family of five. AJ is very interested in holding Micah and "helping" where he can, and Jordan is surprisingly calm and almost interested when Micah is awake. I've had most of this week off, which is helping the transition as Sara's body is still recovering. AJ and Jordan have just started to share a room (because we didn't think we had enough change to adjust to), and they truly love having each other's company. It's been very cool to see how they are actually developing a relationship with one another...not sure if it is because of the change to our family, or if it is coincidence.

I go back to work on Tuesday, so I can get a break. We are so thankful for all the help from both grandmas, which will make Sara's weeks a little easier. We hope for some nice weather, because being couped up in all this rain is making everyone just a little crazy.

Micah Lawrence!!!!!!

I am proud to announce that Micah Lawrence Wang was born a little before 5pm Central Daylight Time on Monday, March 19th. He is 6lbs 10.6 oz and 20.5 inches long. He is such a blessing! AJ(3-years) thinks his new baby brother is "cute". Jordan(17-months) has taken a little time to warm up to him, but already today was reaching out and saying "baby" (he really doesn't say too many words yet). It already feels very normal to have Micah part of our family. Sara is doing great, and is basically my new hero (sorry, Tom Brady). She's tough as nails to power through this labor and delivery.




We had scheduled to have labor induced on March 19th due to concerns related to gestational diabetes, and checked into the hospital at 7:30am. The nurses started Sara on small doses of Pitocin to get labor started. A little while later, the doctor broke Sara's water. Labor progressed very well with minimal pain. Sara experienced some discomfort and quickly ordered an epidural. All was going well....then came the pushing. Micah was in a posterior position, which made the final stage of delivery quite painful and difficult. Sara basically willed that little guy out of there. ( including a nice punch in the face to me, which is unclear to me if it was intentional or not) We also had the amazing blessing of having our friend Sheila, who is a labor and delivery nurse, be there to help coach Sara through that last couple of hours. Not too many of us get to see friends and family in action at the workplace, so we don't really know if they're any good at their jobs or not. But, I will have to say that Sheila is EXCEPTIONALLY good at her job. Lucky for us, she's helped deliver two of our three boys!!!!

Our hearts are full of joy, and we are overwhelmed by the blessing that all three of our boys are to us. We are humbled by the family and friends who have kept us in their prayers. All along we had an overwhelming peace about this pregnancy and birth, so your prayers were heard. We covet your prayers for the next phase, as we transition to trying to figure out how to do life together. Especially, please pray for Sara for the next 18-years, to endure a house full of stinky men, who think bodily functions are things that should be shared in community and that nice things are only meant to be broken.

Check back here, as hopefully we'll have some more updates in the coming weeks.