Leyton James Brillhart

My son, Leyton James made his debut to the world this afternoon. At 4:31 on January 28th. he came and graced us all with his presence. He was 21 and 1/4" long and tipped the scales at a whopping 8 lbs 1oz. Mom and Leyton are both doing wonderful and resting.

Ill keep you updated in the next few days. But thank you to everyone who kept Anna and Leyton in their prayers over the last few months. They were definitely heard as we were blessed with a great delivery and great health!

Any day...

We had another appointment today. Anna is officially 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow. The doctor listened to the heart beat and measured her belly and said everything looks and sounds great. He said that she is 1 cm. dialated. Then he ended it by telling us that she could go any day now.

At home I have the nursery 99% of the way set up. I got the crib and both dressers all put together. Also we have the glider (rocking chair) set up and all the wall hangings and decorations on the walls. Anna has laundered all the new clothes, separated them and put them away in the dressers. My mom and dad came over this past weekend and helped us get the rest of the house ready. My wonderful mother and wife spent most of their day cleaning the house from top to bottom. While they were cleaning dad and I anchored all the wall hangings and decorations to the walls. He also helped me move some of the heavy furniture to exactly where we wanted it. So the house is as ready as we can possibly make it. I had a sit down and heart to heart with the dogs. Roxi and Hurley were concerned about what bringing a baby into the house would do to their mommy and daddy time. So I assured them that Anna and I would still have time for them.

Now here's my problem... A while ago I blogged about the things that I do know about babies. Between then and now I have learned some things but I'm still in the dark about what to do with this baby when I get him home. How often do we feed him? When does he go to bed at night? Will he eat regular wings or do they have to be boneless? When he starts to cry what does he want? How many times a day does he go to the bathroom? Which is the front side of the diaper? How often do we give him a bath? Some of these questions are jokes, but honestly some are real. Anna and I are incredibly thankful for the wonderful friends and family who have shared all of their valuable wisdom about the above topics with us. Because without all of you we would be very lost. I'm sure we would eventually figure it all out but at the expense of our son and our sanity I'm sure.

So, to all of our friends and family who have been so helpful to us during this whole pregnancy we can not say thank you enough. For all of your wisdom and insight, for all of your time, dedication and prayers Anna and I would like to say thank you very much.

Keep Anna and our son in your prayers over the next few days. Who knows the next blog I write may be as a new dad!

One last hurrah

Tonight Anna and I went out on a date to our favorite steak house. Heinnies steak house is about as good as it gets for steaks around here, so we went for one last hurrah still single date. She got the prime rib and I got a fillet! The steaks were great and the company was even better. Its hard for Anna and I to really grasp what we will have very soon. We have never had children before so we're not sure what to expect. So we took the free time we had tonight and a gift card she got for Christmas and took one last childless date.

All day today I was busy setting up the bassinet and the crib. So now we have the bassinet in our room ready for when we bring him home and we have a crib ready in the nursery for after that. Anna will be 38 weeks pregnant on Wednesday so it could be any day now that she goes into labor. We're hoping that he decides to hold off for those last two weeks, we could use the time to finish setting things up around the house and in the nursery. Tomorrow Anna and I are going to finish hanging all the wall hangings and other decorations down in the basement. I would have gotten all that done already but was told that I'm not allowed to do it without her. So tomorrow we are going to do it all together.

The baby could be here any day and Anna and I could not be any more excited! Please continue to pray for Anna and our son and we'll keep you all updated.