ISAAC MIKA ANTHONY PEREA - MARCH 29TH, 2010

What a day it was, March 29th, 2010 - an EXTRAordinary day! Started out having contractions, different then the ones I had for the past 4 weeks, but they were not consistent, so off to work David went. Once I got up with Asher, they started to be stronger and closer together, so I called my mom, I didn't feel comfortable being home alone. She came right up and started timing them for me, sure enough every 4 minutes and some were harder than others. We put Asher down for his morning nap and I jumped into the shower and got ready to go to the hospital. We called David home around 10am. By the time he arrived, Uncle Larry was here and so was Grandma Jan. He changed his clothes and off to the hospital we went. Papa Wilbur was able to get a hold of Mema and she was going to meet us there. Sure enough, I got to stay this time and we were going to have a baby. What a day it was, all my(and Auntie Donna's) prayers were answered, a normal-no over the top excitement labor and delivery. The Lord even gave me a special devotional that day from Grandma Jan's daily devotional, His Princess, Love Letters from Your King which was:
My Princess...give me your plans
I know you have an idea in your head on how everything should unfold in your life. Even today you have an agenda. Because I love you, I need you to give Me back all your plans for today and for all your tomorrows. If you let Me have your day, I can then intervene with something special. My intervention will give you more joy in your journey than your good intentions. I know all that your heart longs for, and I want to do more for you than you could ever do for yourself. So give Me a chance to change your agenda from ordinary to EXTRAordinary, because that's the kind of life I've destined you to live, My beloved. Love, your King and your Planner
He took care of everything...my labor was easy, when the nurse broke my water - no myconium, the delivery(ejection) was fast and I was given my beautiful baby boy immediately to hold skin to skin, he even latched immediately. For those who had been praying for my doctor to deliver and for nurse Sharon to be my nurse, He even took care of that, nurse Sharon's best friend, Tanya stood in for her and the doctor who delivered was my stand in doctor who I had seen, like and trusted, Dr. Lebo. Couldn't have ask for a better, EXTRAordinary day. Isaac weighed 10.11, 2 ounces more than Asher, but was 21 inches long, 1/2 inch shorter than Asher. Isaac is overall smaller than Asher was, Isaac is smaller boned and is still trying to put his weight back on, he lost a pound and half in the first 2 days of life. He is back about 10 pounds, but barely. He is doing much better now.

Thank you Lord for Your faithfulness and this beautiful little gift you have entrusted to us. We look forward with great anticipation what you will do with this EXTRAordinary little boy.
I will try and post more often, but only if time permits. We got some great Easter pictures of Asher on his first Easter egg hunt.