Wow. Where do I start. He is pretty awesome. As you probably gathered from the lack of post in the later part of the day, he didn't come easy. Jessica was pushing for a good 4 HOURS! She is just amazing. What a trooper. Well, even with all the pushing, he was being pretty stubborn, and they had to bring in one of the baby vacuums. This freaked us out a little bit, but the doctor assured us it was safe and make the process faster so onward we went.
This was where it got a little crazy.... and by a little I mean a lot. There were about 6 nurses in the room plus the doctor, all where cheering Jessica on. Lots of commotion, people moving around, yelling for her to push, she was yelling at times, and I was just trying to focus on her. After he finally arrived, it was a weird feeling. There was a sense of relief...he was hear, and Jess was ok was the first feeling. The second was a sense of completion... Yes! We did it, now it's over! (I'm sure many of you are laughing at this one, but after spending a full day with one goal in mind and accomplishing it, I think that feeling was inevitable.) And finally the third was "Wow that was gross!" I always thought the 'gross' feeling would be the only feeling I would have, especially after watching the videos. But like I said in a previous blog, the way you see life changes.
When I first saw him, I saw a little version of my dad. It was pretty cool. There are pictures of my dad that I have seen when he was in high school and right after, and thats who I saw when I first saw my son. Then I saw his awesome cone head. After pushing for 4 hours, and using a vacuum, I guess that was expected.
Next came the name. I wanted to go out and tell the family he was here, but we needed a name first. Earlier in the day Jessica had a dream that we had the cutest boy named Jason. We have briefly talked about the name but having the dream seem like a good sign. Jason Colson Gonzales, it sounds good. Colson is Jessica's fathers middle name, as well as her great grandfathers and a few cousins. The middle name was a known for quite some time. It was the first name that we couldn't decide on. For a while it was going to be Isaiah, then we liked Jacob, Tyler, and Ryan. Jessica brought up the name Jason rather recently and we both liked it. Jason is my brother's middle name and we obviously liked having that tie. My middle name is Gabriel, after my mom's brother Johnny's middle name, so I really liked the idea of naming my son after my brother middle name. Again come the love for our family, and so Jason Colson it is.
Telling my family the name was a great feeling. They were so excited to finally have a name to call him. Probably the coolest part was seeing Christin's face after I told them the name. She looked directly at my brother with the biggest smile on her face. They have obviously talked about the name being Jason, and seeing her face let me know how excited my brother must have been. I didn't turn and look at him, I'm sure I would have said something either funny or stupid and ruin that moment, so seeing her face was all I need to see. On the other hand I could have read that whole situation the wrong way, but I like the version I just told you
My sister and my parents were so incredibly excited hear the news. I still cannot believe they drove 2 hours at 3 in the morning just to sit in a waiting room for 11 hours see the baby then drive home. Poor Bella was great all day, stayed awake all the way until the very end then fell asleep before meeting Jason. What an amazing little girl.
There is much more to tell, but I don't have the time to sit and write like I want to with a newborn around. This blog has taken all day already. There will be more to come so stay tuned.
