An Early Surprise!!!

Anthony was really tired by 3:00 so we took him home. It is now 5:40 p.m. and he is still asleep. We will go later to the hospital. Melanie just wanted to sleep. What a wonderful surprise. Melanie after birth. She was shaking like last time but she was doing well. We cried a little together. I can't believe she has two babies. Let the good times roll!!!!

Grandpa Danny with Samuel and Anthony. Anthony was not happy that grandpa was holding Samuel.

Proud Grandpa and Samuel.

Anthony is blurry but he just finished giving Samuel a kiss

Samuel is a lot like Anthony. Big hands, nose and mouth. His hair is very black.

Proud daddy and our newest addition to the grandkids. #12 Samuel had just nursed for 15 minutes before this picture.

We told Anthony that daddy was a snowman. Seconds before going in for the birth of Samuel.

Mom and dad getting ready for the birth which is in a few seconds.

This is the cap they gave Renato to put on when he went in to see the birth. Anthony wasn't happy with it on his head.

They were sitting on the bench by the window sill in Melanie's prep room.

Melanie will probably kill me for putting this picture here but that's just part of child birth.

This morning at 4:30 a.m. I received a call from Melanie saying that she was nervous about some fluid she was discharging. It was really scaring her and I told her that if she started having pains that she needed to go to the hospital. She wasn't feeling any pains so she went to bed. At 9:30 a.m. she brought Anthony over to the house because she went to the doctor to see if it was something serious. We got another call about 11:50 a.m. saying we needed to get to the hospital because we are going to have a new grandchild soon. We packed up things and got Anthony ready and to the hospital we headed. I was a little nervous because it is 5 weeks early to have the baby. We got to the hospital and the dr. was calm and everyone was calm. At about 2:00 p.m. we have little Samuel in our arms. What a weird day. He weight was 6# 10 oz. I didn't get the length. He is healthy and strong and Melanie is doing great. Samuel nursed first try. Everything seemed calmer with Samuel. He is absolutely beautiful. Anthony couldn't stop kissing him. Anthony got a concerned look on his face when Samuel started crying and all Anthony could say was "cry,cry,cry" he looked so concerned about his little brother. Here are some pictures of our interesting and exciting day.