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I thought about posting this yesterday, but as I'm not in the practice of being with the kids 24-7........let's just say I've learned to appreciate my wife even a bit more than I already do.

After, what seemed like a long but eventful morning, I went to go pick up John and Kelsey. They had both had a wonderful day of playing with friends, eating hot dogs, and watching Dumbledoor (That's actually what John calls Disney's Dumbo).

We, shortly there after, arrived at the hospital. John and Kelsey had been missing mommy somewhat and were excited to see her and "Baby Bekah not Baby Jecca". As a side note, that morning John was a bit distraught when Linda woke him up. He was fully expecting Bekah to be out before he woke up in the morning and was concerned that the doctor had not taken care of this little detail yet.

Macher arrived just about the same time. She had just gotten off work and headed straight for the hospital. All were excited to see the new addition to our family.

Kelsey was especially excited to have a new baby. She had been talked up about how this new baby was coming and was ready and willing to play her new role as big sister.


Although the kids interest in the baby soon lapsed when they found out that Mommy had crackers and Jello.

What can I say, my children are very priority oriented. However, this did give Macher some very special one-on-one time with her newest grandchild.

Happy Birthday Rebekah Mae

Today we welcomed the newest member of the Colloton Family.

Name: Rebekah Mae Colloton

Weight: 8 lbs. 5.9 oz.
Length: 19 in.
Time: 0956 mountain (GMT -7)

I'm not much for telling stories, but I will give it the ol' college try. Linda and I dropped the kids off at our neighbor Julie's a bit before 0700 this morning. Got to the hospital and everything went smoothly: no worries, no complications, great nurses, great anesthesiologist, and of course great doctors.

Linda had a bit of trouble with some of the medication making her shake, but other than that, absolutely no complaints yet. She'll be in the hospital for a few more days. If you are in the area and would like to come visit her you can call her at 801-357-5403 to get all the needed information.

Linda is doing well. I just left the hospital to give her a chance to rest. We are so excited to have Bekah here. Below are a few pictures that I snapped this morning.

Here are a few pictures of Linda. She was covered in warm towels almost the entire time to, well....keep her warm. The first shot I liked given the Christmas Season. With the white towels and blue gown she reminded me a bit of the Virgin Mary or Madonna pictures. So the first I will title "In the likeness of a great mother" and the second "Colloton Family Madonna and Child."

First Blog Blog Blog

Thought we'd put up a little something to let everyone know how we're doing. We're anticipating the arrival of Rebekah Mae sometime this month. John has already announced that the doctor needs to get the baby out of Mommy's tummy. Kelsey just likes to talk to the tummy and laugh at the baby. We're just hoping it's before Christmas. Right now, things are looking like a C-section for a breech baby. I guess Bekah is already standing at attention...perhaps she has a life of military or marching band in her future. Maybe she'll come out running and walking. That will give her brother a run for his money! Two sisters to contend with! We'll see.