Sebastian’s Quiver

One of the things that I found had the most immediate impact on me after Sebastian was born occurred an hour or two after his birth. He weighed in at 9 lb 3 oz which means that by Crawford Long’s standards he was Big Baby and had to have his blood sugar tested. It didn’t matter that for Juli’s family, Sebastian was a small baby (her sister-in-law has had several 11 pound babies). Juli and I weren’t very happy that he had to be taken to the hospital nursery for tests, so I stayed with him while he there. He was getting a little cranky laying there under the heat lamp, so I tried to keep him calm. I was touching his hand when he grabbed one of my fingers with his little hand. As Bones would say, BOOYAH! What a wonderful feeling.

I don’t have any photos of that moment (other the ones in my head), but here is a photo of Sebastian holding Juli’s hand.