My second time around

It was 3 in the afternoon when my wife called me that she was having contractions. Wow! I just can't wait for this moment after nine months of waiting for our first born. I immediately escaped work and went straight to the hospital where my wife and my mother-in-law waited.

Our OB-Gyne told us that it may be that ella will be giving birth in a couple of days because her pelvic openning was still small but we can decide to stay in the hospital overnight if we decide to.

We thought it over. The baby was on his due. Right on the spot.

So we decided. We immediately rushed for a room at 7pm. Ella was in pain, worried, and at the same time excited. Me? I just can't explain. Like I was going to be circumcised again. I'm going to be a full pledged Daddy screams in my mind. Texted like a first timer to my buddies and all that. That was really fun.

After 12hours in the labor room, our OB-Gyne had her under her knife.

I had some pictures in the operating room but nothing could compare the feeling of seeing Josh for the first time in the nursery. I had mixed emotions. Mindsets suddenly changed in the span of 12hours. Happy. Worried. Willing. Hesitant. It's like no other. He looks like me! screaming in my thoughts violently!!! Wow!!! I just couldn't wait to have him on my arms!

They said it was First Time Syndrome. Maybe.

That was a year and a half ago.

Last May, Lela came. Wow. The same excitement. The adrenaline rush. The camera flashes. The same First Time Syndrome. It's a girl! I have a baby girl!!! I have a baby girl!!! She looks like me!!! Wahhhhhhhhhh!!!

More worries. Mindset overload. But looking forward and I am thanking God for the second blessing. For the second time around.

Will there be third? I don't know. I'll keep my fingers crossed…