Wow what a week! First we had the birth of our daughter and yesterday was our son Jayden’s 3rd birthday. Where does the time go? If anyone knows please let me know!

I absolutely love seeing the look on his face when he gets excited, it reminds me of when I was small and I used to get so excited to open my presents. It’s amazing how the smallest things can make a toddler so happy. I’m not talking about presents and stuff but just seeing his birthday balloons and knowing that his mom would be home from the hospital and that his grandparents would be there. Of course he got lots of presents and a Thomas train track set. We also had lots of pizza, fries, cake and ice cream. We just had to remind him of the fact that he’s not to expect that dinner everyday…just on birthdays.

I know he’s only known her for a few days now but I know he misses his little sister already and he can’t wait to get her home.

I can vividly remember the two greatest moments in my life. The first was the birth of our son Jayden and the second happened yesterday morning with the birth of our little girl Alayna.

I know I haven’t posted much of the back-story on my wife’s pregnancy and I think due to the circumstances it was too difficult and stressful to talk about. There are so many thoughts and emotions going on right now and due to the lack of sleep it is difficult to concentrate but I’m not going to complain after what my wife and baby girl had to go through. In short, my wife spent approximately 6-7 weeks in hospital on bed rest orders mostly in Toronto at Women’s College, and the whole time we felt terrified that everything would happen too soon. Recently she was moved to Lakeridge Health and thankfully much closer to home. It was really difficult having her away and tremendously difficult for Jayden being away from his mom. I’m not sure how and probably never will but he eventually seemed to understand the situation and was amazing through the whole thing. Even though my wife isn’t home yet, I know he understands that his mom and baby sister will join us soon.

I couldn’t write about this and not take a moment to thank some very special people. I don’t feel that simply saying thank you is enough but it’s all I can do for now. On behalf of my wife and I, I’d like to say thank you to all of the staff at Women’s College in Toronto. I’d also like to thank the staff at Lakeridge Health that delivered our little miracle and continue to care for her. Lastly I’d like to thank our friends and co-workers for their love and support and especially our parents that helped us and continue to help us get through this. I’m always the type of person that will decline help when offered, and I’d like to think that I could handle almost anything alone. I’ll be the first person to admit here that there is no possible way we could have gotten through this without our parents help and we’ll be forever grateful for that.

Today I held my little girl for the first and she is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m still not sure how someone so small and so perfect could have such a hold on a grown man. I feel so bad for her that she has to be hooked up to all of that equipment and it tears at me to see her in the incubator but I’m really looking forward to the day we’ll all be together.