Becoming father for the second time
As you might know, we’ve been expecting a baby for better part of 2007. The estimated due date was on January 31 that passed without any signs of delivery.
Things changed rapidly during the night, and Sanna left to hospital at 4.00 AM. I tried to sleep with little success and found myself soon in front of my laptop, cancelling meetings for Friday and trying to kill some time before waking up Aapo. The kindergarten opened at 7.00 and we were promptly there, so I could swiftly continue to the clinic.
After a few hours of waiting for me and intense labor for Sanna, I was proud father of a baby boy. I was honoured to wash him, measure the mass and length, and spend time with him before meeting the happy but exhausted mother.
The image below is from the first half an hour of a new life.
We have a peculiar habit in Finland to name children after a month, so you have to wait until the christening in March.
The proud big brother Aapo has visited the clinic a couple of times to see his new little brother. My mother has also joined us to help with the chores. Sanna is still in the clinic, but should be home tomorrow with the son.
1. Visa — Saturday, Feb 2 2008
Congratulations to the whole family!
As you may know, our first son was born on January 10 and is a healthy little screaming machine.
2. Janne — Saturday, Feb 2 2008
Visa, thanks. Yep, I noticed your son in your blog recently — didn’t have time to congratulate due to our own situation + workload. Sorry about that.
The boy was surprisingly quiet on Friday, but has already shown a proper usage of his lungs today.