Worth the Wait

After 39 weeks and 4 days (the longest we've waited for any of our kids to arrive), I endured 17 hours like this

 

and this

and was rewarded with this,

 

our second little boy.

He cried a lot his first hours.

 

I don't think he liked the bright lights,

 all the poking and prodding,

 

and temperature taking and other cold instruments.

 

 But he did like to snuggle and listen to a familiar heartbeat.

And after all that waiting

 

we were glad to snuggle with him, too.