Coming Home From the Hospital

Well my bad driving habits are over or at least until Brenna turns 16 and then I can race her away from all the boys that I think will eventually be chasing her. Seriously speaking yesterday was one of the greatest highlights of my life bringing my little daughter home. Here are some photos from yesterday.

Day 2 Birthday

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More Photos of Brenna

Brenna Renee Callander has arrived

Today we welcomed our daughter into the world. We are so blessed that everything went well today and we are so grateful for all the prayers. Christine is feeling great and is loving her daughter.

Brenna Renee Callander
8 Pounds 11 Ounces
20 Inches Long
Born at 12:39 PM at Methodist Hospital

The Day...

So here we are...It is the morning of Monday 2/23/2009. I can't sleep - go figure. I am going to have a baby in my arms in approx 8.5 hours (it is currently 4am in Houston). I am so excited, I can not contain myself. WOW!!!

This is such a blessing. It makes me think about how awesome our God is...that He created this little girl (every last detail of her) especially for her - to fit into our family and to become the woman that He wants her to become. WOW! He knit her together especially for us! I am so overwhelmed by the love that I feel from my heavenly father...he is giving us the special, created just for us, present.

I am blown away by the thought / responsibility of raising her to become a Godly Woman. Please keep us in your prayers. I know that there is no way that I can do this in my own strength.

OK - there are the early morning thought of a pregnant woman...I am sure that there will be many more (postpartum ramblings) to entertain.

Shawn is promising that he will update the blog and our facebook accounts later today, and hopefully we will have a name picked out for our little blessing by tomorrow (Tuesday) around noon.

Love you all so much!!! CC

More MD visit info

Here is all of the MD visit info from December until now:

Dec 29th - 32cm - 159 pounds - they think that she weighs 4.5 pounds
Jan 19th - 36cm - 163 pounds - HR 150
Feb 6th - 38 1/2cm - 165 pounds - HR 120
Feb 12th - 39 1/2cm - 167 pounds - approx weight = 8 pounds
Feb 20th - 41cm - 167 pounds - HR 158 - approx weight = 8pounds 9oz

C-section scheduled for Monday 2/23/2009 at noon.

I can't believe that she will be here so soon.

Expectations

Expectation is a word that carries with it many thoughts. Webster defined it as "to look forward". Christine and I are expectant of the arrival of a brand new life into this world in only a few more days (19 as of today). Growing up as a child and even as an adult the word expectation has many ideas that come along with it. I was thinking back today to all the things that I was expectant of as a kid. Here are just a few
1) Getting a brand new bike.
2) Passing my scuba certification.
3) My first sparing lesson in Tae-Kwon-Do.
4) Getting ready to go into high school.
5) Graduating college.
6) Santa arriving (yes I still believe)

Each of the items I listed were fun to look forward to but those things are nothing compared to the expectant heart Christine and I have for our new little girl. We are praying for her and expectant of her arrival. Even though we our expectant of our new little girl God is even more expectant in bringing her into the world as a gift to us.

I have also been thinking about some things that God is expectant of.
1) He is expectant of our arrival in heaven one day.
2) He was expectant for me to discover the joy he has planned for me each day.
3) He is expectant to show love to his children.
4) He is expectant to answer our prayers.
5) He is expectant to show off in our lives.
6) He is expectant to send Jesus Christ for his church.
7) He is expectant to offer the gift of salvation to those who do not even know they need it.
8) He is expecant to heal those that need healing.

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. Psalm 5:3