Eden Glory Kerbel
"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows in the hands of a mighty man; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." Psalms 127
So:
On 12:38 AM early friday morning, July 15th, I became a father of two. Alison had gone to the doctor on Thursday afternoon, and the doctor for the life of her could not figure out what was keeping the baby from coming out (I won't gore you with the details--no, I didn't misspell bore). Alison had been having regular contractions for the past week or so, but there was no indication that the baby was getting serious about escaping the womb. That evening, Alison had not really felt any different. When we talked to Jen and Suzanne (both of whom had very similar second labors) they warned us that if the contractions became in any way regular, that we should go to the hospital as soon as we could. So around 11 P
M, Alison decided to go to bed in hopes that she would wake up in the middle of the night in labor. Well, she didn't get to sleep. She called me about two minutes after she lay down, and asked me to start packing the bags. In about five minutes, we had roused Abby out of bed and were on our way to the hospital
We got her in a wheelchair and up to the room, and within an hour she had given birth to Eden Glory Kerbel. She weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces, and was 21 1/2 inches long. She was perfect.
Now, I'm not as good at describing a birth scene as Shannon over at Wind Scraps, but I can display pictures as well as anyone else in the blogosphere. So here's one analogy, and then some pictures: To me, birth is a lot like the Christian life. I hate seeing Alison in pain, and it's easy to lose sight of why she was in pain, why she was in such agony. When the baby comes out, though, and you are looking back on the labor, you realize that it was so incredibly worth it that you would do it again, over and over, if you could produce the same result. The suffering in our life is constructed to do the same: the Lord brings the fire, and the pain, and at many times in the clutch of anguish you lose sight of the goal, but when you have been delivered to the other side of that suffering, you realize that you would never be where you are without that fire, without achieving brokenness. I love the fact that, despite going through the most intense pain in her life, Alison is looking forward to do it again, all with an eye to the goal. May we reckon with Paul that "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." (Romans 8:18)
Grandma and Aunt Tammy
And of course: Eden Glory Kerbel, .0081 years old
posted by Team Kerbel @ 2:18 PM
32 Comments:
Congrats!!!! Finally! She's beautiful!
Congratulations!
I had a fast labor like Alison's (not quite THAT fast) but I can totally identify when you said that Alison could not get on top of the pain.
We women forget that it must be so difficult for you men to watch your wives go through so much pain. My mom is always in the room with us and she hates watching me cry and moan in pain.
She said the hardest part was when I looked at her and said," I want to go home now."
She said," You're gonna have that baby soon, Sadie."--she was tearing up.
I bet you were an awesome support, Simon.
Eden is beautiful. What a prize worth the trial, just like your analogy suggested.
Next time, the baby is going to come out in about 10 minutes with the onset of pain. You better learn how to deliver a baby Simon. I will teach you! : )
ha--anyway, congrats! I wish that our curse was as rewarding....
Legge
Congratulations and a very special welcome to Eden Glory! (Lovely name... ) God bless your family.... Debra
Congratulations! She is absolutely beautiful, both of your daughters are. I too love the name.
God Bless!
Congratulations! That's so wonderful :-) I love birth stories!!!!
Congratulations to you and your family! We have a young girl in our community named Eden and I think it's such a lovely name. My daughter will be 16 this month and is an absolute joy. I know that your two little girls will bring you much happiness! God bless you all!
Congradulations proud Daddy. Funny how hey congratulate the dads when it's the moms that do all the hard work. LOL
You have a wonderful looking family and it's very refreshing having hubby so bubbly.
Congratulations! A new baby - what an absolute miracle.
Congrats! Beautiful new baby for a beautiful family.
Hi Simon!
We are so happy for you guys! Tell Alison hello! To God be the glory!
the Greco's
What a beautiful little girl, and what a gorgeous name....especially the second one. ;-) Congratulations!!
Glory
Congrats! May she have a blessed life.
Thank God for the Glory of God has come down upon you.
To God be the glory for great things He Has done!
I wish you all the best things in life in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Messiah.
Amen.
You have two beautiful girls. Congrats.
Hukuna Matatta, Simon! (I couldn't bear to say "Congrats.")
SImon and Allison: I'm so blessed you're in our fellowship! I can't wait to watch your daughters grow in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Will you let them be in my Sunday School class someday? I hope so. As long as I have the strength to lift those flannelgraph pieces, I'll be there.)
Simon, I see so many lessongs in pg. and childbirth, too. Remember how Paul plaintivly told the Galatians, "My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you," He sounds like a midwife! We are simply sons of God trapped in the flesh of Adam, and our walk is so much like the 9 months of gestation. The "seed" planted by a father. The new life is unseen, yet growing. The process of being born so painful. (As our death will be) When the baby awakes, he's found in the father's likeness. (Just like David looked forward to in the Psalms)
Great blog, Simon, beautiful pictures of a beautiful family. I feel so proud.
Sadie, I totally teared up over your description of your mom and you. Whew, emotional post today, Simon.
Congrats. What a beautiful family!
She is so pretty Simon. I'm so happy for your family. It makes me want to go into labor. Kinda. I actually like labor. Not the pain part, but crazy me likes being in the hospital and having people come visit me in agony. Its really fun. There is just something about knowing you are going to hold this little life. I'm so insanly large at the end of my third trimester, labor is less painful than staying pregnant. Yuck, maybe I'm not as jelouse as I thought.
Oooo how wonderful! Congrats!
I love the Christian faith analogy.. thank you so much for the inspiration!
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What a beautiful baby and what a lovely family! Best wishes to you all! :) Surfed in through Blog Soldiers.
Ouch! Great job Alison! I wish I could've been there, but that may have been awkward. Simon, you appear to have great driving skills... Lucky.
Congratulations on your new child. As I see in the first picture the baby is in good hands. Another gift from god.
Congrats! I have two of my own and have just recently become an aunt...again.
for your kid's sake, please don't put their pictures on the internet. if you must, please make your blog private. PLEASE understand this is out of concern for your children.
Jane, that's his choice, not yours. Congrats Simon, she is beautiful.
my comment was out of concern & was a suggestion. I'm a mom & I'd respect another parent who was concerned for my children.
interesting that you left an 'anonymous' post though.
btw, Congratulations on your new child.
Congratulations! What a beautiful baby you have there. :o)
Your blog on your wife's labor made me remember my wife when she's about to give birth to our first chile. Then again, I'll experience it again soon since she's pregnant with our 2nd and 3rd child.. yup, we're going to have twins..
God bless.. :o)
Awesome commments everybody! I feel blessed that my family is so loved, both in the immediate community and in that great big blogosphere. Sara, thanks for coming by and saying hello. It was awesome seeing you again! We hope to come visit in the beginning of August, to see everyone down in Santa Cruz. Did you know Steve Gregg is moving down there?
Hyperaxe: Twins? Wow! I recently hung out with a family with twins, and I must say, it really is twice the work! Man.
Again, thank you guys for your support. We love you all...
Wow...congrats! Thats awesome...cute pics.
it is great to see that your daughters have such a proud and loving father. Your family is beautiful!
Congrats!
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