anthony and i are so happy to introduce our son, rhys beckett walker. our boy turned out to be an aries, after all, born ten days after his due date, on march 28, 2014 at 2:07 am, weighing 8 lb 6 oz and measuring 21 inches long. he made his debut a week after his daddy's birthday, and a day after his fur brother, fender's birthday. today, he is six weeks young.
the path to his birth turned out nothing like we expected, but we're so happy to have him in our lives. here are just a few moments from our six day adventure in the hospital.
^^^ dressed and ready to go home with daddy and momma
what's in a name? the one thing we didn't share before our babe's birth was his name… we wanted to be able to properly introduce him to the world as our new little man. rhys is a welsh name meaning enthusiasm, and is the masculine spelling of the name vs. 'reese' which often is the feminine version. initially, we were set on using rhys as his middle name but it grew on us and we loved it so much, it became his first name and what we'd call our little man.
the past six weeks have been quite an emotional learning experience, full of both happy and difficult times. i've been so blessed to be able to be home with rhys and its been amazing to see his progress, becoming more alert and aware of his surroundings each day. eventually, i'll make my way back to work after taking advantage of a 12 week maternity leave, and i know that'll be yet another hard transition to make. with mother's day upon us, it prompts many feelings and thoughts... i never really imagined anthony and i would be where we are today - after ten and a half years together, our travels and vacations, buying a house, raising a doggie and really letting it up to fate as to whether or not we'd have a little one… it's just one more adventure that we've embarked on and another little human to experience the rest of our lives with.
we love you, rhys.
