Good morning my loyal and faithful readers out there in cyberspace.
I am happy to report that Saylor (yes, that is the correct spelling, Saylor) Elizabeth Falletta came into this world at 11:30pm on Saturday, January 7th, at Lakeland Regional Hospital in Polk F**king County aka PFC. YES!!
It was a long and laborious (pun intended) process but the birth was natural and the baby is healthy, cute and weighs in at 7 lbs. and 9 ozs.
Dr. John, Kathi and I arrived at the hospital around 2:00pm where we joined other friends and family members in the waiting area. The waiting area was crowded and people were constantly vying for the limited number of seats. I could write a separate posting just about this, but I won’t.
Periodically we were permitted to go back to Gina’s room for very brief visits. Alex aka Army Guy assumed complete control over that part of the process. Gina was, obviously, experiencing discomfort as the number and intensity of the contractions increased. Army Guy gave us updates on her status via text messages.
Around 10:00pm Chris aka Topher arrived and we actually learned of the baby’s birth when Alex texted his brother than he had just become an Uncle. It was 11:30pm. It was then that we learned of the baby's name ... they kept it a secret until the very last moment.
Yes ... Billi Pod was now, officially, a Great-granddaddy. AWESOME!!
As might be expected everyone got very emotional. After about an hour we were all permitted to go back to Gina’s room to meet our newest family member. I think there were 10-12 of us.
We kept the visit short because, obviously, Gina was physically and emotionally drained. Frankly, she wasn’t the only person who was physically and emotionally drained.
It was about 1:00am when I got back to The Holiday Inn Express. I took the time to post on FaceBook and then send a brief email notification to the internet mailing list.
I was very tired but still on a euphoric high. It was around 2:30am when I finally crashed.
What a day! What an experience!! What a blessing!!! Thank You Higher Power!!!!
This afternoon Bill III aka The Bill will drive down from Orlando and we will meet up and then go the hospital to visit Little Falletta.
GO SAYLOR, GINA and ALEX!!
Billi Pod
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
ALEX-138
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