It’s true! Hard to believe, but my wife gave birth to our first child, Hannah Love Schmoyer, at 4:44 a.m. last Saturday morning, August 8, 2009! After waiting and waiting for 9 months, she’s finally here, and only a couple hours after her due date.
The contractions started around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, August 7th. Dana and I went to the hospital at 6:30 p.m. where she labored until the delivery, all without an epidural! She was actually planning to get one, but ended up being able to tough it out. (Yeah, my wife is tougher than I’ll ever be!)
Since we didn’t know the baby’s gender until it was born, the boy name would’ve been Ezekiel James Schmoyer (nickname Zeke, of course). Maybe we’ll hold on to it for the next child, who knows.
Dana’s family was in town visiting from Texas for the weekend, so it was fun to have them around to meet their first grandchild, niece and nephew.
Got some pictures of Hannah’s first day of life outside the womb on Facebook and at TimSchmoyer.me, along with lots of other pictures of the past couple days with her. I’m sure I’ll also make a highlight video of Hannah’s time in the hospital will probably post it on Facebook and TimSchmoyer.me sometime soon. In fact, for the next couple of years I’m sure it’ll be hard to not take tons of pictures and video of this amazing little girl.
Sorry this post is mostly a list of random facts. I’m a bit tired to think cohesively right now. Just please pray for me, Dana and Hannah: for rest, wisdom, patience, health, boundaries, priorities, and most importantly, that Hannah Love will grow to be a godly woman who obeys and follows Jesus more than anything else. Thanks!
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August 11th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Congratulations Tim! That is awesome news.
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August 11th, 2009 at 8:30 am
fantastic – congratulations
August 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Congratulations. We just had our 4th one and it's AWESOME with each one.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Beautiful family brother! Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Fatherhood is one of the greatest gifts from God.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Congrats, man! JG
August 11th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
congrats Tim!
August 12th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
praying many blessings. so excited for you three…life starts now!:D
August 12th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
congrats man. parenthood is the bomb
August 12th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Tim, congrats. Love the pics!
August 12th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Yeah, and so are the diapers! lol
August 13th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Congrats Tim! Wish you guys the best!
August 13th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Congrats! We are waiting for our little guy to arrive… anytime now. Brady James is due on August 21, 2009! God bless your family! Kids are indeed a gist from the Lord!
August 14th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Congrats Tim!
August 20th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Congratulations, she is so beautiful, I know she is going to be a great woman of God!!!
October 4th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Raise your own.. and you have a student ministry..