Nathanael Divinagracia Mezger
Several weeks ago, Janet had this idea, and we started praying about it: Lara Davis and Scott Barnett were getting married on New Year's Eve and though we didn't know them too well, we kind of invited ourselves to the wedding. Janet wanted to get a babysitter, get all dressed up, go to the wedding and dance the night away. We would come home and sleep for a few hours and she would go right into labor. Miraculously, we got a babysitter (thanks Nick and Stephanie), and at the reception we were half jokingly telling people that the baby was coming that night...3 weeks early. Riiight.At 7:30 Janet woke me up saying, "Happy new year honey, let's welcome our son to the new year!" I shot out of bed in utter disbelief. In a matter of minutes she was hovered over the couch moaning in pain yelling at me to get Josh and Jennie here NOW (to watch Simeon). I ran 3 red lights on Roosevelt and drove about 95-100mph on the highway, all the while with her moaning "faster!" They wheeled her from the emergency reception up to a room and at the first exam, Liz Garcia (our midwife) looked at me with a huge smile saying, "she's ready to push!"
Janet pushed for about 2 hours like a total champ, and this little guy came out, all natural! His middle name is Janet's maiden name, a Filipino tradition. We did the same with Simeon. So here he is, named after a great man, Nathan Taylor (see previous posts):
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