Surprise!

I took the bar exam from Tuesday until Thursday (today). I was staying with Julie's grandma during the exam because it is much closer to the exam site. The final session ended today at 10:30am. When I got out of the test, I turned on my phone to find a text message from Julie that said "Surprise!" and included this photo:


At first, I thought that it must be a joke. But, it was no joke. Julie delivered "little brother" this morning at 1:04am.

I talked to Julie last night at 10pm, and she didn't say anything about labor pains. Sometime after 11:00, she told her mom that she thought she might need to go to the hospital. They got to the hospital just before midnight, and he was born just over an hour later. He weighed in at 7 pounds and 7 ounces, and was 19 inches long.

There was a lot of discussion between Julie, her parents, her brother Dave, and my parents about whether to tell me about her going into labor and/or having the baby. They decided that I would do better on the bar this morning if I didn't know. So, I had no idea that he was even born until over 9 hours after he was born. I was sad that I missed it, but it was probably the best thing for the long-run.

Since this was such a surprise, we hadn't decided on a name yet. So, we finally had to decide today and we're naming him Seth Lewis Isaacson. Seth is the name of Julie's maternal grandfather, and Lewis is my mom's maiden name.

I'll have more pictures later.