On the 25th of August 2008, just after midnight and after keeping us waiting for almost two weeks, Jacob Yiyang Wills-Johnson was born. Although his mother should take most of the credit, his father and maternal and paternal grandmothers pitched in. In Beijing earlier that evening, a vast fireworks show occurred to herald his arrival, and his paternal grandfather made sure that all major news outlets were informed of his coming.
His middle name reflects his Chinese heritage, and means "first over the water", reflecting the fact that he is the first member of the Wang family to be born overseas.
Damn Blogger won't let me write Chinese characters!
Since his arrival, Jacob has managed to keep three people, his mother, father and maternal grandmother, busy for almost 24 hours a day. Somehow, he manages to do this without really even moving from his bed; clearly he is future CEO material. However, slowly, very slowly, his new beat is being incorporated into the rhythm of their lives.
These photos chart the days of Jacob’s life thus far.
The first three focus on the main man himself. The first and third are on the night of his arrival, and the second is him trying on some new threads (thanks Ben & Delphine). His expression bears more on the fact that he doesn’t like his dad’s nappy-changing skills than it does to his sartorial preferences. The next photo shows him with his maternal grandmother, not long after he was born, and the photo after that shows him with his paternal grandfather on the same night. The last two photos are from the night we planted Jacob’s tree (the first with his maternal grandmother and the second with his parents). We planted it on top of his placenta, so that that which nourished him will now nourish the tree. Apparently it is an Aboriginal tradition; something we found out after we decided to do it. Since Jacob’s tree is a mandarin tree, it can nourish us as well. He is quite the sustainable boy.
More posts, probably until everyone but his parents are sick of reading them, to follow.
3 comments:
Hey cool, I think I'm the first to leave a comment. Jacob is extremely gorgeous and I love the name! Well done getting the photos online so quickly. Can't wait to meet him. Love Penny
Hello!
Just a quick note to wish you all a huge congratulations on Jacob's arrival. He's absolutely gorgeous and you should be so proud! We look forward to a cuddle once everythings settled down and your up for a visit! Let us know if theres a good day and time to pop in whenever is good for you both.
Love from all at the Burns unit.
(joys on hols now, so im contactable on siehling@hotmail.com)
Hi Nick,
Only just read your message on Facebook and found out this great news! Well, as the good old saying goes "better late than never"... well done my friend and welcome to fatherhood! A big congrats to you and Joan!
Take good care of mommy Joan and baby Jacob, make sure you master both skills of changing diapers and bottle-feeding very very soon because mommy has done the hard work and it's time for you to step up like a daddy should ;-)
Best wishes to your new and growing family!
Carl
P.S. It's probably better to contact me via email directly rather than through facebook as I don't check it often enough to avoid missing great news like this one :-P
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