Wilder Cohen GrayWhere do I start. My daughter Alex and her husband Joey were expecting my first and only grandbaby (their son) on May 20th. I was very excited to meet the little man when he came into the world. Then the Coronavirus happened and I had to cancel Alex’s baby shower in March. On the morning of April 1st (Joey’s birthday), I got a text saying that Alex had gone into labor at 1:50 in the morning. A wave of fear and Déjà vu swept over me. She had gone into labor at nearly the same time in her pregnancy that I did when Alex was born – almost two months early. I immediately headed to Flagstaff knowing that a C-Section was imminent – the baby was breach. The thing that was the most painful about the trip, was knowing that I couldn’t be with them for my first and only grandbaby’s birth. We had planned that I would be there with them when the baby was born ☹ Lots of stuff happened, as with any delivery, but Wilder Cohen Gray was born at 11:18 on the morning of April 3rd, Alex’s paternal grandfather’s birthday, a beautiful tribute to Edwin Cohen and Alex’s love for him. Wilder arrived weighing 4 lbs. 6 oz, Alex weighed 4 lbs. 10 oz, the biggest difference is, she came home the next day (crazy, I know) and little Wilder will be in the hospital for a few weeks – we will see.
I have included some photos of him. You can see how beautiful and pink he is now. I am so blessed – thank you for letting me take up your time with my little story about my tiny grandson, you know you will get many more updates as time goes on.