Good Things To Come

Just got home yesterday afternoon with our new little baby boy, Thomas Michael Rohwer.  Neat experiences from the past week, and our little boy, not yet a week old, is teaching his mom and me lots of important lessons.
Tommy was born last week after Brooke was induced Wednesday evening.  Our little boy was born 4 lbs. and 6 oz, 18 1/2 inches long.  Because of some complications, even though he was born almost full-term, he is very underweight, and my wife and I have been struggling with the nurses and doctors to get this guy to eat enough to put on the weight he needs.  What is amazing is to watch little Thomas struggle to do all the things we're asking of him:  we try and feed him more and more all of the time, and he does his best to eat everything we give to him.  When we had to limit our time with our little guy to only about a half hour at every feeding to help him keep his strength and energy, he'd do his best to eat quickly so we could cuddle with him in whatever remaining time we had left in that half an hour.  In fact, I think he eats so quick sometimes that he gives himself the hiccups, cute little guy.  He's a trooper!  We can definitely already see what kind of a man he's going to be.
I'm sure grateful for the support of friends and family, and most especially a loving Heavenly Father.  He helped me to get through the stress and trials of lack of good sleep and nutrition and excess of stress and strain with minimal anxiousness.  I've especially been grateful to be able to support my wife so she can be ready to take or our little man when I go back to work.

As I woke this morning after a long and hard night trying to care of our little Tommy Boy, I started watching Mormon Messages, and came across this one from Elder Holland:



This was definitely an answer to my prayers, as I was very anxious for the future.  How will little Thomas do in the future? How will I be able to take care of my growing family?  How can I make sure my wife has the help and support she needs?  How can I take care of myself so that I do not have a breakdown?  I realized that, like Elder Holland, I had a long road ahead with Thomas, but I can trust in an all-knowing and a loving Father in Heaven who will be the best tutor to fatherhood I can ever have.

Love you all, my dear friends!