On October 20th at approximately 12:30pm one of the best days of my life has taken place. A beautiful little angel named Luna Huddleston-Maejima was born. It has been one of the most stressful weeks in my life but, seeing this beautiful little girl has made it all worth the while. I really have to show appreciation, respect and pure admiration for my wife Rie, for what she had to go through to make this all possible. She is an amazing girl. Rie went into to the operating room around 12:00pm on 10-20-04 and not once did I see her show any sign of fear or loss of goal at all. During the operation she went into mild convulsions due to some complication with the toxemia. On the very same evening the medicine they gave her to promote uteral contractions caused shock from excessive bleeding and no one knew it because all the blood was being soaked up by pads and the mattress beneath her(she was covered wit ha big futon). I notice her lips start shaking and then her whole head started shaking....and I immediately called the nurse. Suddenly 3 doctors and several nurses with all sorts of equipment rushed to the room. It may be hard to imagine but I honestly thought as well as did my mother in law that there was a chance she might not make it through it. She did though and it was horribly serious and scary. She is recovering pretty well now and things are getting much better. The doctor said if we would have waited one more day that my wife would likely have had bleeding in the brain. I would like to thank everyone who has offered their support and prayers for us.....it helped and I thank you all. Your reinforcement helped me get through some very hard days. I posted some pictures above of Luna. By the way the reason we chose the name Luna is because my wife and I felt that it's a name that can be pronounced easily and perfectly in both Japanese and English yet it has ties to neither. We didn't want Luna to feel separated by two cultures. From the best of my knowledge Luna has Latin origins and means moon. My wife and I have always been fascinated by the beauty of the moon and feel that the name is very symbolic of or daughter being able to find her way through the dark. It has already proven to be the case... I think right now I am the happiest man alive.
May I be the first to congratulate you! I hope your wife recovers quickly and is able to enjoy being a mother.
I wonder how exactly you must be feeling - is it something you wouldn't understand until you've experienced it?
がんばってください！
Posted by: Darren | Friday, October 22, 2004 at 10:58 AM
Congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition to your family. I know exactly how you feel as I have a 10 year old; I can remember the moment he was born and it was a wonderful feeling.
Wish your wife a speedy recovery; I know how the Japanese hospital system is! ;-)
Good luck!
Posted by: Scott | Friday, October 22, 2004 at 12:29 PM
Congratulations!!!
Posted by: Lance (the other one) | Friday, October 22, 2004 at 05:35 PM
You're a lucky guy, Pete. Take good care of your lovely ladies.
Posted by: John | Friday, October 22, 2004 at 08:05 PM
I am very happy for both of you.
Mothers are the true heros of this world.
contiuned prayers for you, your wife and your new baby. おめでとうございます！
Posted by: Joji | Saturday, October 23, 2004 at 12:47 AM
Congratulations. As the proud father of three (ages 10 - 5) I can tell you this is only the first step in a wonderful adventure. Enjoy it. All of it. It flys by so fast. One night, you'll be holding your daughter at three am, wondering if you'll ever sleep again. And the next thing you know, you're watching her score the winning goal in soccer, and celebrating with her friends, with nary a glance to old dad.
Treasure this time.
Posted by: Rob Salzman | Saturday, October 23, 2004 at 01:44 PM
Congrats and let me just say Rob hit the nail on the head.
Posted by: Simon | Monday, October 25, 2004 at 03:19 PM
Wery well!
;)
Posted by: Jozefat | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 05:57 AM
Not much on my mind right now. Today was a complete loss. So it goes. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen. I've basically been doing nothing , but I guess it doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Mona | Friday, August 17, 2007 at 06:35 PM
Not much on my mind right now. Today was a complete loss. So it goes. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen. I've basically been doing nothing , but I guess it doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Conrad | Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 02:35 AM
Lets go now!
Posted by: Wanda | Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 08:05 AM
More or less not much exciting happening today. I just don't have anything to say. More or less nothing seems worth bothering with.
Posted by: Francis | Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 06:02 PM