13/02/2024
"Baby Malachi" Rejoice with us over the birth of grandson number FOUR!! We love him sooooo much already!
Our Daughter-in-law Michaela writes:
"Praise God from who all blessings flow! 💕 Malachi Michael Powers was born at home at 12:13 pm on February 11th, weighing a whopping 9 lbs 13 oz., and measuring 22 inches long!
His first name means "messenger of God" and his middle name means "who is like God". His middle namesake is so special to us as he's named after both his grandpas, Mike Ginter & Michael T. Powers and now shares a middle name with my older brother, William Ginter, and Connor's older brother, Caleb Michael Powers, as well!
He apparently wanted to compete with his brother for most dramatic birth story 😅. My water broke in the kitchen while we were making breakfast at 8 am then contractions started a little after 8:30 am! Our wonderful midwife (Linda) and her student (Miranda) arrived around 10:30 am after delivering 2 other babies in the last 16 hours 🤯! Unfortunately, Malachi got stuck on his way out and had a shoulder dystocia. Praise God for Linda and Miranda for safely repositioning him and me to get him out and with NO tearing!
Ezra's been absolutely incredible. I seriously can't get over this kid. Through my more mild contractions, as Connor was setting up the birthing pool, Ezra, on his own, started rubbing my back, hugging, and kissing me. With Ezra still being so young (a little under 16 months) we had no idea what to expect. He's honestly been such a good helper. Ezra will try and soothe Malachi if he's crying and brought us a diaper for him when we were changing him today. 😭
I'm just sitting here, holding my babies, and just cannot believe this is our life. We are so blessed."