The Story of Brynn's Birth

Laci was overdue with Isaac by about six days. So Laci and I were sort of expecting the same time line with Brynn. Laci's due date was June 28th so we were expecting a baby around the first of July. Laci was scheduled to work on the 28th and she felt pretty good all that day, but was having some cramping. She went in to work at about 7:00 pm and shortly after that the contractions started getting more painful and more frequent. Being as stubborn as she is she waited until they were just unbearable until her co-workers finally convinced her that she needed to go upstairs to the labor and delivery.

So I got a call at home around 9:30, and I had just put Isaac down for the night and Laci told me that she was getting checked out, but that I should probably call my parent's to come over and watch Isaac so that I could go to the hospital. No sooner than I hung up the phone with my parents than Laci called again saying, "Did you get a hold of your parents? The doctor came in and broke my water so you should probably come as soon as you can."

Well that got me all excited and I started scurrying around the house grabbing Laci's bag that hadn't really been put together all that well yet (after all we weren't expecting the baby for a couple more days). I was so anxious to get to the hospital that I couldn't wait for my parents any longer, so I employed the services of our downstairs tenant, Ben & Mel, to sit with Isaac until my parent's could get there.


The labor went really well. Laci only had to push twice before Brynn was delivered at 12:37 am. Once again Laci's mom didn't make it all the way from Boise in time for the delivery. She was about to American Falls when the baby arrived.


We were and are happy to have her safely. Unfortunately because of things going on at work I wasn't able to take much time off. In fact I needed to be at the funeral home that same morning to meet with a family that I had been working with. So it wasn't until that Monday that I actually got to spend a full day, without going into the funeral home, with the family.

It wasn't until the night before we left the hospital that we were able to decide on a name. Nothing really seemed to fit. Laci found the name Brynn and we both really liked it. The name Ella came about when my wife stumbled upon my grandfather's obituary and his mom's name was Ella. So we finally decided on Brynn Ella Wilks.

Isaac is doing great with the new addition. He likes to give her kisses on the head, sometimes those kisses can be quite rough. So far he's a pretty good big brother and can be a little too helpful at times.