I'm staring at your 4 month old face as I write this. I could stare at you all day. You my Briggs are cool. I'm wondering how I always get so lucky having such calm babies. You definitely let me know when you need something but its always so obvious because you already have such a good routine. You don't fuss or cry much -thank you for that. You LOVE your brothers. You light up when you see them. You get all excited and flail your arms and legs around when they are wrestling like you wish you could jump in and join them. Soon you will. Let me go back for a minute....
I predicted and hoped you would pick October 4th as your birthday. My favorite month is October and my favorite number is 4. It just goes to show that the universe is listening and felt my energy. Your dad was finishing a big concrete job that day so I was as calm and mellow as I could be so you wouldn't come too early. I had a few contractions so I knew that maybe you'd be coming soon. Around 3-4pm I started noticing more and called your dad and told him he might want to head home. I called Grammie so she could come get your brothers. Once we got to the hospital and got all checked in I was at 4cm and the pain was getting worse. Your Grandma and Aunt Kari came because well they always do :) Once I got my epidural I was feeling good. You were born at 3:53am October 4th 2013 7lbs 10 ounces and 21 inches. No worries no problems just a good peaceful labor and delivery.
We knew before you came that Briggs would be either your first or middle name. Wyatts middle name Sanford is after Great Grampa Binker and Gatlons middle name Stephen is after Grampa Binker. We had it in our heads that we needed to choose another from the Binker side to kinda follow what we did for your brothers. Plus I thought thats how you honored boys was from dads side. While we were pondering all this we had a visitor. Pop Pop came straight from his graveyard shift at the sherriffs office. I had the name Weston in my head most of my pregnancy but it was just on the "list". Can we change the middle name theme we had going with your brothers? I'm a 'read things from front to back' kind of girl and tend to stay consistent but I thought wait a minute....who makes the rules in naming your kid? So Briggs Weston Binker, your middle name has a few meanings. To honor the entire Westerlind family AND to honor the coast of where your Binker roots came from we have West. I added to it just cause I like how it sounds. You have a good strong name and it honors all of the best family we have. I love your name and I love you.
