In my previous blogs, I mentioned that my wife Heidi and I were expecting our first child. On June 2nd, at 5:33 pm we welcomed Zeke Edward Battier to the Battier family!!!! Zeke weighed 8 lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long. He is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! This is my wife's and my first child so the entire pregnancy and labor were totally new experiences. I am so proud of Heidi for going through labor; she is certainly a lot tougher than I am! I don't know if I could have done it. I was with her the whole way, coaching her and reminding her to breathe, haha.
We promised each other that we would not find out what sex the baby was going to be. We figured that this is one of nature's great surprises and we wanted the anticipation of not knowing whether or not we were having a boy or a girl. When Zeke finally popped out, I lost control of my emotions and cried for five minutes. I was just so happy that my child was here and that Zeke was a happy (and big!) boy.
It truly is an amazing process and I never knew that I could love something as much as I love my son (and he's only been here a week!).
Of course we are getting used to a new routine. We don't get as much sleep and we don't get to do as much as we did before. Zeke is now the boss, but you'll hear no complaints from us. I am excited to wake up every day just to see how he has changed overnight.
People ask me all the time if I want him to grow up to play basketball. I only want two things from my children. First, I want them to know right from wrong and secondly, I want them to do whatever makes them the most happy and fulfilled in life. If that happens to be basketball, then I would be happy. But I would be just as satisfied if Zeke wanted to be a concert pianist or doctor or artist. As long as he knows right from wrong, is a good person and is happy.
I'll send you pictures from time to time to show how fast Zeke is growing.
I hope you enjoy these pictures!
Talk soon,
Shane
译文:
巴蒂尔的博客
在我前面的博客文章中，我曾提到我和妻子海蒂正在期待我们第一个孩子的降生。6月2号下午5：33，我们巴蒂尔家族迎来了一位新成员 泽克.爱德华.巴蒂尔。泽克重8磅3盎司，身高21英寸。他是我见过的最美的东西！他是我和妻子的第一个孩子。所以整个妊娠过程和分娩过程对我们来说都是新的体验。我很为海蒂自豪，他真的比我强悍多了！整个过程我都陪在他身边，提醒她要怎样去呼吸，哈哈！
之前我们相互约定不去检查孩子的性别。我们认为这是大自然赋予我们的惊喜之一。我们需要在不知道生出来的是男孩或女孩的情况下，有所期待。当泽克终于生出来，我感情失控，哭喊了5分钟。我非常幸福地看到自己的孩子生下来，并且泽克还是个乐观的（更是大个子的）男孩。
这真是个奇妙的过程。我从不知道我会像爱我儿子一样爱一件什么事物。（他刚出生一周而已。）
当然，我们正在熟习新的生活习惯。我们不能也不打算像以前那样睡那么多觉了。泽克现在是老大了，但我们毫无怨言。早上我一醒来，就会很兴奋德去查看他一夜之间改变了多少。
人们总问，我会不会让他长大后也打篮球。我对我的孩子只有两点要求：首先，我要他们明辨是非；其次，我要他们做哪些生活中让自己感到开心和充实的事。如果篮球能做到，那我会很开心。但如果泽克想当一个钢琴家，医生或艺术家，我也会很满意。只要他能分清是非，做个好人并且开开心心就好。
我会给大家贴一些照片，让你们看看泽克长得有多快。
我希望你们会喜欢这些照片。
再聊
肖恩。