Quirks, Bumps, and Bruises
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Quirks, Bumps, and Bruises
Welcoming Emma Grace: A Journey of Love and Strength with Candi Payne
What happens when a birth plan takes an unexpected turn? We promise an emotional rollercoaster in this episode, as Candy Payne opens up about the birth of her daughter, Emma Grace. From the anxiety of an unforeseen cesarean section to the overwhelming joy of finally holding Emma, Candy shares the story with warmth and sincerity. Join us as we explore the love and excitement that this new addition has brought to Candy, her husband Jake, and their sons Wyatt and Hunter. You'll hear how Emma's arrival has strengthened the family's bond and even get a behind-the-scenes look at the thoughtful process of choosing her name.
As Candy prepares to take her maternity leave, we reflect on the incredible strength and grace she has shown throughout this journey. Although her presence will be missed, the spirit of our podcast will remain vibrant with uplifting Southern Gospel music, devotional moments, and laughter. We invite listeners to shower the Payne family with love and support during this special time and eagerly look forward to Candy's return, along with the heartfelt stories she will have to share. Don't miss this touching tribute to Candy and the newest member of her family, Emma Grace.
So, on this episode of Quirks, bumps and Bruises, we thought we would take you back just a bit to last week and share with you the announcement that was made about my sweet co-host, candy Payne, and, as you know, there were some exciting things happening to her, and so we want to share that conversation with you Y'all. Today we have a really big announcement to make. We've been waiting on this announcement, but we need someone else to make that announcement besides me, and she is on the phone with us right now.
Speaker 2:Hey everybody, I just wanted to share with you that the Payne family has a brand new baby girl.
Speaker 1:And we are so excited about that. Tell us more.
Speaker 2:Her name is Emma Grace and we are just so excited she's already got Jacob wrapped around her finger. So I'll give y'all just a little rundown. On the day that she was born, so my water had broke and it was about four o'clock in the morning so we came on to the hospital and when we got here it was obviously just, you know, very, very, very slow process. So because the water had broken, we were still told to stay, obviously because we were technically considered in labor. So we waited and waited, and waited and then finally they decided that they were going to have to do a C-section I know that was something you really didn't want to hear which was not planned. I'd never had one done before. So I was a little scared, but we prayed the Lord would just be in control, which we knew he would be, and he would take care of all of us. So we wound up at about 9.30.
Speaker 2:She was born and through cesarean she was having some complications, like through the natural process, and every time I'd have contractions she would start to struggle. So they just decided that we probably should go with a cesarean for some other different reasons. And I'm so thankful to God because during that cesarean, they had actually told us that the umbilical cord was wrapped pretty tightly around her neck, oh my. And so every single time I was having a contraction, the reason she was her numbers kept going up was because it was tightening around her neck even more so, which was horrible and scary, and so I'm just so thankful for the peace that God had given us to just go through with that, and so that was something we could look back on and totally thank God for the unexpected things for sure.
Speaker 1:And how sweet that you and Jake knew. Just put it in the Lord's hands. He was there with you and if you've been listening, uh, the last nine months we have gone through a lot of rounds of trying to figure out what the name of this baby is going to be. I think she mentioned it a few moments ago, but just in case you're just now listening, I think that this possibly may deserve a drumroll.
Speaker 2:Okay. So yeah, you're right, Drumroll needed, because I only decided to change her name like at least 150 times during the entire pregnancy. Yeah, we went with Emma Grace, and so that was pretty much the only thing Jake and I agreed on, I think together, and I just you know me, it's just so permanent I kept coming up with different names, but I think it just now that we see her, it just fit her so well, oh, it absolutely does, and that was my favorite name out of all the ones that you had thrown out, which was hundreds.
Speaker 1:Emma Grace was my very favorite.
Speaker 2:And it's funny because, you know, we really thought she, most people thought she'd be a huge baby because I was huge and I even had a lady ask me, probably a week ago, if I was having two babies or one, because I was just so large. So she came out six pounds nine ounces and, due to Jake being so tall, she come out 19 and a half inches long. So long legs, little girl. But she is just the most precious, precious thing and we are so tickled and excited and just thankful to God.
Speaker 1:Well, I can speak on behalf of the Joy FM team, as well as the Joy FM family that's listening, that we are absolutely thrilled for you. I wanted to ask you about this Candy, because sometimes, when a baby is born, it's all about the mother. But I want to ask you about Jake. Candy is married to Jake Payne and he is just, first of all, hilariously funny, but also just a great, great guy. So I want to ask you, is he just totally and completely smitten over this baby girl?
Speaker 2:Oh, totally smitten. I mean like within two seconds. Obviously, with having a cesarean, you know they have to do a lot of the work once the baby comes out and Jake was able to hold her first. Typically it's the mom, and it had been when I had Hunter, but this time he got to hold her first and I think he just the pictures, y'all and just the excitement that he has had over having a girl. You know, we have two boys, so this is just completely new to us and that girl already. Already he just wrapped around his finger. I had no doubt. Yeah, same for me.
Speaker 2:I mean I've always heard people say, like how can you love all your children? You know the same and you don't. I mean you can't love your children the same and you think, how can I love another child if we have this one? But just already, I mean the different ways that you love them, your heart, it's like it grows more room to love others. So yeah, I just I still can't believe it. I mean she came earlier than she was supposed to and I think we were all just kind of shocked and we were expecting her to to be two weeks later and um, so it just it shocked us, but just like that overwhelming, and I just remember crying like the first time. I couldn't physically see her, but I could hear her cry and it was just I just started boohooing, such a very sweet time in the life of a brand new mom.
Speaker 1:I wanted to ask you, Candy, especially about Jacob, your husband, who has that passion to share Jesus with every single person he meets. He is not going to let anybody that comes in contact with him not at least get a chance for him to be able to share the love of Jesus with them. And so I wanted to ask you in this hospital environment, did that happen? Quite a bit.
Speaker 2:And y'all. Yes, you know Jacob and he has witnessed to so many people here. He'll go out to the vending machine and he'll come back and share a story. You know his heart of just sharing Jesus and wanting others to know him and it's just, it was so just. It's encouraging. You know I love that about him and just seeing his passion and his excitement for that.
Speaker 2:But we really have been so blessed with the nurses. You know you come in and you never know and everybody has bad days or they just they're not happy at work situations going on. But God has just really blessed us with so many of the nurses who follow Jesus and you know we're able to just have the conversations with them. That's been incredible and so encouraging and, um, it's just, it's. It's been a really good, good time. You know it's not, you know you're waiting to go home and all those good things, but it's just. We've had a really good time and lots of really good fellowship with some of the nurses and y'all I just want to share, like I'm just going to brag on my husband. He has been so good Y'all.
Speaker 2:I mean literally he washed my feet, he took a rack like, washed my feet and put socks on and I mean he spent the entire pregnancy tying tennis shoes for me and doing different things, but he's just been stellar. I mean he's 6'5" and he's sleeping. You know, he slept on a couch half that size, it seemed like. But no complaining, always making sure we're okay and I'm just so thankful for that. He's been so wonderful. Through that all and y'all, god has just been good and I'm sad because I'm going to miss everybody, but I definitely want us to keep in touch and I'll share stories and you know it's so exciting right now, but how quickly I'm going to remember those sleepless nights and all those are going to start back up and I'm 40, so y'all know this is a little bit difficult.
Speaker 1:Just go around. Well, you've handled it all like a champion from day one and we are so excited for that sweet baby, emma Grace, and to get to see her soon and hold her and love on her. And of course, candy will be on maternity leave for a while, but we are going to be sure and check in with her from time to time, and having a new baby always brings about tons of stories. So we'll look forward to doing that with our sweet Candy. But in the meantime, we ask that you pray for Candy, you pray for Jacob, also the two boys, wyatt and Hunter, and then of course, for sweet baby Emma Grace.
Speaker 1:And if you would like to send Candy some well wishes, you can certainly call here at the station at 888-985-6936. Or you can text us and we'll make sure that she gets those messages. I'll be holding down the fort and we'll keep doing the things that we always do Playing great Southern Gospel music, having some devotional time, having some prayer time and of course you know we're going to do some laughs. I can't get by without that. So things will keep moving on and then Candy will be back before you know it. In the meantime, Candy, just keep loving on that sweet, sweet baby, emma Grace, and we look forward to talking to you again very, very soon.
