He's Here!!

Okay, so I realize I've been terrible at blogging lately. I think it has something to do with the location of my computer being in the basement office, and Kaleb destroying everything in sight when I go down there. So I'm sorry this is so late! Anyway, baby Ethan has arrived, Yay!! (5 weeks ago that is!) :o) (I actually started this post a couple weeks ago, that's why the dates wrong.)
Here I am after a super yummy thanksgiving meal about 7 hours before my water broke.
Here's Ethan's long birth story for those couple of family members that were asking. My water broke at 1 am the morning after thanksgiving. The contractions started shortly after that, and at 6 am they were 3 minutes apart and I couldn't sleep through them, so off to the hospital we went. Unfortunately when we got in the car my contractions slowed down to 10 minutes apart, and by the time we got to the hospital my labor practically stopped. So I tryed some walking and other things to get it going again, but I was still progressing slowly. I was only dialated to a 4 after being at the hospital for 15 hours. The doctor said that Ethan was "LOP" (a posterior position) and that I probably would have progressed faster if he was anterior. So I agreed I should get a little help from pitocin. After just 2 hours of pictocin I was dialated to a 6 and was extremely exhausted and ready for some sleep! So I asked for an epidural, and was able to rest a little. The nurses had to keep increasing the pictocin because my body would get used to it and my labor would slow down again. Well by 6am the next morning I was finally dialated to a 10 and the nurse said I could try pushing. Then after 5 hours of exhausting pushing Ethan came at last. He was born at 11:15 am on November 28th. I am very grateful that the doctors were supportive of me to try for a VBAC. They were so patient with me and I was able to have a successful VBAC after all. Hurray!!!! Jarom did an amazing job as my coach, I was so glad he was there to help me through it all. We also had a wonderful doula who helped us throughout the entire labor and delivery.Here I am with Ethan shortly after he was born. I felt like my eyes were going to pop out each time I pushed, and you can see how swollen they are. He weighed in at 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.A very proud daddy.We are so grateful to have him here. He is such a sweet baby.

Kaleb wasn't able to visit us in the hospital room because of the whole swine flu thing, so I asked my mom & dad to bring him to the hospital as we were leaving and they let us visit in the waiting room before being discharged. Kaleb got to hold Ethan and kiss him for the very first time.
First time riding in his car seat.

Here he is at a week old. Kaleb's been such a good big brother to Ethan. Every now and then he would ask, "I hold baby" and he would snuggle with him and give him kisses. So sweet!! I love having two boys!!

Thanks for stopping in and visiting!!