I'm sitting here in the hospital room with nothing but peace and quiet around me. My two guys are sleeping for now-soon both will wake up hungry :) so I thought I'd send off a note before life got busy again. I am a blessed woman. A wonderful husband, a spunky redheaded girl, and now a beautiful boy in my family.
We are headed home today (hopefully). A day early but my mom is leaving on Friday morning, and I would love to just have a day at home getting settled into our new life with her around to help out. Here's a quick story of the Ben details....
The Technical Issues:I was scheduled to have him on Monday but due to my doctor's scheduling crisis, I got bumped until Tuesday. We came in Tuesday morning and the hospital says, "oh we tried to call you....lots of women came in last night for labor issues, and we don't have a bed for you. so we can't tell you when you might have the baby, but no eating or drinking until you hear from us." So we (me, Jason, my mom and stepdad) turn around and go home. They make breakfast, and I cry. But all is well, when about 45 minutes later, the hospital calls and says, "We have a bed!" Jason just finished making his yummy breakfast, so I drive and he eats. I gotta get this bed before someone else walks in in labor! Watch out-emotional, hungry, thirsty, pregnant lady coming through!
Smooth Operation:The c-section went great! Got a spinal, it worked like a charm. They walked me into the OR at 9:45 a.m. and he was born at 10:17 a.m. He wasn't even all the way out yet, when my doctors say, "You won't believe what color hair he has!" Oh yes, another redhead! As I'm peering at him getting worked on while I'm still on the table, I asked, "Hmm...how big is he?" The pediatrician in there eyeballed him and said about 8 1/2 to 9 lbs. Sure enough, the boy is 8 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long. No wonder my hip joints felt dislocated those last few days.
Who He Looks Like:Of course he changes every day so who knows who he will really look like. At first, he looked identical to Abby when she was born. But after the puffiness has faded, he looks a bit different than her. He has a lot more hair than she did. He almost needs a haircut-it's long in back and over the ears. And the hair color-it's like a copper color-brown but full of red in it too. I'm curious to see what it stays to be. But with him and Abby next to each other, their hair color looks the same. Ben also has a different-looking chin than Abby. I think it's a Boston chin like my brothers and I have. It's a cute chin-kinda sticks out there and says, "look at me." He is also a very content baby. He doesn't cry to much, but rather likes to look around, check everyone out, and is happy just being rocked or cuddled. Definitely not how Abigail was. She had to be just so-so, didn't like being swaddled, and to this day, is still not much of a cuddler. Ben loves to be swaddled tight....we've had a quick relearning with that.
Big Sister, Little Brother:So far, so good. Abby is all smiles when she sees him. She picked out a plush "My 1st Soccer Ball" as his first gift from her (very much an Abby gift). Ben got her a silver piggy bank that said, "For My Big Sister, Abigail Elizabeth. Love, Baby Ben." So no one has gotten to keep their change when they come and visit us. (She loves piggy banks...she's like her daddy that way).
Okay-both the guys are up so I'm off. When we get home today, I'll post some pictures. Thanks for all the emails, prayers, and support. :)
Love, Jenn
