We are so happy to welcome cute, healthy Haze! This is mostly for my journal so I'm writing down the birth story so I'll remember. I had a normal doctor appt on tuesday, the 28th and I was dialated to a 3.5 and the doc stripped my membrane. When we were done with the appt we went to lunch and I was having contractions then but they were still far apart, like 9 min. We went back to my moms and I walked on Andreas treadmill for a while and they went to about 7 min apart and hurt really bad. So we ran home, did chores, grabbed the rest of the stuff we needed and went back to my moms. My contactions kept coming but they stayed at 7 minutes apart. I went for another walk around the ranch with Alexa, but still no change. I was getting really frustrated cause they hurt as bad as they ever have with my other kids but they just stayed at 7 minutes. They say to go to the doc when they are 4 or 5 min apart for an hour. So it was getting late and my mom and Andrea said I should just go in and have them check me so I either knew I was in labor or could come home and go to sleep. So we went to the hospital and they checked me, I was still at a 3.5 so they said they would keep me there for an hour and then check things again. I was mad the whole time thinking how could they hurt this bad and not have done anything! So after an hour they came and checked and I was at a 5.5. I was glad it finally changed and they would keep me. They called my doc and he said to admit me and give me my epidural so he could break my water. So we went to the room, a while later I got my epidural and some potocin to get my contrations closer, then a while after that the doc came in and broke my water and said I was at a 7. Then the nurse checked me about 15 minutes later and I was at a 9, then 5 minutes later a 9.5, so she said she would come back in about 15 minutes to check again. After she was gone like 2 minutes I told Jared I think baby is ready to come! He went and told the nurse and so she came and I was at a 10. She went and got the doc and he came in and got all ready and they told me were start pushing in the next contraction, but the doc said he thought I was having a contraction right then so they said to try a little push. So I did and after like 3 or 4 seconds the doc told me to stop. I thought he had to fix something, maybe turn the baby cause my other 2 were upside down and they had to turn them right, but then the nurses said "theres babys head...theres baby!" and he was here! I couldn't beleive how fast it went! I think it might be some kind of a record! He was perfect and healthy! We went into the hospital at like 10 and he was born at 1:55. Less than 4 hours! He was 6 lbs 15 oz and 18 in long. He looked just like his brothers did. Pretty dark skin and lots of dark hair! Were so happy he's here! Enough of the boring story here's the pics!
He came out trying to suck on his hands so I fed him for a little while and then he found his little thimb to suck on. It was so cute! I can just imagine him doing that all along in my belly!
I already love this little guy so much!
Andrea and her boys were the first visitors.
Then Grandpa Craig came.
Then Granny...
and Grandma Patti, Quaid, McRay, Stone...
And Jodi. They brought cute outfits, some diapers and Jodi made him a really cute carseat cover. Thanks guys!
Then my mom and Alexa came with my boys. Heath brought in some flowers, he walked in so proud it was really cute! Heath loved him! He kept saying he was so cute. Holden didn't even look at him I don't think!
Good big brother!
Holden just wanted to show me the dinosaurs that Grandma got him.
Wide eyed looking at grandma
baby hog alexa! I think she hold him more than anyone, maybe even me!
Proud Grandpa
My dad took my grandpa to a doctor appoitment that morning and told them he had to stop somewhere real fast. They were confused why he pulled up to the hospital, so he surprised them. My grandma was really excited. It was fun to have them come see him.
Having a nap with dad.
That night my mom, dad, Alexa, Andrea, and her girls came back to see him again. Andreas girls made us cute cards and brought him a cute outfit and some essentials. Thanks for everything guys!
He looked so little in his car seat. I didn't get a good pic of him in his come home outfit, I kinda forgot, then was ready for bed.
Heath is the best big brother! He always wants to hold him, and he kisses him and asks, does he like me? It's cute!
His first bath at home. Jared was taking the pics so there isn't a very good one!
This is just a random of Holden hunting in his Hiccup hat!
Jodi brought breakfast over one morning and Holden was loving playing with Stone! He would just sit or lay in front of him and play with him and laugh. It was way cute!
Thats all I got for now, I'm sure there will be more soon. Thanks to everybody that helped out at all bringing gifts or meals or whatever, we really appreciate it all. Thanks to my mom, dad, Alexa and anyone else in the house that helped with my kids. They had a blast and i didn't have to worry about them at all. I know my dad had them in the morning when my mom went to work and he gave them a bath, took them to Maverick to get "breakfast" then took them to check on the cows. what a good grandpa! I'm sure they loved it! Thanks again. I also want to say thanks to Jared, I'm so lucky to have such a good husband and an amazing dad for our kids. He saw that I still wasn't feeling good when we got home and he just took over with the kids and the house and made it so I could relax and sleep all day! Thanks so much dear and I love you!