{pretty, happy, funny, real} ~ new baby edition!

Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life.

Since I announced this pregnancy in a {pretty, happy, funny, real} post, I thought it would be fun to share a few more pictures of our little guy's birth for this week's post.  

{pretty}

I was out looking for some pretty red ornaments to add to our Christmas tree this past Sunday afternoon when the first really strong contractions hit while at the store.   They weren't very frequent, but by the time we were praying our family rosary I thought it might be a good idea to go to the hospital to be checked.   Captain took this picture in front of our tree at about 9pm on December 18th, just before we headed to hospital. 

{happy}


After a very long night (I was only at 3cm when I arrived to the hospital and had only progressed to 6cm by 4am), our sweet little guy arrived (very quickly) at 5:02 am.   At 4:45 the doctor suggested that I try and take a na, since I probably had at least a couple more hours.  I asked if she really thought it would really be that much longer.   She checked and sure enough I was at 9cm.  The next contraction made 9 1/2, and the following I was at 10.  One more contraction later he was born.  I did have to stop pushing for a few seconds so she could unwrap the cord from his neck, but it was that quick!  Hubby took this picture just after they handed him to me.  I was very happy to have the delivery behind me and to be holding our healthy baby boy! 

December 19th

December 20th

December 21st

{funny}

I had hoped that I would be able to come home the following day, but due to the group b strep, I needed to stay at the hospital for 48 hours.  It was really a blessing since this recovery has been one of the hardest, even if the delivery was one of the easiest.  In my case the recoveries really do get harder each time...  However, I did enjoy the wonderful room service! ;) 

"Bye, bye hospital!"

{real}

First visits from very excited older siblings, and our first family picture.  

Just try and overlook the fact that my girls need their hair done and I look like I haven't slept in 36+ hours for some reason! ;)

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