1 month

Unbelievably our baby is one month old! I'm thrilled that we are one month closer to sleeping better...but so sad that our little guy is getting bigger. He really is getting bigger. Man, I see how Mom's start to lament the empty nest and their children leaving home. These little ones are so sweet.

I love that he is starting to focus on our faces...that he responds when Brad comes home from work. And that he is starting to fill out his clothing, it's too much fun to dress him.

This week we also bought a house. Brad says we bought it for baby! LOL - hah. We get the keys on April 24th and start the move in! It's a brand new house in a new area of the city. I'm excited. I'm sure I would be even more excited if I was getting more sleep but whatever! I can hardly wait to paint, wallpaper, put up new light fixtures, have some flowers growing. Ahhh...yippeeee!

videos of baby Zachary

Our baby - March 17th

IT'S A BOY!

On Thursday February 26th at 6:22 pm we were blessed with a healthy baby boy.
He weighed 6 lb 13 oz. His name is Zachary Bradley.

At 5 am my trip to the bathroom was interrupted by my water breaking. After putting the last few items in my hospital bag and installing our car seat off to the hospital we went.

Around 10:30 am they decided to speed up my labour with cervidil, since I was strep B positive and after a couple hours of walking the hallways...labour really set in. By 1 pm the contractions were back to back and about 3 mins. long. My body was shaking and I was sure that I was transitioning. By 2:00 pm they offered me an epidural and checked my progress. I was only at 4...I decided at ONLY 4 I was taking the epidural. Within 1/2 an hour that was done and I was checked again, this time I was at 9! OH my 4 to 9 in 1/2 an hour.

They suggested we let labour progress a little more to get me fully dilated and the baby's head to drop a little more. At around 3:30 - 4 ish they checked me again. I was fully dilated but the doctor had to go do an emergency c-section and asked if I could wait for a couple hours. With lots of breathing (through the urge to push) I waited. At 6 pm the on-call doctor and my obstetrician came in and got me started. After one practice push, they proclaimed that I was an excellent pusher and could already see the head. After 20 minutes and few contractions, Zachary was delivered...right onto my tummy!! Yippeee!! He was beautiful!

The whole experience was wonderful! Just before Zachary was born we were listening to acoustic guitar, the room was dim, peaceful. The sun was just beginning to set. Throughout the whole day we felt God's hand upon this experience. There was a calmness and quietness.