I"mmmmmmmmmmmm Here! :)

Hello everyone,

I'm so excited to say that I'm here and it's great to see the outside world. I've been hearing everyone for so long that it's great to finally put a face with the voice. :)

I made my debut on Monday, June 23rd at 2:04 p.m. I weighed 9lbs 11oz and was 21 inches long. I even made it easy on my Mommy as far as the labor and delivery process was concerned. Although I didn't really want to leave Mommy's belly she was induced on Monday (the 23rd) at 7am. When mommy came to the hospital she was already 3cm dilated, the nurses started patoecin (sp) at 7:30 then at 10 mommy was 5cm. Contractions started picking up so she asked for the epidural, which came around 11. In the mean time I'm handleing everything great. At 1:15 mommy was 7cm and the nurse told daddy to go get a bite to eat. Daddy left and the nurse turned mommy on her side then 3 minutes later it got crazy! Mommy asked for a top off on her epidural the nurse checked her again and she was all of a sudden 9 1/2 cm dilated. The nurse called the dr. and mommy called daddy. I was ready, and wanted out BAD!!! Daddy came back in time and mommy just cringed and hung in there and then finally Dr. Lindsey arrived and with in 10 min. of pushing here I was. :)

Everything has gone great since I was born. I've had no complications or anything out of the ordinary. I came home on Wednesday the 25th weighing 9lb 1oz and with the exception of the first 2 nights home I've already gotten myself on a schedule. At my 1 week check up I weighed 9lb 5oz and my Dr. told mommy to stop waking me up in the middle of the night so I've been sleeping great and only waking mommy once at night and it's usually for an hour (don't get me wrong I still have those nights that I like to be up as well, they are just few and far between)!

Anyway, things in the outside world are great. Mommy has had lots of help from Grandma, Daddy, Poppie and Gigi so it should be interesting to see how she handles everything on her own come Monday the 14th. Big brother Luke is just loving me and I'm convienced that I will become a man of steel since he doesn't know his own strength yet. I guess you can't expect to much from someone who is only 2 1/2.

Well, In the next coming weeks I will have my 1 month check up and my Baptism and then I will be going on my first road trip to the lake. Should be interesting and yet lots of fun. :)

I've attached some pictures of me in my early days of life. Enjoy and don't forget to add a comment.

xoxo

Josh