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| 3 Days Old - Photo credit to my friend, K Joy Photography. |
He's 3 and a half weeks old! I know to mostly everyone that is still a tiny newborn but to us, he's grown SO much. He's now about 10 lbs and is starting to outgrow his newborn clothes! He went from sleeping almost every second to just laying down next to us and staring at us forever. He'll stare at us as we talk the most extreme baby talk you've ever heard. It's like we think if we use "baby talk," he can actually understand us ha ha. We can see a smile slowly starting to develop and we can't wait until he can laugh at all of our baby talk. :) We've been calling him a ton of little nicknames. I like to call him my 'little Nic' and 'The Portster' has been coming about.
Birth Story
We went for my 38 week check-up and we found out that I was being induced the next day. It was such a surprise. I called my mom and just said, I'm being induced TOMORROW! She was freaking out and we were going crazy thinking of stuff that we had to do. She said that they were going to be here and they were driving all night long to get here. I'm soo happy they did because having them here was the best!! I was induced at 6 am, making the night before the longest night EVER! Knowing that we were going to be parents the next day made it impossible to sleep. Instead, we were cleaning, watching movies, and just freaking out because of how crazy the next day was going to be. So, after a couple hours of sleep, I called the hospital and they said it was good for me to come in! They started me on Pitocin right away and the contractions started coming, hard. When I got to the hospital I was already 3 cm dialted so that helped me a ton because before I knew it, I was a 5 and I was SO ready for an epidural. The nurse said to ask her for one right when I started to even think about getting one because it took a while to get ready. Good thing I asked for one when I did because right when the anestitist walked in, a contraction hit that I never even knew was possible to feel. He was reading all the risks to me as I was breathing through it. That's one way to make a woman fearless about the epidural ha ha. Just read all the risks when she's about to scream in pain. ;) After he finished the epidural, it was almost instant relief. I was lucky he was fast at what he did because trying to sit still during a contraction would've been impossible.
At about 12:15, I told my family to get out of the room because all of a sudden, I knew the baby was coming out. I tried to calmly tell the nurse I thought something felt different and I think that was a mistake. I should have freaked out to her because she calmly walked around the bed and said she'd be right back to check me. I remember thinking, BE RIGHT BACK?? Be right back?? My baby might be here by the time you get back. She finally got back to check me and she said, Oh, yep, I'm pretty sure your ready. And before I could even get a second to think about what that means, the other nurse came in and said, let's start to push. I looked at Nic and remember thinking, oh man, this is it!! Well, after some pressure and pain, at about 1:00 pm out came Porter. :) I looked up at Nic when I heard the doctor say "He's here" and he had tears in his eyes. If you know Nic well, you'd know he only cries on rare occasions. :) It brought so much joy to me to see my sweet husband and baby, all of us together for the first time. Nic cut the cord and that was that. Porter was cleaned on top of my chest and was just wailing. Feeling a precious new spirit right on my chest was the best feeling in the world. So warm and perfect, I knew I was one lucky lady. He went to the NICU just for a half hour to calm his heart rate and then was brought right back to us to stare at and love. Just about 8 lbs and almost 21 inches. He's amazing.
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| One Day Old. |
Now, 3.5 weeks later, we've seen him grow before our eyes. Eyes opened wide, he loves to look around this new world. We just feel so blessed in every way. When we have to wake up every couple hours during the night to feed, change, and love, it's all worth it because we made him and he's all ours. I am so glad that his spirit was born into an eternal marriage and family that is ready to love him and do anything for him. Now, I don't often talk about too many things about our church on this blog, but I am full of gratitude for the blessings that it has brought to our lives, marriage, and now family. I know it is true and I get reminded of that every day. I hope Porter can learn, in his own way, to love this gospel and our Savior as much as we do so that he, too, can reap the many blessings that are waiting for him.
Now for a picture overload. :) It's really easy to take a ton of pictures of someone soo adorable. :)
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| Nic using the Moby Wrap :) |
We love you Portster. :)
