Friday, May 9, 2008

Day 2, More Pics

 
Big Brother
 
The whole family
 
Sleeping
Day 2 has arrived. Liam spent most of yesterday sleeping. Last night he got fussy, but we think he just had an upset stomach. Jenn actually got 3 hours of solid sleep between 3 and 6 this morning. Other than the occasional upset stomach Liam has been an angel.

Today we get to do all the office admin stuff and testing. We've been told that there is a good chance we will get to go home tomorrow. We can't wait. Hospital food is great and all but there is something about the comforts of home.

Alex got to meet his new little brother yesterday. He has been sick so it is hard to gauge his excitement. He got to hold Liam and quietly (so soft you could barely hear him) just kept saying "don't cry baby, don't cry". We think he was more concerned with mommy than anything. He kept going over to mommy and he got to spend some snuggle time with her on the hospital bed. He's not quite sure about all the stuff going on. We hear that he was better this morning and was able to go to school. He was a big hit with his shirt, ribbon, and pin. He has told everyone who will listen all about the new baby, so I can just imagine how excited everyone at school was to hear the news. He is going to be such a great big brother.

That's it for now. We're going to try to get some rest, Liam is sleeping in his mommy's lap.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Liam Thomas Newton Has Arrived!

 
In the OR, newborn
 
About to get my first bath
 
Mommy and baby
Well, the little stinker just couldn't wait to be born. We were scheduled to have a c-section today at 9:30 AM, but around 5:00 PM last night Jennifer started having contractions. Sometime around 11:30 PM, the contractions were strong enough and close enough to call into the on-call doctor to see what we should do. Her contractions were running about 12 minutes apart, but were moving towards around 8 minutes apart. We got ready and hit the road.

On the drive to the hospital, Jenn's contractions started coming 4-6 minutes apart. By the time we got into triage and someone got around to checking her, she was already at 5 cm. At this point, we noticed a little more urgency in the preparations.

They wheeled Jenn into the OR sometime around 1:30 or 2 AM. I'm a little fuzzy on the times, so I am just guessing here. We're not sure about the time of delivery either. It was somewhere between 2:30 and 3:30 AM, Thursday morning. He weighed in at 6 lbs 6 ozs. We are not sure how long he is. Everything went fine, and Jenn and Liam are both happy and healthy.

So far, Liam has been very easy (knock on wood). Jenn had no problem getting him to latch on, and the feedings have been going very well. His eyes are a dark blue, so we think he might get Jenn's brown eyes. We'll have to see how that goes. Otherwise, he is usually content to just lay with mommy or eat.

Alright, sounds like it is time to eat! He is getting restless!

Update
Here are the stats:
He was born May 8th at 1:52 AM
17.7" long
13" head
12.4" chest
6 lb 6 oz