On Friday, September 26
th around 3pm I noticed I was having some pretty regular contractions. I wrote it off for awhile because I feel like I've been having contractions since June but by 8 that night they were regularly 5 minutes apart so we headed to the hospital. When I arrived they saw I was 4cm dilated and agreed to keep me. They had me walk for an hour and re-checked me at that point I was 5cm and was admitted. Jason and I were exhausted but we walked the halls. By early on the 27
th I was 6cm dilated and they broke my water. By about 2 in the afternoon I had dilated to 8cm but after hours of exhausting labor with zero pain medication I gave in and agreed to get the epidural. I was so exhausted I just couldn't cope with the labor pains any longer. The epidural was perfect this time, I had enough pain control to manage but could still feel my contractions and knew when it was time to push.
At 4:56pm the baby boy arrived, he was a little blue but his
Apgar scores were 8 and 9. It was such an amazing
experience this time because I felt I had actually
experienced the labor whereas with Colby I had the epidural very early and had little to no part in actually pushing him out. I was able to hold him on my chest and get to know him for 2 hours before they took him to weigh him and all of his cares were done in the room next to me.
Baby Feet...
Can you believe it...9 pounds 8 ounces!! I knew this baby was BIG!
Our little brown haired baby.
Our friends Chad and Stacey watched Colby while we were in the hospital. We were completely surprised to see they had decorated for our arrival. It made us feel very special.
Colby noticed the baby immediately and gave him snuggles (leaned forward and touched his head to Chase's). Colby didn't seem to mind the baby unless he was crying. The noise scared Colby so much he starts crying too.
Chase's first morning home, check out those big lips!
Chase's First Bath
He's not a fan of baths just yet
I knew I was going to get my dark
haired baby!
Snuggling with Daddy, he doesn't get to do this much when Colby is awake (because Daddy is consumed with Colby stuff) but they make up for it after Colby has gone down for the night.
So cozy with Daddy (who is pulling off the mountain man look now that he's on leave)
He is no stranger to looking good :D Here he is sporting his Halloween outfit from Suska
Hooray! His nasty belly button fell off! He LOVES bath time just like his brother...
This was Colby showing appreciation in the form of kisses to Daddy who was bending down to pick up something he had dropped for the 800th time
Two silly boys
Ahhhhh...babies are so easy to take out at this age!
So cozy, I love how he rests his head on his hand
One of his many sleep smiles...
The best sleep smile we were able to capture on film, we have yet to see dimples though!
I would like to point out his dirty clothes and lack of shoes and socks...this is what happens when you have two babies and daddy is in charge of getting one of them dressed the result is...
Colby was very eager to get a look at brother in the sling, Daddy can barely keep a hold on him!
Colby loves his brother as long as he's not crying (that makes Colby cry)
We had Stacey, Chad and Landon over and my mom was in town too so we ran out of chairs...fortunately Chad was able to fit into Colby's highchair!
He made this face when our friend Chad started talking to him, he's very observant of a new person!
Chase's long fingers...
Chase's big boy outfit (do you remember when you got this for Colby Ling?)
She also sent a wallet complete with fake credit cards. He feels like such a big boy now that he has his own wallet.
Colby is getting so good at pulling himself up and barely needs anything to keep his balance. He especially likes to help out in the kitchen.
Nothing beats a boy in blue jeans!
I can't get over that dark hair! I think he has more hair now that Colby has!
Chase enjoyed the restaurant too...
At 4:56pm the baby boy arrived, he was a little blue but his Apgar scores were 8 and 9. It was such an amazing experience this time because I felt I had actually experienced the labor whereas with Colby I had the epidural very early and had little to no part in actually pushing him out. I was able to hold him on my chest and get to know him for 2 hours before they took him to weigh him and all of his cares were done in the room next to me.
Can you believe it...9 pounds 8 ounces!! I knew this baby was BIG!
Our little brown haired baby.
Our friends Chad and Stacey watched Colby while we were in the hospital. We were completely surprised to see they had decorated for our arrival. It made us feel very special.
Colby noticed the baby immediately and gave him snuggles (leaned forward and touched his head to Chase's). Colby didn't seem to mind the baby unless he was crying. The noise scared Colby so much he starts crying too.
Chase's first morning home, check out those big lips!
He's not a fan of baths just yet
I knew I was going to get my dark haired baby!
