1 week old

Sorry i have been so behind- as you can guess a newborn requires a lot of time. Not to mention one that refuses to be set down even when he is asleep! However, i am not complaining! I guess i should start with the beginning. Last Wednessday I went to the specialist and since my protein numbers had gone up- he said they should induce- that day!! So jonathan met me at the house- we packed and headed to the hospital. That night they started some medicine to get my cervix open- however they did not like its affect on Liam's heart rate so 7 am the next morning (there was no pain that night- just anticipation) the doctor came in broke my water and ordered pitocin. she said it would still be an all day process so Jonathan ran home to feed the dogs- about 10 minutes after he left i had my first contraction (naturally since thye had not started the pitocin since my nurse went to help on another delivery) it was not fun. I called Jonathan (not the nurse since i am stupid and felt bad since i knew they were dealing with a difficult delivery) and he came back- at that time i was just so scared about what was to come if this was just the beginning... So they started the pitocin AND the epidural and life became wonderful!!!

so for the rest of the day we just saw family (both sets of grandparents drove in the night before) and waited. a little after 4 they said we were ready and jonathan pushed really hard (i am not kidding- i could not feel my left leg so he was in charge of it- as well as he pushed my back to sit up for every contraction- the nurses all laughed that he was working harder than me) and then out came Liam. It was amazing! I have to admit my first thought was not about the amazing child- it was I survived!!! Then they handed me Liam (whose head was quite an odd shape) and everything stopped- he was amazing and precious and instantly i was in love.

We stayed at the hospital that night (which meant very little sleep)- i loved dekalb medical (the lactation team is fabulous as well as everyone else) but they check on you so much that we decided even with a new born we would get more sleep at home so we checked out when Liam was 24 hours old. and since then we have been at home with this amazing child! I won't lie- brestfeeding hurts and he does not let us set him down (hence that i need a shower really bad)- but i would not trade one minute of it! Jonathan has been fabulous! Honestly i have fallen in love with him all over. I hoped and figured he would be a good dad- but i could never even have hoped he would have been as good as he is. He is right there helping and holding and enjoying every step with me and for that i truly thankful and very happy.

Okay Liam has had enough sitting- i will add a couple photos and try and get back to you sooner!