J Squared: April 2010

I decided to pull James out of school and have a fun day at the zoo with him. We had a great time and the weather was perfect!

Looking at the gorilla. This was his favorite. James was just talking to him and waving and saying "rilla, rilla" It was really cute!

Riding the train

Big Brother

James love to hold Eli and give him kisses!

Eli did very well in the hospital and continued to do so once he got home. He is a very sweet baby, extremely laid back. He hardly ever cries and likes to sleep the days away...nights are a different story though! He loves to eat all night long and it's tiring me out but it won't be long before he is sleeping through the night like his big brother.

James has done good with him...he wanted to hit him at first but now he wants to love on him. I honestly don't know what's worse...hitting or loving him to death. When Eli cries James gives him a hug and tries to put his papi (paci) in his mouth. If he continues to cry James will say "Momma, momma..." it's really cute.

If we can make James understand that Eli doesn't have teeth so he can't eat goldfish I will feel much better...

1 Week Old

Eli Lawrence

Well the big day finally got here and I was ready...as you can tell in the pictures below. I was HUGE. Being a week late with him was no fun at all. When my doctor told me he was going to wait until a week after his due date before he would induce I actually cried.

We started the morning with a family picture then headed to the hospital while Honey took James to school. Things got started really quick and me being already 4cm dilated the whole process went pretty fast.

I got my first epidural around 7 am and I kept waiting on it to kick in...all the while the contractions were getting stronger and closer together. Around noon or so it wasn't working at all so they came in and gave me a boost...nothing. They tried another boost and nothing again. The doctor asked if I could move my feet and I started moving my leg around and said "I can get up and walk if you need me to...it's not working!" so they finally put another one in. Come to find out I was already a full 10cm when the second one went in. It finally kicked in once I started pushing. I tell you what, it's called labor for a reason. It was very intense pain and unrelenting. I think I did pretty well with it though but am glad to say I won't be doing that again!

I pushed for about an hour and then baby Eli finally decided it was time to make his grand appearance!

Here are some pictures...pardon the largeness of myself...this kid was HUGE!