He's Here!!!

Grant Heber

9lbs 4oz 21 inches

That's right, our monster baby is here.  Took him long enough.  I've decided that our boy babies are just stubborn about being born.  Not that our girls were all that early, but there were earlier than the boys.  I didn't go over this time, but I made it exactly to my due date.  I had awesome nurses, but I must say this: don't tell a woman in labor to stop pushing when the baby's head has started to come out, especially if she hasn't had an epidural cause it just isn't happening.  Luckily the on call doctor runs fast and is a good catch.  Everyone was surprised at how large he was.  I had been told to expect another 8 lb baby, but not quite as big as Bradley, and that estimate was from an ultrasound at 34 weeks.  The doctor who delivered Grant guessed that he would be 8 and change so was shocked when the nurse put him on the scale.

The lovely after delivery picture, no Grant isn't actually screaming, and my expression is weird because Brandon had already taken a picture but the flash didn't go off and I was ready for the first one but not the second one.  Our really awesome home teacher came to sit in our house while the kids slept, and ended up talking to Britton in the wee hours of the night and holding Bradley.  

 The kids were all really excited about baby Grant.  Britton didn't complain much about us not using the name she wanted.  This was after school for Caitlyn and William.  Brandon was good enough to make sure they got there on time and did their homework.  All while I relaxed at the hospital, can you call it relaxing when they have to come check on you every four hours or so?  And poor Grant kept getting pricked on the heel because he was so big and they were worried about his blood sugar dropping too low.

 Just waiting to go home.  Don't you love the chubby cheeks?  He likes to be on his side, a little strange to me because none of the other kids went to their side from the get go.

 Bradley insisted on his own picture after climbing on the bed.  He has been pretty good about there being a new baby.  And it is cute to hear him try to say Grant.

 Britton insisted on her own picture, with the couch.  I'm not sure why the couch is important and I have no idea why she is posing like this but she said the picture was good.

At home.  I was just excited to sleep in my own bed.  It is nice that the beds in the mother/baby area are more comfortable than the beds in the labor/delivery area but that doesn't actually make them comfortable.  There may not be a whole lot of activity on the blog for a while.  I am personally planning on sleeping a lot of the time that Brandon has off from work.  And in case anyone wants to know, Grant is just a name we really liked and Heber is a family name from my mom's side of the family and Brandon's grandma's also.