Our new arrival!!

Sorry I have taken so long to update! I'm sure all you mothers of two or more understand. Feel free to just skim through if you get bored...Little Ross 'Grant' joined our family at exactly 8:37 am Dec 17th! He weighed 6lbs 11ozs and was 19 1/2 inches long. The induction went pretty well, I would say. I had three doses of Cytotec and that did the trick. They didn't have to give any Pitocin, which I was happy about. I called the hospital at 5:30 pm and the nurses said they had room for me and told me to come in as soon as I could. Sandy took Andrew for the night, and I headed straight to the hospital where, of course, Jake was working. We ate dinner together then headed to my room. Dr. Burton was guessing it would only take one dose of cytotec and that we would be done by 2:00 am - considering the way things went with Andrew. However my body was a bit more stubborn than expected. After the first dose -at 7:30 pm, I walked around as much as I could when the nurse told me I could. I could feel frequent but light contractions after an hour or so. After the second dose, they became slightly more painful and frequent but still not strong enough. I knew it would go pretty quick after the third and final dose. The nurse didn't keep me drugged up very well so it got REALLY painful for me! I just tried to sleep through it, which didn't work. Dr. Burton came to my room at about 7:30 am. He broke my water and the contractions got alot worse. I had to wait for the anesthesiologist to drive to the hospital from home. Maybe it didn't take that long but it felt like forever!!! By the time he got there I was dilated to a 9 so instead of an epidural, he did an intrathecal - immediate relief that only lasts 1 1/2 - 2 hours. That worked perfectly because 3 pushes and not even 10 minutes later, Grant was here!!! AWESOME!! We are very happy to have him here. Even Andrew likes him sometimes. He likes to give hugs and kisses and asks to 'hold baby Gant' frequently. It's a different story, however, when I am feeding Grant and cannot give much attention to Andrew. He throws tantrums and either hits Grant or does something else he knows mommy doesn't want him to do. I don't know what I should do about it. At least I know it is just a phase! Or hopefully it is.

It has been a very tiring week. Grant has been very good though -he just likes to sleep most of the time! I have to wake him up to feed him, so I only get up twice a night with him. Not too bad. Jake has been so sick this week -PERFECT TIMING- so I don't get a whole lot of help. He has tried, occationally he'll help me with cleaning the house and changing Andrew's diapers, but most of the time he just feels like crap and has to relax. Andrew isn't feeling the best either so he wakes up in the middle of the night, too. It's a good thing I am recovering well, or I would be dying! OH WELL! Both my mom and Jake's mom have been so kind to take Andrew every now and then for a sleep over. He has had fun doing that and it has definitly helped me out!! Thank you Grandmas!!

Sorry for giving so much information. I hope I didn't bore anybody. Enjoy these pictures...