FINALLY!

Our little boy is here! I am sitting in the NICU right now staring at his sweet little self. I never imagined I could love a child this much. Just the sight of him makes me teary eyed. He is precious. 

Monday morning was the beginning of it all. I was having some very mild cramps and didn't really think anything if it. I worked on some photography and then we had an OB apt. to do a stress test and have an ultrasound to make sure everything looked good. While we were in the room for the stress test we were actually able to see that I was having VERY mini contractions. Everything checked out to be fine with the tests and we were sent home to wait. The longer the day went on the more we were realizing this was it. (though I was in denial for a long time) Around 2 that morning we headed to the hospital and were checked in. When the nurse asked me to rate my pain from 1-10 I had the nerve to say it was a 7, little did I know!! Yea I would say it was more like a 2, if that. 

I labored all night and into the day. Around 24 hours of labor I gave in and decided to have my water broke. It was the best decision I made. Two hours later I was pushing and he was born. Luckily for me I only pushed 15 min. and there he was! I still haven't had a chance to watch the video of the birth but I have been told it was intense. I am thankful that I was too focused on getting him out. It was the hardest thing I have ever been through and I cannot imagine going through it again at this point. Adam was AMAZING at coaching me, loving me, comforting me and just being my support. I knew he would be great but he met and exceeded my expectations. I could not have done it without him. All in all labor lasted for 26 long hours an I was worn out by the end. They had to quickly rush him up to the NICU because they thought he had broken his collar bone and he had also ingested some maconium (how do you spell that?!) and so I wasnt able to hold him right away which was sad but he was worth the wait. 

I cannot believe how long it took for me to post this. I will try to do better and I am hoping to get some pictures up as well. Life has been so chaotic and we are trying to get back into the swing of things!