Finally!

Welcome to this world, Liam Nathaniel Butler. Born July 1, 2009 at 2:06 A.M. 20 3/4 inches long. 7lbs 10oz. Both Liam and I are doing very well. One of the most content little infants I have ever seen. He is finally nursing well, but it took his circumcision to get it jump started. His night time routines will need a little tweeking as he gets used to everything. But that is normal. Dar loves his little brother. He is 16th grandchild on both sides of the family, my mother was present for the first labor other than her own 5 much to my surprise. The labor went rather quickly. We are assuming that my water broke while I was in the shower around 9:30, because otherwise I'm sure I would have noticed. As it was, I didn't. I went in at 10:12, was admitted around 11, had my epidural around 12:30, started pushing at 1:40 and saw a very blue baby appear at 2:06. He promptly started crying and all over the Dr. He then spent the next 2 hours looking around and not doing very much crying, thankfully. We are very happy to discover that he is a very sound sleeper. The only problem is that right now, it's during the day. I'm sure that won't take too long to convert to normal scheduling, however, in the mean time, I'm suffering. His head is already normal shaped, much faster than I anticipated, but fine by me. He has ten very long skiny fingers, and ten very long skiny toes! Reddish brown hair, and big dark blue-gray eyes, for the moment. Thanks for all the prayers.

who thought...

Who would ever think that I would make it to my due date with this child?? Not any of us, that's for sure...and that includes my Dr. He came home from Vacation this last weekend and was floored to discover that I was still pregnant. Anyway, I have an appointment in an hour, we'll see what there is to discover...maybe....
No, I don't want to get my hopes up!

Welcomes

My Mom and Dad come in today! YAAY! I'm so excited to have them here for 2 whole weeks. Now if only we could welcome a little boy too...yes I'm still pregnant. Louis comes home twice a day from work and every time says, "you're still pregnant!" As if I needed reminding. I'm 3 cm dialated and 50% effaced. But that's about where the kid pops a chill pill. My friend thinks he's waiting for Gram and Grandad to arrive. I can only hope!! This weekend is a full moon however, so there is a strong possibility.... It would be nice to have him at the beginning of their stay instead of the day before they leave. I mean he is the main reason they are coming out here right now.

Still trudging along

k, kid...I'm done and ready. My hands and feet are swollen and hurt to flex. And although, I haven't been sleeping well generally, Last night was heavenly. I actually slept all night...in one position...and never woke up in pain needing to shift my position...AND I WAS ON MY BACK! Apparently laying on my sides is too painful on my lower back now. But hey, I'll take any miniscule amount of normalcy I can get in this overall uncomfortable period. My body is obviously not doing what it did with Dar. I'm 38 weeks in two days. The only thing I'm holding out hope with this is that this baby HAS to be a better sleeper and eater than Dar was. I'm not doing 6-10 times a night again...that was . I'm praying he comes in the next 10 days, (7 would be preferable...or sooner.) At least then we will be out of the hospital before my parents get here and we can go do and see a few more things than would otherwise be possible with me in the hospital during their stay. We'll post pictures and stats as soon as he gets here...

Finished product

Here it is, the finished product! It's folded in half because it is 6 feet by 6 feet. I couldn't get it all in the frame.
I have no idea what that blue/green line is at the bottom of this picture. Digital fluke.

Exhausting work!

So one of the projects I've been trying to complete before the baby comes (I will have it done tomorrow) is making a denim/corduroy picnic quilt. The first quilt I've ever made on my own. Generally speaking, I've only ever tied quilts others have done, or panel quilts for babies. And that was back in elementary/middle school. So, I took on this project without my own sewing machine, much thanks to my neighbor who loaned me hers. It looks really great, I showed Louis last night and he said, "wow, I didn't know you could quilt, that looks great." HAH! maybe now I can get my own machine. It's interesting how in order to do projects you need a machine, but you don't do the projects until you have a machine at your disposal...it's a horrible catch 22. I've found a way around it for the moment however, and have several projects planned. :D

Anyway, back to the topic. Dar wanted to watch a movie and I wanted him to play in his room, too much tv already this morning. He opted for laying down next to me, snuggled under the quilt that I was hand stitching the binding onto, and told me he was going to take a nap... Ok, that's not normal for him. But I wasn't complaining, he never naps that early in the day. Sure enough, about 20 minutes later he was snoring. Louis came home from working out and decided to take a picture. It was pretty cute. I love this little man of ours. His personality is just so interesting to watch.

I can't wait to show our Mother's when they get here. They will both be in shock. I think my mom thinks she failed in passing the sewing bug onto me. I just needed a place like Japan where it is hard to find supplies for my chosen hobby. It makes me resort to interesting measures for my creative outlet. Next up is a couch quilt for the family room, and then scrapbook calendars for my family. Of course both of those will not be started for a couple more months. However, they will be done before the new year! So much fun!!

Dar's Friend

Now, do I mean the magazine or the potty? Louis was home for lunch today and was getting ready to go workout. He of course, had just finished going to the bathroom and Dar came into the bedroom and said, "Daddy, I want to potty on your potty." Ok, so he helped him up since the stool isn't in our bathroom. Then he asked Louis for a magazine so he could read it on the John! We were laughing so hard. Neither of us read on the toilet, it was kinda funny. Anyway, Louis gives him the most recent copy of 'The Friend' and sure enough he sits there fliping through it. I just had to take a picture. It was too funny.