james' birthday

sorry, pics are in opposite order...  not my fault!!

nora being a guardian over her brother...  

watching basketball with daddy...

snuggsing with her brother...

stretching!!

cute baby boy...

at 6pm on wednesday night... (1.5 hrs after james was born!)

leaving for the hospital...

on wednesday morning, i woke up feeling contractions.  when they were still there about an hour later, i made sure david had his phone nearby.  i called the friends who were going to take nora and sadie and made sure they were around.  an hour later, i decided that nora should, at the very least, have a playdate with jeffrey... just in case.  david came home and we took sadie for a walk.  the contractions were every 2-3 minutes at that point.  so, we went to the hospital.  we got there at 11am.  they checked me and had me walk around for a bit.  i was actually admitted at 1:30pm.  james was born at 4:35pm.  (if you are one of those who likes more details... call and i'll share!!!)  all i can say is that david and i made such a great team!!  can i brag and say i did it without the assistance of ANY medication!?!?!  in fact, i didn't have an iv, or any medication besides motrin (which i got afterwards....)  

james came out at 8lbs 3.6 oz and was 20.08 inches long.  his head is perfectly round!!  (thanks to me not pushing long...) and everything about him is perfect.  (i mean, he still has club feet, but even his feet are cute.)  we have a routine doctor's appointment today, and will get an appointment, hopefully for next week, with the pediatric orthopedic surgeons.  the doctor's were great about clarifying that they don't see any evidence of any problems they thought they may have seen on ultrasound.  pretty much what we expected.  

he's eating like a champ, and adores his cupeez, just like his big sister.  speaking of big sister...  she got to stay with jeff-jeff and chelsey (and she does call her chelsey!!).  they enjoyed having their "rah-rah" for a day.  in fact, chelsey said she got SEVERAL crazy looks, and people asked her about her twins!  i hear that the kids played so well together, walking around holding hands and dancing all day.  

nora came to visit on wednesday night.  she saw james, and got excited about "baby" for a second, then looked at me, very seriously, and said "gentle, gentle".  then, she and jeffrey had WAY more fun enjoying the (clean) tub where james was born.  we were just happy for the entertaining playpen!!  when it was time to leave, jeffrey was a little sad about getting into his stroller.  david told nora to come kiss baby james, but she instead turned to jeffrey and kissed him "all better".  i will take the almost indifference over tears and jealousy any day (that will come... i know!) 

my mom got here yesterday morning and we all came home last night!  david and i got a good, solid 5 hours of sleep while james slept with his mom-mom.  i am hoping that trend continues at night!!!  alright.... more to come!