Introducing......

Charles Lowry Weber aka "Chuck"

I know many of you are probably wondering if my blog works. It still works! I haven't been on the computer in over a week because of certain unforeseen circumstances.....

We had out doctor's appointment on Wednesday the 24th at 10:50. I knew my blood pressure had not gotten any better since bed rest so I knew that we would schedule a date to be induced while we were there. My blood pressure was actually higher than it had been. The doctor checked to see if I was dilated and I was already 2 cm. So she looked at us and said "You are having a baby today!" Luckily with my crazy planning/organization skills, bags/pillow/blankets, etc were already in the car in anticipation that they would not let us leave. We walked over the bridge to the hospital, and checked in.

The doctor broke my water at 1:00 and at 11:30 that night we started pushing and at 11:57 our little miracle arrived and had a lot to say about it! Daddy , Granna Allen, and Marmee Weber were in the delivery room and got to see Chuck make his arrival into the world. What a great team of cheerleaders I had! In the waiting room, Chuck had his two grandaddies, Aunt Koko (Katherine) and his great grandparents waiting and even daddy's best friend Uncle Ben got to drive down for a few hours! There was some delay in letting the waiting room group know that Chuck had arrived because there was so much excitement in the delivery room that we forgot to relay the message that he had made it into the world!

Charles Lowry Weber weighed in at 6 pounds 6 ounces and was 20 inches long! He is a tiny little boy but is filling up a lot of big hearts.

Special shopping trips have been made because we were not prepared for such a tiny baby! When we left the hospital, Chuck weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces and at our 2 day check up he had gained back to 6 pounds 1 ounce. He is a really good eater ( and sleeper). We have had to visit babies r us and invest in some preemie/newborn clothes because the pants where his feet did not make it past the knees and the shirts that had a few extra inches on the arms were just not cutting it! We also had to invest in smaller diapers since he is so scrawny and is lacking any "junk in the trunk". Do they make suspenders for diapers?

Like I said, Chuck is a great eater and sleeper. He is asleep most of time because he is still supposed to be in mommy's tummy. He sleeps most of the day with just a few quick snacks and at night he is quite restless and changes his mind every 30 minutes. He doesn't cry much except during a diaper change. He just likes to let you know things need to change with his little grunts, moans, and wrinkled forehead.

Granna and Bob Bob stayed with us for a few days once we got home from the hospital and made sure we had it under control and that the house stayed clean. Marmee and Poppy then came to relieve them so they could go home and get some rest. Marmee and Poppy are leaving today and Marmee will come back until Sunday. Then Bob Bob and Granna will come back on Monday and stay for a few days while Dr. goes back to work. All these visitors are much appreciated since I am unable to drive ( pain pills + motor vehicles = bad) and don't last very long standing up.

Over all, delivery was great and I owe it all to the Stadol and the epidural ( the Stadol made me blackout during the epidural so that was nice. Looking back on the whole thing, the recovery process has been the worst part of the whole adventure. The most pain etc.

I am doing better each day with my pain, being able to get a few things done around the house, and running errands ( when other people are driving).

So as you can see we are very busy around the house! Just wanted to write a post to update everyone on our little man and let everyone know how we are doing!

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