Wow, what a whirl wind. We celebrated Kyle's 2nd Birthday with a small gathering Monday night and then welcomed Sean Howard Nelson into the world Tuesday at 1:29 PM. The timing couldn't have been more perfect - packed it all in. It's nice to finally announce his name - and are happy to use my dad's name "Howard" - in honor of my amazing dad (so sad he couldn't be here to meet his 7th grandchild). So happy to have my mom here with me....and Chad's parents too.
Kyle had a great birthday (Football Theme) with lots of presents ( he's still working on opening), pizza, cake, and his little buddies. He was on overload the entire evening and enjoyed running around in the backyard playing tag, soccer and taking his friends to his grandparents motor home parked in the front yard.
Once the party was cleaned up, we all headed to bed and I woke up around 3AM with cramping, etc (will leave out the gory details). I called the hospital describing my symptoms, headed in and was in full blown labor by 4 AM. I got my epidural and was pushing (once my doctor could get there - sometime after 1) and had Sean Howard Nelson in 3 pushes. They said it would be fast and they were right. It was a relaxed day with my mom, Chad's mom, Jennifer, and Chad just sitting in the delivery room waiting around for me to fully dilate. I had an incredible epidural, did not feel anything - and literally couldn't ask for a better labor experience.
Sean Howard Nelson arrived very quickly, and is as healthy as can be. 8 Pounds 12 oz and 21 inches long. We are headed home in a few hours - opted to "sleep" in our own bed tonight. I was up most of last night with Sean but mostly because I still had so much excitement/adrenaline in me, and couldn't close my eyes. Today has been relaxing for me, but poor Sean started the day with circumcision, hearing testing, the works - he's been sleeping all day since. Here are a few pics will post more soon. Appreciate all the well wishes and we'll be anxious to show him off. He looks like his brother Kyle. By the way, Kyle came to visit last night and it was like a hurricane went thru the hospital room. He was into everything, especially the pedals on the sink! He loves his baby brother, and kept patting him on the head "baby, baby, baby" - a bazillion times and would pat my stomach and then point to Sean. That's all for now, will post more later.
