Lincoln Reed White

My baby boy is finally here! On Wednesday June 5, 2013 at 11:51 a.m. we gave birth to this beautiful little boy, Lincoln Reed. Weighing in at 7 lbs 9 Ounces 20 1/2 inches long, and healthy as can be! We are so in love with this little man! On Tuesday the 4th of June I had my Dr appointment and he said that I was 1 cm dilated and my cervix was 50% thinned.... He said that because I was 39 weeks we had the option to be induced and he had an opening the next morning, well I was right on top of it and said yes! (the hubby was not very happy with me). I was so uncomfortable and the humidity and heat was killing me. After going home and talking to Reed about it and praying about my decision we both felt good about it and knew that everything was going to be okay!

 So early Wednesday morning we got up and took Jace to his friends house and headed off to the hospital. Doc came in at 7:30 and broke my water and OH MY HELL that hurt SO SO SO Bad. Shortly after, the contractions kicked in and were killing me, i tried to tough it out as long as possible but gave in at 9:30 and got the epidural which kicked in right away which aloud Reed and I both to sneak in a little nap. I woke up at about 11:00 a.m. with a lot of pressure in the pubic bone area and quickly called the nurse and she checked dilation and I was 10cm dilated and she said lets call the team because it's time to start pushing! I pushed for maybe ten minutes (pain free and laughing and joking with my husband through it all) and then I heard the first amazing cry of my little boy.

 The whole time pushing the nurse kept saying "oh I can see his hair", this shocked both Reed and I because we were expecting another bald little boy. Let's just say I have myself a little gorilla. (That is his nickname).

The next day Reed brought Jace to the hospital to meet his little brother and he was so in love. He would not leave my bed and when the nurse came in to take baby for circumcision Jace got VERY concerned that his baby was not in the room with us. Now that we are home things are going pretty good. It has been VERY hard getting used to the new sleeping schedule and the pumping at crazy hours of the night, but overall things are wonderful and our home is filled with so much love for our boys! It's crazy to still think that he is all ours! I am so obsessed and so in love with this little boy! We are so excited to go home in September and share this amazing little spirit with the rest of the family!