John Michael's Arrival

Well by now most of you have already heard that John Michael is finally here. He was born on Monday, May 17th at 2:58 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 7 ozs and was 20 1/4 inches long. I had a wonderful delivery. My epidural was fabulous! It worked beautifully!! I was actually talking to Charlie at 2:15 and had John Michael a little over 30 mins later. I have to say that I was very impressed with the TRMC nurses and staff. They really took great care of me and John Michael during our short stay there. We left the hospital for home on Wednesday around lunchtime. I have to admit that I was really excited, but at the same time scared to death. It's been 4.5 years since I have held a baby this tiny. I feel like a first time mom all over again. John Michael has done really well since we came home, but is battling some tummy issues. He cries alot with tummy aches and it just breaks our hearts. We hope to figure out what the problem is soon. We have started using new bottles in the last couple of days and hopefullly that will help with the tummy aches.

Charlie is adjusting well to being a big brother and smothers John Michael with hugs and kisses daily. We took him to see the new Shrek movie on Saturday as a treat after we had pictures made of him and John Michael. Charlie loved spending time with us alone and loved the movie. It was a really cute movie, but I dozed off a few times during it. We are getting very little sleep around here right now, but I know that will get better in the weeks to come. Our pictures went great and I will upload a link to them whenever they are posted. I can't wait to see them!


John Michael is one week old today. He's already changed so much! We praise the Lord for giving us this sweet baby! Our prayers were answered with a healthy baby. We are floating on cloud nine!