the past 2 weeks have been really, really tough on me. and that's about all i want to say on the matter. and to all of you who felt ignored, you were. but know that i still love you and am feeling better.
as far as a birth story goes, it isn't much of a story. i went into labor friday morning around 5am, we dropped the kids off at our friends house (thanks a million ash!), headed to the hospital and got the ball rolling. i had the blessed epidural (which my body reacted to perfectly again), hung out a bit, and 4 sets of pushes later we had our sweet baby civil. this was by far the easiest and most comfortable delivery for me. although i cannot say the same for poor civil. he came out bruised everywhere! his whole face (he's still left with 2 shiners), arms, fingers, toes, bottom of feet, etc. purple. he also fractured his right clavicle! it's this mystery to everyone that was there why he came out so beat up. like i said, it was pretty uneventful and quick on my end...he must have rubbed wrong coming out or something? but nonetheless, he was here.
a series of very unfortunate events happened the next day (which i am not really ready to discuss) that led to him being whisked away to the NICU. there he stayed to learn how to breathe, suck, swallow and be treated for his bilirubin (jaundice). and 2 weeks later, he is now home with us and doing wonderfully. thank you for all your prayers, emails, phone calls (even though i didn't return them :) and thoughts that have been with us. we are doing well and are happy. tired. but happy.
and here are some (or tons!) pictures of civil's arrival:
and please don't judge my massiveness...i just had a baby, remember??
the view from our window
he was really born about 10 min. before this pic...but alma was a little busy just then
day 2
when i got home sun afternoon, i had a baby shower waiting for me from my great friends in the ward!
and a surprise from jaggie: welcome home mommy signs on my door :)
man i missed these two!!
12 comments:
Congratulations! I'm so glad he can finally be home now. I wish you (both) a speedy recovery!
Love seeing all the pictures! How fun to have him home. I'm not looking forward to the adjustment period, but there's something so special about having such a fresh spirit in your home! And you arms. Love it. Good luck!!
Welcome to the world Civil! We are so glad you are both home and doing okay. Sending hugs and prayers your way.
Glad to hear Civil is home safely. Hope you're well and recovering quickly - two weeks is a LONG time to be without your new baby... did it feel like two months?
Such a sweet baby.
Loved all of the pictures. Actually could have done with MORE! haha. Its amazing how you can already tell he looks just like Jagger and Vienna! Especially in the eyes. So beautiful!
congrats! we are so glad that you are together and happy! we continue to pray for you! We wish the best for you a the sweet kiddos! love you guys!
Yay, he's home! I can't get over how much he looks like Jagger!
I hope you both recover quickly. He's so sweet!!!
So sweet! Loved all the pics! Just cant get enough! He is so precious!
I'm so glad for you guys that ALL of you are home, together, and healthy. It must have been so, so rough to have your new little guy away from you for so long WHILE he wasn't in the best shape. At least things are moving in the right direction! Love you guys :)
Congratulations! What a darling little boy. Love the pictures. Glad he is home and things are going well. Wish you weren't so far away, so we could see you and your chillins more often, but glad you are enjoying yourselves and getting settled!
Love these pictures! Hope everything's just gotten better from here. Look at little (big) V! So precious--love those "like-mama" bangs!
WOW! What LOVELY pictures! Just SO GREAT.
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