Aaron's Birth Day Morning

My alarm went off around 6:15 on May 6th and I got up to take a shower for work.  I started feeling a little bit of pain, but thought it must just be gas pains.  In the shower, the pains started to get a bit more noticeable and regular, and I started to think that maybe these were contractions.  With both Cameron and Leah, my water broke and then contractions started, so I kind of figured it would be the same for baby #3.  After my shower, I whispered to Tim that I was pretty sure I was in labor and that he should probably wake up, take a shower and get Leah to school.  I helped Leah get dressed, then Cameron woke up and he got dressed too.  We all went downstairs to get some breakfast and Tim took Leah to school.  Before they left, we took a few pictures of the kids and I.

Mama with Cam and Leah.  Leah was grumpy because she wanted Mama to take her to school, because I normally do on Mondays.  She was very upset that we were varying from the routine and Daddy was taking her.  We didn't want to tell the kids I was in labor so when she asked why Daddy was taking her, we said "just because" - and that answer didn't sit right with her!

But she was still happy to give Mama kisses

And kisses for Sweetie too!

Cameron gives Sweetie some kisses

Tim took Leah to school and came back.  It wasn't quite time for him to get on the bus yet, so we did some piano practice.  Cameron wanted to play for Sweetie (something he did quite often), so I sat on the bench while he played.  In this picture he is asking Sweetie what he thinks of the song.

Cameron got on the bus and before we left for the hospital, we took one more belly picture.  I'm smiling here, between contractions!

Around 9am we called Mom to let her know we were leaving for the hospital so that she could meet us over there.  On the drive to the hospital, we had the very important discussion: What to Name the Baby.  We came up with two finalists for each gender and decided to wait until we saw the baby to make the final decision.

We arrived at St. Joe's and since I was feeling pretty good, we parked in the parking garage and walked over to the hospital rather than use the valet parking.  I figured that extra walking was good for me to keep labor moving along!  We went up to the Labor and Delivery triage area where they checked me out and decided that at 8cm, yes, I could be admitted.  We went over to the Birth Place, where Cameron and Leah were both born.  We ended up in the same room that Leah was born in, Birth Place A.

Mama and Daddy, waiting for Sweetie's arrival (again, between contractions... I was not smiling so much during the contractions!)

That picture was taken around 10:40.  My labor progressed pretty quickly and around 11am I was ready to push.  After a few minutes of pushing, our Sweetie, Aaron Timothy, entered the world at 11:06am.

Right after Aaron was born.  Tim got the first glimpse of him and announced to everyone "It's a Boy!"

Mama snuggling with Aaron just a few minutes after he was born

Daddy looking at his new boy

Such tiny hands!!

What a sweet face, cuddling up to Mama

Such tiny feet!

Aaron decided to peek one eye at us.  It took Tim about fifty rapid fire shots to get a picture of Aaron's eye actually open!

After an hour or so, the nurses took Aaron to get cleaned up, weighed and checked out.  Here he is on the scale - 8 pounds, 7 ounces.

Clean baby!

Aaron's first check up

He did not like his first check up

Measuring his head - 35 cm

All dressed in a hat and onesie.  AND, the pouty face that we saw him make on the 3D ultrasound!

Daddy finally gets a turn to hold Aaron

Can't take his eyes off that sweet boy

What a cute little bundle

Nana's turn!

A picture of Mama, Daddy and Aaron

Mr. Aaron in his bassinet.  We put pictures of Cameron and Leah on the sides of it so that he could see his big brother and big sister whenever he was in there (which actually, was pretty much never - we just wanted to hold him!).

Aaron's bassinet sign

Mama and Aaron

Eyeballs!  Aaron peeking over Daddy's shoulder

All of these pictures were taken before the kids got up to the hospital.  Around 1:30, Nana left to go home for a bit and then pick up the kids so that they could come meet Aaron.  Stay tuned, that will be the next post!