More pics...

I don't have much to say... other than a whole bunch of thank yous... and to post some cute pics of my new baby...

More on our new boy...

Well here I sit, bored at the hospital... There really is nothing to do here so I thought I'd take some time to play on my blog and tell the story of Owen.
I called the hospital yesterday at 6:20am and asked when I could come in. She said "why don't you come right now?" I said great and we were at the hospital by 7. They had me in my room and had things started by 8. I was already have some contraction and when they put me on pit they started to get more regular. At 10:30 they broke my water and by 11:30 I had my epidural (which by the way, the guy who did it was great and the epidural as great too). After that I took a nap, at least as best I could with that dumb blood pressure thing going off ever 15 min. I was only at a 4 and I expected to take a while to get the rest of the way. By at about 1:30 I could start feeling pressure and called the nurse... she checked me and said "well lets get the doctor here." She set up the room and it took a while before Dr. Berry got there but after he did it only took about 3 pushes before this big guy was out. He did have a little trouble because he was so big his shoulders got stuck and a nurse had to push a little on my belly to help out. The doctor laid Owen on my tummy and my first thoughts were "Wow he is big and very purple." He colored up right away, at least all by his face... apparently his face got a little squished when his shoulders got stuck and he bruised pretty much his whole head and face. Even though he was only stuck for a few seconds. (He looks so much better today.)
From there everything went really well. They cleaned him up and checked him out and he was perfect. All 9 1/2 pounds of him! I still have a hard time believing he was that big! They had to put a little note on his crib saying he had a bruised face so that nurses would know he was bruised and not turning purple because he was not breathing.
I'm so glad not to be pregnant any more... I slept better than I have in a long time last night, even with the nurses coming in at all hours to check my blood pressure.
The boys love their new brother and are excited to have him home today... I'm excited to be home too... I didn't think I'd want to go home the day after but I'm bored and feeling good so I thought why not? I have lots of help at home and a more comfortable bed. Well here are some more pictures of yesterday...

Owen Brady Edwards

So just a quick note today! We had our baby boy today at 2:12 pm... Every thing went well and we are all healthy and happy. He was a very big boy and I'm still not sure how he fit in me or how he got out... But he was 9 lbs 8 oz and 20 in. His face is a little bruised because he got stuck for a second but it is already looking better... We are all doing well!