We join the super cool blogging crowd...

We finally did it! We started a blog so we can keep in touch with all of our friends and family across the states. Well, it’s mostly to update everyone on our fast-growing little boy because that’s who everyone is interested in. Who cares about Blake and Marie? Nowadays it’s all about Isaac!

So here’s a quick summary so far:

The due date was June 1. Well, Blake and I did all the tricks you hear about but all in vain. The doc didn’t want to go more than a week overdue so we were induced on June 8. I was given pitocin and a sleeping pill at 10 PM. I just had the same old contractions I had felt for a month so they kept upping the dose. Finally at 10:30 AM my water broke. I felt a pop and a gush and saw some blood. Later when I saw Isaac there was a big old scab on his head so I think that when my water broke his head hit something. Anyway, after that I had strong contractions like 2 minutes apart for an hour and a half. Then at noon there were no breaks and they were really strong. I asked for an epidural and during the administration of it 15-30 minutes later I really felt like pushing. They checked me after the epidural and sure enough, I was dilated to 10 cm and ready to push. I had started last night at 2 cm, so I went really fast—2 to 10 in two hours! I started pushing at 1 PM and at 2 PM, he still hadn’t moved from a -2 station. I was starting to get really swollen and they thought that my tailbone was in the way of his head. The nurses called Dr. Hartman so he came in at 3 PM and said that we needed to do a C-section or he could try forceps. He couldn’t guarantee a healthy baby with forceps—there was a 20% chance that something would happen. We opted for a C-section. So he was born at 3:29 PM on June 9 by C-section. Talk about everything happening exactly the opposite way you had planned/wanted. But Blake and I are just happy that we have a healthy little boy.

He was 7 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. He was a long skinny guy.

We love Isaac so much! He is a beautiful baby. One of our blood tests showed that he was at a higher risk for Downs Syndrome, so we were a little apprehensive but he is perfect. We felt like he would be healthy because we had a family fast in January and we felt strongly that everything was ok. I believe in the power of fasting and prayer for a common cause—I know that Isaac was blessed by the faith of our families.

I know, I’m his mom, but I think he’s adorable!

I’ve never been so miserable than after that C-section! Hopefully I won’t have to do that again...

He looks just like his daddy!