Doctors check ups

We took Mitchell to the Peds yesterday. When he was born he weighed in at 7lbs 10oz. When we left the hospital he was 7lbs 5oz, on out day after appointment he was 7lbs 1oz. Now he has been adding the weight back on, he was back up to 7lbs 6oz yesterday. Christina and I have been able to get some rest. The first two nights Mitch slept for 5 hours, last night was a different story. He was up what seemed like all night. Hopefully he will settle into a routine sometime soon and we can get some good rest. I will try to get some pictures up later this afternoon if all goes well!!

Finally home

We have made it home. We are not a full family yet. Lucas is still resting at Grandma and Poppa's but should be home soon. It is nice to be able to sit on a comfy couch and watch tv where you know the channels. Before we left the hospital they took photos of the little man. Here is the website and password.

www.bellababyphotography.com

Password: 0329mitchellholder

Long awaited Photos

He is here!!!!!!!!!!

I know that I have not posted in almost 7 hours but he is finally here. Mitchell David entered the world early this morning at 12:32 am. He finally decided to come naturally and all went well with mommy. He was 7lbs, 10oz. The nursery will come in and measure him in a little bit. Christina and I are tired and happy. I will post some pictures first thing in the morning. Thank you for all your thoughts, prayers, well wishes. We felt them all.

6:00 Update

WELL....

The doctor had to go do a c-section for another mother so the nurse came in and checked Christina. She is at 5cm, so no significant progress. I'm getting a little tired, but we are all in good spirits still. I am hoping this kid decides to come tonight. Doesn't look like he is going to be here before Lucas has to go to bed so that's a bummer. I was really looking forward to his reaction when he got to meet his little brother. I guess i will just have to wait until in the morning. I will keep posting into the night as things move along. So much for a quick process!!!

Nothing to write home about

No baby yet. Christina received an epidural about an hour and half ago. She is now resting letting the contractions do there job. I am waiting impatiently in the "dad" chair. We can not find anything on tv so its been the gameshow network for the last 3 hours. The nurse expects the doctor to come by between 5:30 and 6:00 and check the progress. Hopefully (fingers crossed) we will be getting close to pushing. That's all for now. Check back later for more information!!!!

3:00 update

Well, the doctor just came in and checked Christina. She is 4 cm dilated and progressing along. The doctor broke her water and everything went well with that. The baby has looked great on the monitor all day long and they do not have any worries about him. Christina has decided to take an epidural to ease the pain and hopefully make things a little less stressful on her. She decided that since Lucas will be coming up here later that she would like to have some energy when he gets here. That's it for now, I will keep everyone up to date as things move along.

Here's to a save labor and delivery.

Contractions

Things have started to pick up with the contractions. They are starting to come every 3-4 minutes with some pretty good strength now. We are waiting on the doctor to come in and check how dilated Christina is and possibly break her water. We hope to know more with in the hour. Keep your fingers crossed that things go quickly and smoothly!!

Lucas and Mommy Pics

Hangin out and Taking meds

We are just sitting here watching the today show. Christina and my mother's are here along with Christina's sister. She is on the meds and the nurse is upping it up 30-45 minutes. There has been no real progression as of right now so we are just hanging out. We will keep you up to date on how things are going,but right now its just hurry up and wait!!!

Getting started

We came up the the hospital last night for Christina to get induced. Yesterday they used a foley catheter to help her cervix dilate. This morning they have let her eat some breakfast and have started her on Potocin to help get the contractions started. Right now she is 3 cm dilated and in good spirits. We will see how that changes as the day progresses.