Thomas Isaac

So here is the pregnancy picture I've been promising to post! I took this thursday night at 11:30 as we were preparing to leave to the hospital. I am 38 weeks and 2 days pregnant here.

Isaac was planning to go on a day trip fishing Friday, he should have been leaving at 4 in the morning. He ended up with me in the hospital at midnight instead. Cami was 9 days early and Allie was 5, but I was really suprised to be in labor 11 days early with our little guy. It was a full moon that night, so maybe that had something to do with it.

When we got there I was only dilated to a 1. But the contractions were regular and getting painful. The nurses told us to walk around the floor for an hour and come back. From 1:30-2:30 am we paced the halls, this is a picture I snapped of Isaac at around 2:10 when he gave up and asked if he could sit while I walked the next 20 mins.

Well after all of my walking I was severly dissapointed to find out I was still a 1. The nurses said they would probably send me home with sleep meds and pain killer and that they won't do anything to induce until 39 weeks! Seriously, I did not want to go home at 4:00 in the morning in labor and potentially be in labor for 4 more days until they would do something about it. They told me they would check again in 2 hours and decide then. So I prayed, these painful contractions would do some good and waited.

 At 5:00 am they checked again... I had dilated to a 3 and was 70% effaced. Yay! Prayer answered! I finally got an epidural around 8, broke my water at 9 and delivered on Friday morning at 10:42 am!

The nurse who helped with delivery told me all about the amazing medical benefits of immediate skin to skin contact with the baby. I didnt get to do that with my other kids and it was really neat to enjoy the moment and snug with my new baby for an hour instead of having him whisked away for tests and such.

I cant even begin to tell you how in love I am with this sweet little boy! His name is Thomas Isaac Halling, he was born Friday April 6th, 2012 at 10:42 am. He weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was 20 12 inches long.
I think he looks like a boyish version of Cami so far. This is Cami in the hospital.
The girls really love him, Allie sang lullabies to him in the hospital.

Dad is very proud of his new little Tommy.

 and I am doing great and absolutely enjoying every minute of having a newborn again. I'm sure the late nights will begin to wear on me soon!

And now some more pics of our little guy, for the faraway Grandmas. Grandpas, aunts, uncles and cousins! He can't wait to meet you:)