It Finally Happened!

 Adrian

Here it is! I now have a reason to have 3 paragraphs every time I write this blog because we have 3 children now! Labor started late on Valentine's Day after the girls had gone to bed so they were surprised to wake up and have a baby brother on the 15th. The biggest surprise was waking up to babysitters because I was in the hospital for a D&C and Chris was watching over Adrian while I was indisposed. Adrian was born at 4:42am weighing 8lbs 4oz and measuring 20in. I got to enjoy about an hour of skin-to-skin and relief of it being over before my midwife made the call that the placenta wasn't going to come out and I was bleeding too much. She called the ambulance and when I tried to sit up into their chair to get me outside I blacked out. I was aware of myself when I was conscious and when people were talking to me through the next 8 hours, but a lot of what was going on around me was lost. I wasn't aware of what time it was until 2pm after I had done a lot of sleeping after my D&C. 

I'm now aware of how hard it was on Chris to worry about me, be all alone with a newborn, and try to explain to the girls where mommy is. It was a little too scary being told how much blood I lost, but now being home and recovering I can look back and be grateful for how things turned out especially that we had help when Chris could finally come see me at the hospital. It was super hard to wait for Chris to join me because I was finally awake but I didn't know how Adrian was doing. Luckily he was much healthier than me! He is a perfect little baby and I've made up for that first 8 hours by being with him every second I can now that we are home. He is constantly hungry and hates to sleep in his own bed even though I can reach over and touch him while he is there. We made our first walk yesterday when there was a little sunshine out and he slept in the sling while I walked a little and got the mail. Chris's parents came for a night to help out with cleaning the house, spending time with Claire and Shay, and of course meeting Adrian! My parents are flying in from Alabama next week to do the same and I'm looking forward to time together.

Claire

Early week was normal with school and being excited about her Valentine's party at school. She came home on Wednesday excited to show off all of her Valentines from classmates and share her candy with Shay and even some with me and Daddy. I'm glad we have a sweet girl who is willing to share with her sister. Because of the excitement of Adrian's birth, she missed school on Thursday, and she didn't have school on Friday anyway so I feel lucky to not have to had to worry about how to get her there! Presidents Day is tomorrow so I have yet another day to not worry about getting her to school while juggling a newborn in the morning. Hopefully, life will return to normal and she can share her big news with her teacher and friends on Tuesday.

Shay

In preparation for Valentine's Day, we made some rice crispy treats and put colorful chocolate on top then cut them out in heart shapes to share with Claire and Daddy. She was very excited to help through the whole process and have a special mommy cooking date and it was enough that she didn't ask to also make cookies so that was nice. I feel very grateful to have a quiet and clean 4-year-old at home with me because she doesn't usually make a mess during the day I have to worry about. Being around Claire is causing the destruction in the house to levels I'm not normally comfortable with but they listen and clean when I tell them.