Averyday Life: Baby Brother

Baby Brother is here!

Last Thursday, October 11 (10/11/12, my due date), we got Avery dressed for school in her "Big Sister" t-shirt and I called the hospital to prepare for my check-in. But in the blink of an eye my pefect plan was destroyed. Apparently everyone else had plans to give their baby a cool birthdate also, and the hospital was completely full and did not have any beds available. I was told to call back later in the morning, and ended up getting bumped three times. Finally they just gave up and rescheduled me for the next morning. I was utterly disappointed and spent a good portion of the morning crying.

But since Josh and I had a rare day home together without Avery, we decided not to let the hours go to waste. After a trip to Home Depot, we went to work upstairs painting Avery's room, and then the nursery. (Nothing like waiting until the last minute!) I figured what's the worst that could happen - I might go into labor? Well if that happened then the hospital would have no choice but to admit me.

It was worth a shot.

We have been promising Avery two things for quite a while now - a pink room and a baby brother. When Avery came home from school asking for baby brother, we were able to at least deliver on ONE of the promises!

So FINALLY, on Friday, October 12, we were able to check in at 6:30 am. Here's where I spent the day:

My view:

At 5:46 pm, Camden made his debut. It happened so fast that two of the people who were supposed to be in the room with us (my mom and my cousin Julie) completely missed it, since only about 30 minutes prior, the nurse had estimated his delivery to be around 7 or 8 pm! So Josh and I were the only ones present (along with the doctor and two nurses) who got to experience his happy arrival.

Camden Joshua Ness

Born October 12, 2012

5:46 pm

7 lbs, 11 oz.

20 1/2 inches long

We came home on Sunday and it has been an interesting week. Avery is having some difficulty adjusting to this new change, and there have been a lot of tantrums and meltdowns and a lot of effort on our parts to give her extra love and attention, which isn't easy when she is being exhausting, frustrating and irrational. We are hoping that over the next two weeks we can get all our furniture moved upstairs into our bedrooms, and start to really settle in to our new home as a family. At this point we are still "camping" downstairs and it feels somewhat chaotic.

On the other hand, little Camden is proving so far to be a very good baby. While he is up every 3 hours during the night, he only ever cries when he is hungry and pretty much goes right back to sleep after he eats. I don't want to jinx it but I hope he stays calm and mellow, especially since he has a very emotional big sister!

And a few last pictures since I am celebrating the joy of having a girl and a boy to complete our little family, and never going through pregnancy, labor and delivery ever again!!

(We took a photo every week but I will spare you all the weeks in between).

Week 5: