Many Blessings

8 weeks ago Jesse and I held eachother's hands, took a deep breath, and walked back through the very same doors where our lives were forever changed three and a half years ago. To avoid any complications with this birth, my doctor monitored this baby diligently with ultrasounds and stress tests weekly for 8 weeks prior to my delivery.  Though the baby and I had passed each test with flying colors, part of me still anticipated the worst.  Thank goodness Jesse was there to ease my mind with his cheesy poses in his "exterminator scrubs"!

             

Around 10:30 AM I was wheeled into surgery while Jesse waited outside the door.  As the anesthesiologist was prepping my back for the spinal block, the nurses were talking about the latest entertainment gossip, the doctors chattered about their poorly played golf games, and I was about to have a Panic Attack!  As the needle entered my spine, a rush of emotion flooded over me and I began to have flashback's of Gwen's delivery.  I started sobbing profusely and I could barely catch my breath.  I yelled out for someone to hold my hands and two nurses came to the rescue, one for each hand.  Jesse entered the room, sat by my side, and pretty soon we were about to meet our new baby!

   

After only two days of recovery, my doctor asked if we were ready to go home, and without hesitation we said YES!

If you read back a few blogs, Gwen had a trial stay at Ryan House.  We knew this would be our best option for Gwen's care, so we signed her up for 6 days at "camp".  I didn't want her to feel alone or abandoned so I made sure she had plenty of visitors!  The staff had such a good time with Gwen, they gave Gwen her very first manicure and pedicure....and she loved all of the attention!

Have you ever met SUPERMAN? I know him pretty well ;)  His name is Jesse McDonald and I'd be happy to introduce you anytime! While Gwen was back at preschool and I was at home healing and learning how to breastfeed, Jesse was renovating our new home!  That's right, I said NEW HOME (well, new to us)!  Not only did we have a baby August 6th, we also closed on our new house the same day!  With only three weeks to move out our rental and lack of sleep from having a newborn,  Jesse spent most of his two weeks off of work at the new house ripping up old carpet, tearing out overgrown landscaping, and moving all of our furniture!

Thank you to all of our visitors, to those that helped with Gwen, to everyone who helped with the move, and for all of the scrumptious meals!

Quinten has been a wonderful blessing to our family and this experience has been very healing.  He is now 8 weeks old, 12 pounds, an avid eater, and a good sleeper.  Quite frankly we couldn't ask for a better baby!