Welcome Garrett!

The 4 of us. 

Corbin was very proud that he got a bracelet at the hospital too. 

Corbin did NOT want to let go of his baby brother. 

At 5:02 am on March 15, we officially welcomed Garrett John into our family.  Weighing in at 5 lbs. 14 oz. and at 19 1/3 inches long, he is small but mighty.  After we put Corbin to bed the night before, I told Mike I'd been having some contractions and they were coming every 2 - 5 minutes, but I was pretty sure they were Braxton Hicks.  He wanted to go to the hospital right then and there, and even called them.  I wasn't going anywhere until I knew for sure it was real--and I was in pain.  After an hour of going back and forth and Mike running around the house packing last minute things and putting his shoes by the door, we decided to go to bed.  If it was real labor, it'd wake me up.  After being in bed 5 minutes, my water broke.  Off to the hospital we went.  Thank goodness Peg lives so close! 

With a slow start to labor, it seemed like it was going to be a very long night.  However, about 4:00 am things picked up speed and while the epidural was being inserted, it was "go time."  This was a very good thing as with each contraction, Garrett's heart rate was plummeting.  If it stopped rebounding quickly, it was an emergency c-section for sure.  20 minutes later he was born, sunny side up, with the cord was wrapped around his neck twice-the cause of his heart rate variability.  With a NICU nurse on hand, he was handed directly to her.  To our relief he "pinked up" right away and scored a 9 on both of his Apgar scores.  Just as quickly as the NICU nurse came, she left and we were holding our healthy baby boy. 

Corbin has been a GREAT big brother so far.  Yes, there have been some behavior issues but he loves his baby brother and is quite possessive over him and extremely gentle. 

We have TONS of pictures from the last week as you could imagine.  Here's a link to some of our favorites: http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=b163de1042cd0222&sid=8AcOWTRs1ZtWFs

We look forward to introducing Garrett to friends and family.  Visitors welcome!