Sunday, July 27th I woke up at about 5:15 and knew that it was finally the day for our newest addition to arrive. After convincing Glen it was, we called my mom and told her to pack her bags. My friend Kendra came over and helped get the kids ready for church and as my mom and the kids headed off in one direction we headed another towards the hospital.
We may have jumped the gun a little because when we got to the hospital, the contractions all but stopped. I guess I was a little overly concerned about having the baby in the car. The choice was to go home or break my water and get things going. Because I was already 6 days late we opted to keep things going. Things still didn't progress very quickly, but finally after what I called my hardest labor and Glen called my easiest (how could he possibly know?) Preston was born at 6:41 pm.
The stats:
Preston Michael Black
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
7 lb 7 oz
19 1/2 in
He looks a lot like Isaac did as a baby so now we're half and half for family likeness. The kids were all very excited and all the worries about how Ammon would act have disappeared. He wants to hold him and take care of him more than Isaac and Ella. Isaac is being a great big brother and when he talks or sings to him, Preston quiets down really well. Ella loves him, but I think it's just one more brother to her. She is not really the motherly type yet. We feel extremely blessed to have him in our family and though I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, things are falling into place pretty well. If I could just get Preston to go to sleep before 2 or 3 in the morning it would be great. Check out the pictures my dad took at the hospital, there will be more to come soon.
Here's a couple from home 5 days old.
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