Gavin is Here!

Gavin Edward Gardner

Born December 31st, 2008

7 lbs. 9 oz. 20 Inches Long

I have been computer-less since my little baby boy was born!  I have been going crazy not  having access to a computer or the internet. This little guy pretty much takes up my day, but I love him.  I will post a ton of pictures soon, but I will tell you the tale of Gavin's birth...it's a good one!!

On New Year's Eve, Steve begrudgingly packed himself up and headed for work at about 7:20 in the morning.  I was all cozied up and asleep until I was rudely awakened at 7:45 a.m. by a mysterious gush.  Great...I had resorted to wetting the bed!  I ran to the bathroom and my water broke just ONE foot from the toilet!  I was stranded there with no phone and no way to protect my newly Swiffered floors from contamination.  I cleaned up enough to get to my phone and called Steve and told him to turn around and come home because my water had just broken.  He was so cute and got all giddy and came home.  In between contractions I straightened my hair while I waited for Steve to come get me (pathetic, I know, but every girl wants to look halfway decent on this big day).  We drove to the hospital and my contractions were getting more intense and closer together...this was for real!

We finally get to labor and delivery and the nurses ho-hummed around and had me fill out paper work and put me in a room and hooked me up to monitors.  Finally a nurse came in and did a test to see if my water did in fact break and she couldn't get a good reading.  She then launched into her schpeal about how the baby can sit right on your bladder and you think your water broke, but really, it's just pee.  She then said, "Well, lets do a pelvic exam as long as I have you here and see if you are dilated."  She does her thing and then gets this horrified and confused look on her face.  Of course I ask her what that face means and she says, "Okay, your water definitely broke.  There is a FOOT in there."  Huh?  What the crap does that mean?  She rushed out and got the on-call doctor and she confirmed that his foot was in fact in the birth canal. The doctor told me that he was a footling breech baby and they had to do a c-section immediately because footling breech babies can get in distress and don't do well.  Within 30 seconds there were 5 more nurses and the anesthesiologist bustling about the room.  They wheeled me into the O.R. for an emergency c-section.  Everything went so smooth and so fast.  They gave me a spinal block and put oxygen on me and prepped me for surgery.  He was born at 9:37 a.m. and Steve watched the whole thing (he said it was really cool to watch and he wanted to make sure they treated me well...he's so cute).  It was a very cool experience to lay there and not feel anything but my heart and just know that I was about to meet my son for the first time.  They weighed and measured him and cleared out his lungs and did all the tests while I was being stitched up.  Steve finally got to hold him and brought him over to see me and then Little Gavin opened his eyes for the very first time to see me.  It was very sweet and I instantly fell in love with that little guy.  He is so perfect and beautiful! 

 Here are a few pics of our son.

Here we are for our first picture together.  I'm still a little swollen from the whole ordeal.

Here's Gavin in his crib with his stuffed puppy that his sweet daddy gave him for Christmas.

This is moments before we got to take our lil bug home for the first time.  Aren't my boys just so cute?!

This is Steve and Gavin's first picture together...I love these two boys so much that it consumes all my thoughts and my heart might burst!