Our Life--The Cahills: Baby Bennett

I am finally getting around to introducing the newest member of our family, Bennett Brian Cahill. He was born on 7/5/12 at about 5:30 pm, weighing 7lbs 12oz and was 21 inches. My due date was the fourth of July, and since he didn't come then, I went into the hospital on the 5th at 12:30 to be induced. Dr. Harter is great, and had a balloon catheter put in me that Monday. So when I got to the hospital I was already at a 5 and having some irregular contractions. Things moved along really smoothly and relatively quickly from there. When I reached a 7, they gave me my epidural which was nice but very patchy. They actually had to come and redo it once I was ready to push because I was in so much pain. After 20 minutes of pushing, our sweet baby Bennett was born. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice, which was a little scary to see, but once he finally started to cry we were so happy and relieved to have him here and healthy.

Parker came to the hospital once baby was cleaned up, and it was so great to see him. He didn't really care much about the baby at that point. He was just happy and excited to get to sleep at my mom's house that night. :) I can't thank my family and Mike's parents enough for all of the help they gave to us during those first few weeks. Even after becoming a mom of two myself, I still love having my own mom around to help and take care of me :)

Since being home, things have settled down pretty nicely. There are for sure days that I can't believe I have 2 kids to take care of, and it is definitely harder to get out the door on time, but I love my sweet boys so much and feel so lucky to be their mom. Parker has been so fun to watch become a big brother. He loves to talk to Bennett, hold him, and put in his binkie. I love hearing the things he says to his brother. Things like, "it's ok baby Bennett, don't cry" and "oh Bennett! you are just so cute!" All said in the high pitched baby voice we use :) Mike has also been super dad, always there to help and let me catch a break whenever needed. I love my family so much and am so grateful for them.