baby photo shoot

as the days slip by and mr. carter gets bigger by the minute, i wanted to catch some pics before he outgrows this sweet newborn phase. 

two weeks old and he is still blessing us by being the sweetest baby ever. i am eating up the days of snuggling and playing all day (and night)

parents

our little guy has only been with us for 11 days and he is already starting to look too old. 

every once in a while...between the eating, changing, and playing, tom and i look at each other and marvel in baby carter's perfection. and then realizing again...we are parents! this little dude is ours forever. i only hope we can help him become the best he can be. i know he has already changed our world for the better and hope we can return the favor. 

*please forgive the lingering swollen-ness :)

Carter Thomas Robertson

Carter Thomas Robertson

8 pounds 5 ounces, 20 inches

July 15, 2012 @ 7:51 a.m.

what a sweetheart! i can't believe how much life can change in just a few short minutes. 

so...for the story... 
i went in for an appointment on my due date, july 11th, and still had not progressed at all. total bummer. after an ultrasound showing a big baby with a big head my doctor recommended a c-section if nothing changed over the weekend. we scheduled a time for sunday morning at 6:30 am and left the office with plans for our last days of childlessness. it was such a relief to have an end date in sight. i had a pretty easy pregnancy, but was SO swollen by the end...and more than ready to meet this little guy!

sunday morning came, and we were ready at the hospital at 5:15 a.m... as we walked in all the nurses kept apologizing that they had had crazy night and would have to bump us back a little bit due to some emergencies. after reassuring them many times that we were in no rush, they left us in our room to wait. the last moments were so peaceful and calm and perfect. the sun was just rising over the mountains and i enjoyed the last moments alone with my hubby.

our poor doctor had a crazy couple of weeks and was conducting church at his son's homecoming an hour after he delivered baby robertson. he gave the go ahead and the nurses wheeled me back to get prepped for surgery. ready and numb, i tried to relax. everything went so quickly and tom barely made it into the room gowned up before we heard baby carter's first cry. it was such a surreal experience, waiting to see my beautiful little guy. he was perfect and was whisked away to be washed.

after a while of recovering, tom came to check on me and bring me down to our room. the nurses wheeled our little guy in and we got to spend some sweet moments together as a family for the first time. the next few days were a whirlwind of visitors, recovering, and getting to know our carter. 


and now for some more pictures, of course...