Family of 4

Gregory Erskine Dalcolma was born on 9/26/13 at 14:14 - - 6 lbs 8 oz, 20 in. long and a complete bundle of joy. He came into the world starting as a scheduled inducement for Thursday the 26th. We got called to the hospital Wednesday night at 10 to come at 11:30. Once we got admitted and up to labor and delivery our orders were to sleep! Alright! Of course that is easier said than done when 9 months pregnant and attached to all sorts of tubes/wires and you have a baby that was being difficult to monitor without me in certain positions. After my water was broken at 6:30 they came and did my epidural - - it was AWESOME! MUCH stronger than what I had with Kylie - I barely felt any contractions all day which let sleep come easier! My blood pressure, however, did not think the epidural was so awesome and dropped slightly which made Gregory mad so they kept giving me meds to raise the blood pressure and make Greg happy but then couldn't give me the pitocin to speed along the process. On top of that my uterus was contracting on a part of the umbilical cord. To help with the umbilical cord problem they actually put fluid back in my uterus through some sort of 'amnio procedure' (this made momma-bear scared, but nurse Laura reassured me that he (and I!) were fine and if Dr. Sawyer had even the slightest thought that things weren't ok he would have taken us back for an emergency c-section). Luckily because my water had been broken my body did what it was supposed to and I was eventually dilated enough to start pushing just after 2 and at 2:14 pm Gregory was brought into the world!

He is very snuggly and so far only cries when he's hungry or cold - - too bad that he's hungry all the time! He's taken to nursing much better than Kylie ever did so we're snuggled up in bed most of the time doing that.

Kylie is the best big sister -- she went to see him in his crib and looked at me and said "I love baby brother" and as she bounced out of his room "Me so happy" - - sweetest thing ever!