After being at church in the morning responding to, "You're still here?!" several times, I decided to tell my uterus to get the lead out-it was time to meet the fifth family member. I was having contractions during Sunday school and sacrament meeting but they were far apart. I started timing my contractions at 7:30 at night while I was doing the dishes and cleaning the house. They were coming more quickly and hurting quite badly so we dropped the kids off at our neighbor's and headed to the hospital at about 9:30 PM. The contractions got farther apart as we drove there and I was pretty sure they were going to send me home. It was lightly snowing and a beautiful night and Jon and I discussed going to In-N-Out if things didn't work out.
We arrived at the hospital and the contractions started up again! Hurray! I was dilated to a 7. Jon's sister Suzanne was just coming home from the airport and joined us for this happy occasion-thus explaining all these beautiful pictures. She's a wonder.
I was at a 7 for hours and the nurse checking me accidentally broke my water. As soon as she did, I was at a 10 and ready to Rock and Roll. I love that woman. Why didn't she do this sooner?!! They told my doctor to get on over here and fast. I got nauseous and started throwing up for a few minutes-definitely the low point of the night.
Dr. Larson showed up, I pushed one time, and baby was out! It's a Boy!!! Jon, Suzanne, and I all started laughing in amazement. We all thought it would be a girl. What a great surprise. Boys are great. We had the name Jordan picked out, but he didn't look like a Jordan, so we had some thinking to do.
He has a soft, sweet little cry like Aidan did. He was born at 2:32 AM on December 7, 2009, Pearl Harbor Day.
A good sized little babe coming in 2nd place to Mikell's 9lb 10 oz.
My Jon is very sweet with our babies. They love him and he can always get them to stop crying. He is such a great dad and I really enjoyed our time together at the hospital. We were treated to a nice dinner for 2 from the hospital with sparkling cider, salmon, chicken cordon bleu, and chocolate mousse pie. Suzanne also treated us to In-N-Out and Foster's Donuts imported from Canyon Country, California. (Why Utah cannot come up with a good donut shop is beyond me.)
Sweet little Son.
His feet are very tiny. 
He has been kissed about a 1000 times.
Some names we discussed were Ethan, Luke, Lucas, and Brendan. Jon said, "Brody" out of the blue, and I had mentioned the name before and liked it. We both instantly liked the match and Jon suggested the middle name of Nathanial, after his Dad's middle name.
He smells so good.
We are so happy to have him. We have been blessed in being able to get pregnant easily and having healthy babies. We are very grateful for our blessings. We love our children so much.
Due to the Swine Flu, the hospital was not letting any children under 14 in the hospital. My room was on ground level so we showed the kids through the window.
There was a big snowstorm on the day we left. We only stayed one night because we anxious to get home to see the kids and show them our new baby. We are very glad we didn't find out what we were having. It was one of the most exciting nights ever. Our family feels complete. We love our little Brody!
We arrived at the hospital and the contractions started up again! Hurray! I was dilated to a 7. Jon's sister Suzanne was just coming home from the airport and joined us for this happy occasion-thus explaining all these beautiful pictures. She's a wonder.
I was at a 7 for hours and the nurse checking me accidentally broke my water. As soon as she did, I was at a 10 and ready to Rock and Roll. I love that woman. Why didn't she do this sooner?!! They told my doctor to get on over here and fast. I got nauseous and started throwing up for a few minutes-definitely the low point of the night.
Dr. Larson showed up, I pushed one time, and baby was out! It's a Boy!!! Jon, Suzanne, and I all started laughing in amazement. We all thought it would be a girl. What a great surprise. Boys are great. We had the name Jordan picked out, but he didn't look like a Jordan, so we had some thinking to do.
He has a soft, sweet little cry like Aidan did. He was born at 2:32 AM on December 7, 2009, Pearl Harbor Day.
A good sized little babe coming in 2nd place to Mikell's 9lb 10 oz.
My Jon is very sweet with our babies. They love him and he can always get them to stop crying. He is such a great dad and I really enjoyed our time together at the hospital. We were treated to a nice dinner for 2 from the hospital with sparkling cider, salmon, chicken cordon bleu, and chocolate mousse pie. Suzanne also treated us to In-N-Out and Foster's Donuts imported from Canyon Country, California. (Why Utah cannot come up with a good donut shop is beyond me.)
Sweet little Son.
His feet are very tiny. 
He has been kissed about a 1000 times.
Some names we discussed were Ethan, Luke, Lucas, and Brendan. Jon said, "Brody" out of the blue, and I had mentioned the name before and liked it. We both instantly liked the match and Jon suggested the middle name of Nathanial, after his Dad's middle name.
He smells so good.
We are so happy to have him. We have been blessed in being able to get pregnant easily and having healthy babies. We are very grateful for our blessings. We love our children so much.
Due to the Swine Flu, the hospital was not letting any children under 14 in the hospital. My room was on ground level so we showed the kids through the window.
There was a big snowstorm on the day we left. We only stayed one night because we anxious to get home to see the kids and show them our new baby. We are very glad we didn't find out what we were having. It was one of the most exciting nights ever. Our family feels complete. We love our little Brody!
4 comments:
Such amazing pictures! You look great and have such a handsome little man. Love all the blonde hair. I love his name.
Oh, Sherilyn, he is adorable! What fantastic pics. You look amazing by the way! So happy for you friend....now we just have to figure out a way to meet each others families! Love and miss you! Merry CHristmas!
Congratulations, my friend! He is so beautiful!!!
Oh Sherilyn, you give me hope that someday our little boy will arrive. Your son is beautiful. It sounds like a pretty smooth delivery and we hope you and Brody are doing well.
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