Our sweet baby Hawkins has been here a week and a half and I honestly can’t believe it!  He came so easy, and has been such an easy baby so far.  I can’t help but want to just lay around and snuggle him all day.  I know the fussy time is yet to come, but we have just been loving on him so far!  

I knew I didn’t want a Thanksgiving baby, so on Thursday, November 18th I got started.  They hooked me up to the pitocin a little bit before 9:00, and me and Dax just hung out waiting for the fun to begin.  The kids went to McDonalds for breakfast with my dad, and then to aunt Mitzi’s house to wait for their new baby brother to come!  They decided to have lunch at the hospital, and came to see me around 11:30.  Ridge was worried about me and wanted to know all about my IV.  I was only dilated to a 5, so I told Dax to head to the cafeteria to have lunch with the kids.  About 5 min after he had left my nurse checked me and I was a 6+.  The babies heart rate immediately started to drop from 135 to 60 with every contraction.  She was a concerned so she texted the doctor. I had told her fast I dilated when I had Ridge, so she decided to stick around to check me again.  Fifteen minutes later, she checked me again and I was at a 9, which explains why the babies heart rate was dropping.  I called Dax and told him he better hurry up stairs.  He had barely made it to the cafeteria and got his hamburger.  He hadn’t even had a bite before I called!

Dr. Bierer showed up at 12:20, I started pushing at 12:22 and our sweet baby boy was born at 12:24!  At one point while pushing I just started laughing because it was happening so fast and easy.  When they laid him on my chest, it was so surreal.  I couldn’t believe my little boy had finally made it.  He was healthy and really just perfect! There is nothing that can ever compare to the first time you hold your sweet new baby in your arms!

He weighed 7 lbs 4oz and was 20 1/2 in long.  Navie and Ridge were waiting right outside waiting to meet their new brother.  Ridge immediately ran up to his little brother and had a million questions about him.  It was so cute to see how excited he was to see him.  He quickly lost interest and it was Navie’s turn to see him.  She honestly wanted to hold him all day. 

A few months before we had the baby, Ridge and I had found a big brother shirt while we were shopping.  I asked him if he was going to have a big brother shirt when we had his brother and he said yes.  Months go by and I don’t think a thing about it.  The day before we had him, Ridge asked me where his big brother shirt was… UM, well I didn’t have one for him.  So, I ran to Walmart and bought a shirt and an iron on photo paper, and whipped them up in photoshop.  The kids loved making their own shirt, and I think they turned out okay considering it was 7:00 the night before we had the baby.  They say Big Brother’s Rock, and Big Sister’s Rock.  I just couldn’t believe that he had remembered that from so long ago!  Of course he insisted on wearing it two days in a row, but how can you say no when he wants to wear his big brother shirt!

Contrary to what the pictures look like, I felt great.  Honestly, I didn’t feel like I just had a baby, maybe a hard day shopping, but not like I gave birth.  The nurses kept asking me if I went natural because I was doing so well. I can definitely tell you that I am so thankful that I had another easy labor with no complications for either of us.  Having a baby is one of the funnest, neatest experiences I have ever had, and makes me so thankful to be a mom!