Home at last!

Sorry for the delay in posting but the last few days have included a lot of firsts. We checked into the hospital Wednesday night where I had my first IV and neither Russell or I slept much due to excitement and lack of comfort of the hospital beds. The induction started at 4 am and I was thinking "this isn't so bad" until late in the morning when the whammy's started coming about a minute apart. I'm not sure who all knew this but I was really wanting a natural birth (no drugs) because I'm weird like that and hate needles but decided that was for the birds after having those close contractions for two hours. After the epidural, I dilated quickly and pushing began. Again, being weird, I wanted to be the best pusher ever and evidently I did a pretty good job because our 10 lb 9 oz boy, Cole William, entered the world at 1:53 pm on June 18 after 20 minutes of pushing. We knew he was going to be big but neither us or our doctor thought he would be that big! I know I am biased, but he is absolutely perfect and a very healthy boy. We had to stay in the hospital for a couple of days because I tore in 4 places and lost some blood but a few pints of blood and some stitches later, we are at home and doing well. I am extremely thankful for Nana (my mom) helping us out and giving us some helpful hints. Also thank you to everyone for prayers, well wishes and cute blue outfits! I will try to be more frequent with posts now that I am at home. Now, everyone thinks he looks like me, but I think the last two pictures will prove he's going to be a mini-Russell:)

Cole in his going home outfit.