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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Happy Birthday, Aiden!!!

Baby Aiden Joseph is here!!

The c-section went really well. They gave mom a bunch of meds for nausea (so I didn't vomit during the entire procedure like I did with my first), and that made all the difference! I was nervous about getting the spinal, but there were some AWESOME nurses, anesthesiologists, and doctors working with me, and they helped so much! We even got to do the surgery earlier than planned, which was great, too! It meant we got to meet our new baby that much sooner!

Aiden was born at 10:39am. He weighed in at only 8lbs, 11oz (we expected at least 9lbs, and compared to Camden being 11, this is small!) and measured 20in. long. We were surprised to see a head full of dark hair!! He wanted to nurse right away and took right to it - a pro from the start! He nursed as soon as we got into the recovery room (directly after the surgery was finished) and then went to have his first bath, have his glucose tested (which they do if the baby is over a certain weight - and he was fine each time they checked), etc. Other than that, he's been sleeping away!

Mom has been experiencing the expected pain after the c-section. But I'm not complaining TOO much since I remember how horrible it was to have this pain on top of the day FULL of throwing up when Camden was born. (Not a good mix with surgery in the abdominal region...) I'm taking some "good" meds, am not feeling much difference with them, but am keeping things in perspective. I did get a perfect baby out of this, after all. What's some pain, right? ;)

Camden has been so excited to meet his new brother. He waited anxiously for him to wake up so he could finally hold him! Daddy got to change Aiden's first diaper, which was, of course, dirty - and as he put on the new diaper, he peed into it - so he got to change it again! Aiden looks a lot like Ryan. I knew it ever since we saw the first ultrasound - Aiden has daddy's lips! :) We also think he has Ryan's toes and fingers. And we think he might have mommy's dark skin, but we're still waiting to be sure. He definitely has my dark hair, though!

Here are some of Aiden's first pictures. You can click on the slideshow to view them in the album if you prefer.



We'll give more updates later! Thank you for all the prayers and good thoughts. We are so very thankful for such a perfect baby boy!!!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats guys! He's so cute!

Tiffany and Matt

Anonymous said...

AWESOME DAY! M.MELLY

Anonymous said...

Congrats to you all! Love the pictures and hope the whole family is doing well! Congrats, The Fredericks

Anonymous said...

Awww! He's so beautiful! Congrats Daisy, Ryan, and Camden, and Happy Birthday Aiden!!!

patsy_dee said...

How beautiful he is!

Meggan Trevey said...

I'm so happy for you guys!! Happy birthday, little man! xoxo

Sonia said...

Contrats guys! I'm glad everything went as smoothly as possible and he's healthy! yay! I'm so happy for you. He's beautiful. I can see Camden in him!

Crystal Ware said...

Congrats Daisy!!! I am so happy for you guys. He is such a beautiful little boy.

Anonymous said...

Congrats on a beautiful, healthy baby boy! Ryan you will be a great dad! Daisy pray for less and less pain as the days pass and a full recovery!

God's Blessings,
CeCe

Deena said...

We are so happy for you. He is SOO handsome. Love ya - Deena, Jason and Presley