Blake William was born on Wednesday, October 1st at 12:41pm. Blake weighed in at 6lbs 13oz and measured 17.75in long. He is a little peanut!! Dr. Hulsen broke my water at 8:40am and only a few hours later Blake was in my arms. Blake was born rather quickly and had a rough transition to breathing, like his older brother Carter. After a longer stay in the delivery nursery due monitoring, Blake finally joined Bill and I upstairs at 11pm Wednesday night.
After Blake had his footprints taken, Bill took him to the nursery for his "bath" and check-up with the baby nurses. Once Blake was all scrubbed up he was brought back to me in recovery. I noticed Blake was grunting when he was breathing, so the nurse took him back to the nursery for observation. Blake was never put under the oxygen hood, but he did have to stay in the nursery for quite awhile before being brought upstairs. Bill and I kept making trips downstairs to check on him as often as we could.
Below are a couple of pictures of Blake while he was being monitored. He was a pretty happy camper, but was taking his time breathing without grunting.
Finally, Thursday morning Nolan and Carter met their little brother Blake. Bill went home in the morning before school and daycare to pick up the boys and bring them to the hospital to meet their brother. Both boys were in absolute awe of Blake. Nolan was very protective of "his baby."
Thursday Blake and I hung out while Bill took Nolan to his transportation parade and Carter to Liz's. Bill brought Nolan back to the hospital with him to hang out with Blake and I, while Nana brought Carter later in the afternoon. It was fun hanging out with Nolan and letting him experience Blake without anyone else in the room.
Nana took our first family of five photo!
Friday afternoon we busted out of the hospital. Blake was bathed, dressed, footprinted, and out the door.
Once Bill and I made it home with Blake and settled in, Bill went to pick up the boys. Nolan and Carter couldn't wait to hold their baby again! Boppy, Memaw, Bekah, Aunt KK, and Jimmy stopped by to see baby Blake too!
On Saturday Gigi and Grandpa Tub stopped by to meet Blake and brought lunch for everyone!!
Since Blake's hair was starting to become greasy, we decided to give him a bath on Sunday. This kid was blessed with tons of hair! Blake loved having his hair washed, but didn't like being dried off!
Papa and Nana came Sunday after church. Papa finally met baby Blake and Nana was able to steal another snuggle!
Wow!! Has all of this really happened in only 5 days. What a whirl wind. Blake is settling in at home perfectly. Nolan and Carter have adapted much better than I would have guessed. They love their baby brother and like to give him kisses. The boys do fight over who gets to hold him first, and Carter usually doesn't want to give him up in the end.
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