And baby makes 4

Welcome to our family Simon Elias Christensen !

August 16th at 9:10pm Simon joined our family. He weighed 3.345 kg (7 lb 5 oz) and we have yet to measure him since they don't do it here at the hospital!

 After 18 hours of labor (and no progress past 3cm) Simon was born via C-section. Contractions  were terrible even with an epidural (I guess my pain tolerance is not what I thought it was). Lets just say that I love being a mother, but I hate the being pregnant and the really hate the birth process. The C-section went smoothly and he was able to have skin to skin time with daddy immediately, nurse after one hour and spend the night in my room. Even though he also has a different blood type than me (A+ same as Brad and Joy) he didn't have any jaundice or blood incompatibility issues like Joy did. We spent two days in the hospital and I was able to be discharged early. I hate the hospital and really missed Joy.

So far Simon has been a really mellow baby. He has been a great nurser from the beginning (although I forgot the sheer pain of the first stages of nursing!) and even sleeps for one 4-5 hour stretch at night most days of the week. He loves to sleep with his arms by his head. Thankfully I forgot how bone tired you are with a newborn and recovering from surgery (and I have even had a grandma here for the last 3 weeks!).

We are so happy to have you here with us Simon. We can't imagine life without you! 

 Very tired but very happy mommy and daddy

 First bath (at home)

 Simon was born with REALLY long nails, see the scratch marks on his face!

 

First car seat ride on the way back from the hospital

(Above) First ergo ride, waiting for his passport pictures (which by the way he opened his eyes immediately and the whole process took about 5 minutes!)