The Holtonian

Baby is born, sleep is no more

I'm back! We finally got high speed internet again. WE bit the bullet in a lot of ways and though it will be tight we figured it would be good to have it while we gush and brag for the next few months about this little one...

Anna-Kate was born last week on Thursday via c-section after three days of induced labor. It was a grueling three days, in which wifey labored and labored. Eventually our doc decided a c-section was the only route because Anna-Kate was backwards and not progressing. Back Labor can be done however the frontal lobe of the head needs to come through, the problem with Anna-Kate was her back lobe was lodged down there and thus she kind of got stuck. Her head was in the right position for the correct way to labor but since wifey was in back labor it was virtually if not totally impossible. But after all of it we're glad she's here... though at three in the morning I might be singing a different tune.

We came home saturday from the hospital. Wifey recovered pretty quickly for a c section and was up walking around that day, though forced by the nurses. She's doing good though and enjoying being a mother. I'm getting used to this lack of sleep, though I can't complain because I've gotten more sleep than wifey. I mean when the girl wakes up at three in the morning and wants a good old feeding there's not much I can do about that.

I am getting a taste of being Mr. Mom. I've cooked and cleaned, and grocery shopped and realized its not as easy as it looks. Sitting in a cube all day is a lot easier and I have nothing to complain about. Grocery shopping is the worst. I went to three grocery stores yesterday, it was rediculous. I mean walmart ran out of milk! How does Walmart run out of milk? Did the cows unionize or something?

Anyway, things are good, sleep is little, and we're recoicing in the blessing God has given us.