Well, we now have a new addition to our family! Daniel Mark Owen was born January 10, 2009 at 7:35pm. He was 5lbs and 8oz and 18.5in long. He is perfect in every way, and he definitely was the cutest baby in the nursery! (I'm not biased...)
He spent a while in the NICU, which was really hard and scary for us. He had low blood sugar they think from a stressful delivery. He didn't want to eat on his own, and he couldn't stay warm. Then they told us he might have an infection, so they started antibiotics and did some labs. Monday afternoon, they gave the okay and brought him back to us! Tuesday afternoon we took him home. Unfortunately, he is an alien baby... He has the billi-lights for jaundice. We have to keep him on the lights all the time except when I feed him and change his diaper.
The delivery is a great story. We chaecked into the hospital for high blood pressure and a two week headache at 10:40am. At 11:30am Dr Noorda broke my water and said I was dilated to a 1 1/2. They checked me every hour and prepared me for a long delivery. My mom and brother came up and helped Cody entertain me. They checked one hour and I was a 2+. The next hour I was a 3. At about 5:30pm I was a 4+. I was excited to almost be at the plataeu! We were playing a round of Uno, when I started feeling some pressure through the epidural. Then the nurse came in to check me because Daniel's heart rate was dropping at every contraction. It was 6:40ish. She was in shock. I was at a 10!! In less than an hour I went from a 4 to a 10!! Well, they told us we were going to do an hour of rest and then deliver... Daniel had other plans. His heart rate began to drop, so they decided it was time. The nurses and Cody lifted my legs into the stirrups and gasped. I will never forget the image of three nurses and Cody standing wide-eyed at the end of my bed. He was coming out with or without the doctor. Quickly, they rolled me onto my side and called Dr Noorda to find out where he was. He was running through the parking lot! The nurses put me back up and said to glove him as he ran in. Dr Noorda came in as they told me to do my first push. I couldn't feel anything, so I didn't know if I was pushing or just making a face. I pushed three times, and then the contraction ended. The next contraction they told me to push again... Dr Noorda was trying to get his robe on. I pushed... and Daniel flew out. Dr Noorda had to jump and catch him in his robe!! The nurse clamped his umblical cord and Cody leaned over to watch.... It squirted blood all over his face and shirt! Cody was dripped with blood! It was really funny. Anyways, Daniel had his cord wrapped around his neck and shoulder, but was doing good. It was something we will never forget.
I am so grateful to have my baby home. He is just so sweet and perfect. He has sooo much hair! I can't get over it! I am grateful that my mom came and is staying with me for awhile. Our first night home was a long night. I'm glad I can nap during the day while Daniel is napping. I can't wait to update this blog and keep everyone up on Daniel's progress. Hopefully, he will be off the lights soon. We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow where they will check his billirubin levels again. Also, he gets circumcised tomorrow... Poor little guy!
Anyways, we love all and are so excited to start this journey as new parents.
So, we took him to church two weeks ago. This is his little suit! People were giving me weird looks as I carried him around. A couple of people asked me if he was a week old! I laughed and told them that he was a whole month old already. I think that some of the people that saw me thought I was a horrible mother for bringing him to church so young. They didn't realize that he is just a tiny month old!
He seems to be getting so big, but I guess compared to other things he is still little. Here is a dog that my mum, his nana, made for 
him at Build A Bear! Daniel and Buster Brown.
