Perfect in Every Way!!

Little Gavin wasn't due until March 20th origionally... But didn't quiet make it and came February 17th. He is my little miracle baby! I started going into labor on the 15th...(while at the cabin...in the mountains!) I didn't know what i was suppose to be feeling for... and why would i need to know then, i still had a month??? so when i told my mom that morning i'd been having weird cramps all night long, she didn't hesitate... we made it to the Evanston hospital from Meeks Cabin in about 30 minutes... on that stupid bumpy road over by the windmills and governed out the truck a couple times going down the sisters :) My contractions were about 6 minutes apart so they gave me an IV and tried stopping them with the pills... i went home with those and took them until i was out and they kept on coming! So we went back to hospital Monday night and they started using the shots on top of the pills because i'd already had complications up to this point and lost about 12 pounds so we knew he was going to be really tiny if he came now. Sweet little fella was ready to come though, i kept dilating... and for those of you who go natural... more power to you! I was set on doing it but i was in labor way to long and after the epideral i was so relaxed... good thing too because i was at a stinkin 9 for 5 hours!! Then finally they broke my water at like 12:30 p.m. and literally 5 minutes later, he came all at once, all 3 pounds 12 ounces! My pediatrician was in the room with us because no one knew really what to expect, but he was so perfect in every way! They put him on oxygen for the first few days to help open up his lungs and an IV of antibiotics for any possible infections... but didn't have any and i think like after 4 or 5 days, they weined him off the oxygen slowly and he didn't have to go back on.





I had a really hard time the first week and half because he had oxygen, IV, body temp, and heart monitor cords coming from him, so i couldn't go far from the warmer to love on him with all these things coming from him! But i couldn't have asked for better nurses and doctors, they were so caring and made us feel so welcome, since we lived there a month :) ... they finally gave me the code to get into the nursery so someone didn't have to let me in every time, ha ha.

He had jondas (not sure how to spell that) for about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks on and off, so he got to suntan here and there with his sweet shades :)... i so wish i knew what he was thinking in this picture! It was hard to comprehend to see actually how small he was so we used my dad's giant hands to compare :) and yes those are tiny preemie diapers up to his armpits!... He didn't have to wear clothes for the first month of his life!


He was so perfect and the main reason after the first week that we stayed there for 3 weeks... that sounds confusing... was for him to gain weight. Dr. Ching told me i would have to wait until he was 5 pounds to go home, but he was doing so great, we got to go home at 4! Overall though, He is the greatest joy in my life, and there is no way to explain love at first sight and how much they mean to you! Thanks to everyone who supported us and came to visit while we were in the hospital, we really appreciate it! And for having to stay there almost a month....
He wasn't too distressed about it :)