Baby Arrived

Well, Just to let everyone know, before the new month begins, yes we had a baby boy. He arrived in the morning of August 15th, a Friday, and weighed in at 6 lbs 8 oz., 19 1/2 inches long, which really means he has chicken legs, very skinny boy to this date. He has a lot of hair compared to Ashtons fuzz, and it is blonde on the sides and slightly darker on the top. He has blue eyes, and he has ashtons nose and chin. As to whom he looks like, he is still too skinny and young for me to tell, but he does look like what I did (andrea speaking) in the eyes when I was a baby, yeap I had slanty looking eyes.

This time the birth was not so bad, another c-section. Yes, I will admit I was scared, I had not had one where I was awake and the first was not enjoyable. And, as people say the second time is a charm is true as far as the delivery. Fast and pain free weird to be awake, however recovery was a nightmare. I told them before I went to the postpartum ward, I was itchy and nauseated, and they didnt give me anything except for a pink tub, nice, not only do i look and feel awful because every bump aggravated the pain and the meds were slowly wearing off, but i had uncontrollable itchiness and it was driving me crazy and the nurses took over an hour to get me the meds and then I began dry heaving and oh the pain let me tell you the pain. Because when I throwup my whole body moves and yeap it felt like a freight train ripped into my belly, and I began to cry which never helps. The kicker they would not give me any pain meds for 45 minutes which was the most hellious 45 minutes I have had in a long time.

Then I finally got the pain meds, but my face and chest still itched for the next 2 days. Retarded effects of morphine, although I do love the pain relief they provide. My incision seemed more sore on the left side this time, and burned. I was told it was nerve endings. Then I began to think, why do I do this to have children. Well I began to think how many kids do I want, then I realized that I am being very selfish and should be grateful for the blessing of being able to raise children and that I have been entrusted two healthy children into my care.

So I left the hospital around 1pm, and then came home and my mom and sister were at my house to help. Then Eli left the next day and we went back to the hospital Thursday to see if the baby gained any weight. He dropped to 6.2 and then gained up to 6.45lbs. So we are slowly making progress. Then I went home with my mom and sister and ashton and the baby which his name is Cameron Bair Pace. We left Saturday and I stayed until the next Saturday and my aunt mary frahm and grandma frahm rode with me back to Salt Lake City. We left around 10am and arrived around 830pm.

So while at home Ashton played with his cousin Tevan, had his 3rd birthday, played in the sand box, rode four wheelers, and relaxed.

Eli went mining for gold and exploring the weekend I went back to my parents.