Jonah's Birthday

That little pout will get him anything he wants!

Squeaky clean (and mad) baby.

Jonah's view on the way home.

Yeah, we think he is pretty adorable. Look at those cheeks!

Being discharged from the hospital

Doesn't he look like his daddy?

It has been almost a week now since Jonah was born and we're still in shock that he is actually here and is so perfect. I went into the hospital Sunday night to start the induction. They broke my water at 6 pm on Monday to hurry things along. I was finally ready to start pushing at 10 pm. By 10:30 is was clear that Jonah was not tolerating it and the doctor could feel the umbilical cord around his neck. They took me back for a c-section but unfortunately my epidural wouldn't work so I had to be put under general anesthesia. I knew this meant that Matt wouldn't be allowed in the delivery room. I wasn't worried about Jonah because he couldn't have been in better hands with Cheryl and Sandy from NICU there to take care of him. I had some blood pressure issues and Jonah was a little depressed but we both came out fine. He was 7 lbs even and 20 inches long (50th percentile for weight and 75th for height). The night he was born and the next day are somewhat hazy to me because of the combination of pain medicine and exhaustion. Sandy had taken photos of Jonah and left them in recovery with me. I can't tell you how wonderful it was to have those once I woke up because I was able to see that he was okay since we were apart. Matt also left me a note telling me that I had missed Jonah's birthday, what his apgars were, and that he was in the nursery. Of course, I was way too loopy to read it at the time but now we can save it for Jonah. We were discharged from the hospital on Thursday but stayed with Tom & Joan because Jonah had to see the doctor on Friday morning. We just arrived home yesterday and are getting settled back in. The dogs are really glad to be home and we got to show Jonah his nursery. Today we gave him his first (sponge) bath at home. He screamed during it and acted dazed after. He is a very good little eater. On Friday the pediatrician clipped his frenulum because he was "tongue-tied." We go back to the pediatrician tomorrow to have his weight and bilirubin checked again. He is absolutely perfect and we are so in love. I knew Matt would be a great dad but he has blown me away. I wasn't counting on having to rely on him so much but also wasn't expecting the cesarean. He is an expert diaper changer at this point. If he had the ability to feed him I think he would. I have to finish up now because it has been about 3 hours since Jonah last ate so he'll be up any minute. Enjoy the pictures! There will be many more to come and hopefully they'll have his picture on the hospital website soon too (www.carle.org).