The Birth Roundup

Here are some pictures from our time at the hospital.  The birth story is a whole different animal and one which I need help to tackle (I don’t have a great memory of all that happened during the drama that was the attempted delivery of my placenta, so I need to have help from an observer or two).  At some point I will be well-rested enough to attempt that.  Right now we’re hanging on by a thread and I expect this post to take a couple of days to finish.  Here goes nothin’.

Paperwork:

We made it!

My first (epidural assisted) pain-free sleep in 6 months:

I’m pretty sure this was taken while I was finding out I was 10 cm. dilated:

Let’s get this party started:

First picture on the outside:

Paige on my chest while Matt cuts the umbilical cord in the background:

Her lungs were in good working order:

Proud Papa:

Wrapped around her little finger:

Diamonds (and cubic zirconia) are a girl’s best friends:

Thank God for inductions:

Daddy hand:

Baby foot:

Chins:

Daddy love:

First bath:

She wasn’t a fan…

Recovering from the aftermath:

Meeting her Greatmama and Greatdaddy:

With Granddaddy:

With Gran and Greatmama:

Through the nursery window:

Back in my arms again:

Right by my side:

Reaction from Grammie and Pop:

Baby nose:

With Grammie and Pop:

Pop gets his turn:

Meeting Mo:

Pok’s turn:

Liam comes to finally meet Baby Sister (but gets some Mama Love first…):

Peering down at Paige:

Paige gives Liam a present:

“It’s Rosie!”

Showing Mama his preschool creation:

Big Brother checks out the goods:

“Look Paige, it’s Rosie!”

Liam reads his first book to Baby Paige:

When in doubt: bribe them with chocolate:

Babies and Grandmothers:

Curtain dance:

Time for a break:

Checking on things:

Best sign ever:

Finally going home:

Home Sweet Home:

Soak this one in, because this post took 3 days to publish so I doubt there’ll be another for a good long while.