Merry Christmas

We are so glad Bryson decided to come early enough that we could do our usual Christmas plans. We were very busy Christmas eve & Christmas day! Christmas eve morning we went to Meredith's dads house for breakfast.

Santa's Little Helper

After breakfast & gifts at Grandpa's we headed to the lake for Christmas with most of the McCowan family. Bryson got to meet his great grandma & Honey, Aunt Kimbo & Aunt Kathy for the first time. They fell in love with him (just like everyone else)

Bryson meeting his Great Grandma "Nana"

Honey & Bryson

Aunt Kimbo

4 Generations

(Nana, Paw Paw, Daddy & Bryson)

It has always been a tradition when Mommy was younger to read Twas the Night Before Christmas every Christmas Eve, so Grannie B & G-Pop wanted to be sure we carried on the same tradition with Bryson. They made the recordable story book just for Bryson. So, Mommy & Daddy held Bryson as he listened to Twas the Night Before Christmas for the first time :)

Christmas morning we opened presents at our house then we headed off to Meredith's Nanas house.

Our BEST Christmas present ;)

Bryson's new Monkey Mat! He <3's to nap on his new mat!

Our Sweet Baby Boy

Here are some random pictures of our sweet Bryson since he came home from the hospital. We just love him to death! He is so sweet & of course adorable (yes, we are biased!!)

Bryson's 1st Bath (Spounge Bath that is)

He LOVES to take a bath, unlike most babies, but HATES it when we take him out!

All Wrapped Up

Snugglin' with Mommy

Hanging out with my friend Emma Paige (3 months old)

Snoozin' with Daddy

Happy Birthday Bryson!

I know I already posted a blog about his arrival, but what good is a blog with no pictures?? So, here are some pictures of the the arrival of our sweet bundle of joy!

Mommy & Daddy patiently waiting

Mommy with Aunt Melissa & Aunt April

Love at first sight

Bryson Michael McCowan

December 9, 2011

5:15 am

6 lb 15.3 oz 19.5 inches

Proud Daddy

Our First Family Photo :)

Us with Dr. Jarvis

NeNa & Paw Paw

G-Pop & Grannie B

Grandpaw

Getting ready to come home :)

Meeting "Big Brother Elmer"

These are just a few pictures of our sweet boy! I will try to post lots of pictures of our little man! He is such a joy to have in our arms!!

He's Here!!

I have been a little behind on blogging due to trying to get everything together for Christmas & Bryson's arrival. Well my doctor sure knows his job...he told me the day before Thanksgiving I would be home way before my due date, he would surely be here by Christmas, he didn't expect me to have a baby Thanksgiving week or the next week, but thought we would have one the next week! Guess what?!?!?! He was RIGHT!

Thursday, Dec 8th- About 12 noon I was at work & my water broke! (I was a little unsure that's what it was since it wasn't a huge gush) but quickly called the Dr & they wanted me in very soon to "check on things". So I got a 3pm appointment & sure enough my water had fully broken, I was 3cm dilated & 100% effaced. He told me to head to the hospital. I asked who was on call to be sure that one of my doctors would deliver him! He said "Dr. Jarvis comes on call tonight at 6pm & will be on call for 24 hours." Then I proceeded to ask who was on call after that. He said oh its no worries Dr. Jarvis will deliver your baby!! You will be a mommy before mid morning tomorrow! (needless to say at this point I fully believed him because he had been right on everything he had told me!)

So, we head to the hospital & they send me up to Labor & Delivery asap! The L&D ward was "hopping" all the rooms were full & babies were being born right & left. They want you to have the baby within 18 hours of your water breaking or it is high risk of infection. So, they asked if I wanted to start Petocin to speed things up so there would be no reason to worry with infection. I said go for it. They started the Petocin around 7pm (I think) & it pushed me right along. I started having terrible back labor & decided to get an epidural (Lets just say the next pregnancy there will be no waiting until I hurt...I'm going to walk in the door asking for an epidural. It is AmAzInG!!!) I was scared to get it because I watched a video on it & what all took place, well it wasn't anything like expected! I asked the lady how much longer until she was going to start & she said "oh honey, it's all in place I'm just taping it down!" Within 10 minutes I was completely pain free! The Dr. wanted me to take at least an hour nap so I would be ready for labor. So I took about a 45 min nap (which felt like I slept all night) & the Dr came back in & said "I can see his head, so lets get ready to push!" They prepared the room & got me in position & I pushed for about 30-40 minutes & Mr. Bryson was here!

Bryson Michael McCowan was born Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 5:15am. Weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces & 19.5 inches long! He was 13 days early, but Mommy & Daddy could not be happier!

Pictures will be posted soon! :)