Reese Vivian was born on August 18, 2008 at 3:11pm. She was 7 lbs 6 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.
Calm and Happy
Well, we have been just hanging out for the past 36 hours or so. We have a beautiful corner room with a great view. Kelly and I are finally no longer in shock, but we are still looking at each other oddly when we say she or her and the kids. We are so thankful that everything is normal and we get to have some alone time to enjoy our beautiful daughter. It is very odd sensation for us to not have monitors, doctors, etc at all times.
We have had a lot of family and friends visiting us and Reese and it has been great. Big Brother Gavin came to visit again today. He spent time driving trucks on his sister today and telling the baby to move. Tomorrow he will be at home with all of us, which will be an interesting transition for all of us. We miss our Big Boy!
Reese's Arrival
Well, Kelly woke up on Monday morning happy as can be (not really). Was this going to be another day of being pregnant? Kelly went to work and about 10am in a meeting started having contractions. About 45 minutes of contractions, she decided to call her clinic. She called and ask if she could just come in to the clinic. She described what was going on and they said "No, you need to go in." Kelly then called me and said, "I am having contractions every 15 minutes or so. I am going to go in, but you just stay at work and I will call you if it is real." Well, I was not going to listen to her. We both arrived at the hospital around 11:30am. Around 12:15pm she was dilated to 3 cm and starting really feel the pain. Thirty minutes later she was dilated to 9 cm and ready to have the baby. We had to wait for our doctor as she did a c-section for someone else. At 2:45pm the doctor arrived and Kelly started very calmly pushing. At 3:11pm our beautiful daughter was born. We were both in Shock!
Gavin and Reese get Strawberry Daquiris at the swim up bar in Cancun.
Gavin and Reese checking out the ocean.
Gavin feeding his little sister.
Reese is not happy about being out.
Gavin meets Reese but is more interested in Mommy's food.