2 months after I had Holden was Lewis' 30th birthday. He had a scheduled business trip to Vegas and neither of us had ever been. I felt so anxious that morning leaving Holden that I drank almost an entire bottle of wine before we left at 10:00 that morning...you can see where this is going. Our trip was short and I wanted to make the most of it, but Lewis had to work most of the time we were there. I was left to explore and enjoy some me time. I would never have thought two weeks later we would find out we would be having our Vegas Baby!!
Shocked, to say the least, but happier than ever. Irish twins-I can do this right?!?!? Plus, Holden would have a life long friend.
My pregnancy was good. Luckily Holden was an awesome sleeper. I went into early labor at 33 weeks and was in the hospital for a couple of days, but with medication and bed rest, baby Hunter made it all way to 37 1/2 weeks!! I went to the doctor that day and before we got there Lewis told me we would be going to the hospital that night. I just didn't believe it,but sure enough she told me it was time to go. So we went home to get things ready (it's crazy when you know you are going to the hospital to have a baby), went to visit Natalie McKay in the hospital, went to eat at BJ's...and before we knew it it was 11:00.
We got all checked in and then...time to wait. As we were waiting for H to arrive Lewis was able to get a few hours of sleep, but I stayed up wondering about my new little baby boy. Would he look like Holden? Is he going to be as feisty as his brother? Will I ever sleep again? It was finally time. At 7:05 I started having some very heavy contractions. I had Holden naturally and wanted the same experience for Hunter, so no meds for me. At about 8:00 I knew it was time, one of the perks of no meds, at 8:05 I started pushing an baby Hunter William Harrison arrived at 8:12. What a blessing. He was beautiful. Perfect.
I got to spend some skin on skin time with Hunter, something I didn't get with Holden, and I would recommend that to every mom. I could feel God's love for me and my son at that very moment and I knew all was going to be okay. The nurse forgot to come get Hunter so we got to spend some time with him in the room. My wonderful Husband, mom, and sister were all there to share this with me. What another blessing!! The next morning we were heading home to introduce Hunter to his big brother Holden. Holden seemed unaware that anything that happened. In fact, he was so fascinated by the balloons my mother in law had gotten that he hardly noticed we were there with his future bestie!!
Being a mom was one of the biggest goals I had for my life, and every day I get t experience this it gets better and better.
XOXO,
Jamie
No comments:
Post a Comment