Sebastian Jack

So this is me, the night before. My due date was the 2nd, and on the 4th I had a Dr's appt. and being a bit impatient, I had him strip my membranes. It worked like a charm. (I also ran up and down the stairs at 10 min. intervals for 2 mins straight about 5 times--and followed the Dr's Part B of his prescription--he said Part A was him stripping the membranes, Part B was how we got in this mess in the first place. Hee. Hee.) By 5 AM the next morning I started having regular contractions. By 9 AM I made Leo take me to the hospital. I was dilated to a 3. By 10:30 I had an epidural. That was nice. In the words of the Dr. who delivered our new baby, "Happiness is a numb bum." Yes, indeed. At noon, the Dr. broke my water.

And then at 4:11 PM this little guy was born. I pushed through one contraction and he came out easy-peasy. I really liked that epidural. He was 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 19 1/2 in long. We named him Sebastian Jack, if you didn't catch that in the title. And this is Isabel honking his nose. Yes, she is a monster. And she absolutely adores him and won't leave him alone for a second.Elena also adores him, but she actually is really good with him. She's very protective, in fact she gets mad at Dad when he pesters Sebastian. Ana was really excited too, as you can see.And here's the whole mob. It's weird to have three carseats in the minivan now. The nurse who discharged me, asked if she'd see us back next year. Ha. Ha. I don't think so. But maybe in 2012. You know, keep to the even years. :)