David Nicholas arrived Thursday morning, September 17th!!!
After a full day of training and some after-work errands on Wednesday night, we came home and started dinner when Christy's water broke. We got to the hospital around 9 pm that night. Christy's contractions had started but she wasn't feeling them very much yet so the doctor put her on Petocin to get things going. She managed to beat David in a game of Scrabble (or maybe David let her win) and held on until about 1:30 when she asked for the epidural. This was a pretty good move since it allowed both of us to sleep through the night, and when we woke up at 7 am Christy was fully dilated. After about 3 hours of pushing, though, the doctor said that little David was pushing against Christy's pelvic bone and needed some help getting out. He wasn't far enough down for forceps or a vacuum so the doctor decided we needed to have a C-Section. David Nicholas was born at 11:13 a.m., weighed in at 8 pounds 2 oz. and 21.9 inches, and is perfectly healthy.
Grandma and Grandpa Machak drove down from Ohio and got to meet their grandson once we got back to the recovery room. They were also here to celebrate David's 28th birthday with us in the hospital. We stayed in the hospital over the weekend and enjoyed visits from lots of great friends. Monday afternoon we came home--the diplocat was very happy to see us and has been great with Nicholas. Mommy and Daddy have been trying to figure out a schedule and get some sleep. Nicholas had his first doctor's visit on Tuesday and has another one this afternoon to make sure he's been gaining enough weight before we go into the weekend (we are breastfeeding so it's hard to measure how much he is eating).
Now for the good stuff: pictures! (except the video at the end they are pretty much in reverse chronological order so you might want to start at the bottom)
clean diaper and ready for bed
Moe likes hanging out under the bouncer
like father like son-- David likes sleeping with his elbow up too
Mommy likes this outfit
baby's first bath at home-- we have to do sponge baths until the umbilical cord stump falls off
eyes wide open and looking around
Moe cat comes and cuddles with an exhausted Mommy (due to a diaper changing incident the sheets were in the washer)
in the swing, stretching a bit
Moe likes hanging out under the computer lap table too
Nicholas loves his swing
first time in the bassinet-- this one lasted about 5 minutes but the second and third nights he's done really well.
as you can tell, David Nicholas likes to sleep a lot.
after we got home from the hospital we went on our first walk in the stroller-- to CVS to get Mommy's pain medication perscription filled
Daddy looks good pushing the stroller
in the car seat on the way home from the hospital
getting wheeled out of the hospital to the car
getting strapped into the car seat
Nicholas in his bassinet at the hospital
Nicholas in his going home outfit
Nicholas got lots of visitors in the hospital-- here he is with Nikki
he loves to be swaddled
our new family.... on game day. Go Buckeyes!
Tim, Ruth Anne, and Pauline stopped by but had to trade off coming in the room to visit because the only children allowed in the rooms are siblings.
Proud Daddy
Mike came to visit
and Beth
view from our hospital window
Kelly and Stu came over as well.
and Elizabeth came by
and Sara and Cam
and Steve and Macy (if you're reading from the bottom, we had lots of visitors in the hospital)
a very happy Daddy
Proud Grandma and Grandpa
hanging out with Grandma Machak
getting a bath in the hospital the day he was born
healthy baby boy-- look at the size of those feet!
on the examination table
Welcoming the newest Machak to the family
Mommy was still a little woozy after the C-section but thrilled to be holding her baby boy
our family
we took this picture a day or two before Christy went into labor-- I still can't believe that Nicholas was in there!
Daddy getting ready to go sit with Mommy during the C-section
We're going to have a baby!video of Baby Nicholas in his swing
