Announcing Caeden Chase

He's here! Caeden Chase Lopshire is here! We have a baby boy!

We are all home from the hospital now, and everyone is doing well. We thank the Lord for His goodness and blessings!! Keep watching the site for more details and updates soon (once Mommy is feeling a bit more up to it).

Caeden Chase Lopshire8:05 a.m., Friday, October 15, 2004
9 pounds, 3 ounces
20 1/2 inches
head circ: 14 inches
chest circ: 14 inches
eyes: blue

Friday, October 15, 2004 - happy Daddy holds Caeden and spreads the good news

Friday, October 15, 2004 - Mommy and Caeden in the recovery room

Friday, October 15, 2004 - Annah and Sylvia meet their little baby brother for the first time

Our first family of 5 photo!

Helpers

     We're working on adjusting... Jeremy and my Mom are running the house.  I'm having a lot of pain, so I'm not good for much these days.  

Gram is working with Annah on potty training, and it is going very well!   She goes on the potty about 1/2 the time already!  Grandmas can work miracles! :)  

Baby Sylvia is doing great.  She's nursing well, and sleeping about 2 hours at a time in the night.  It is such a joy to have two beautiful little girls now!  Hard to believe we're a family of FOUR though! :)

I'm still having a lot of pain, and am very tired and sore.   So, I'm not ready to type up the whole birth story yet.  But, I didn't mention that I did not have to be induced.  I started contractions in the middle of the night on Tuesday.  I am very thankful it happened that way.   There is so much more to tell, but I just can't sit long enough to type it out yet.   I will do it soon though, before I forget details.

     

I'm so thankful my mom is here taking care of me, Annah, the house, and helping with Sylvia.  Jeremy has not gone back to work yet either, so I have lots of help.  Thank goodness!  They are too good to me.

Like Last Time

At least now we know we're having a March baby, and not a February one.  So much for Jeremy's prediction of us not making it past mid-February. ;)  I would honestly really love to have the baby on the due date, Monday 03/03/03.   That would be really cool.  But, obviously if it doesn't happen that way, it's okay.  

     

I didn't sleep well last night.  I think it was partially because I took a long nap yesterday afternoon, and partially because I was worried about what my labor would be like if I have to be induced.  I know my doctor is going to try to sway me to be, but so far I feel strongly that I shouldn't.  I hope I will go into labor on my own before my appointment with her on Tuesday.  Like last time would be ideal...

     

With Annah, my water broke around 12:30 am.  I was sleeping downstairs on the couch because I was too big and miserable to sleep in the bed.  I woke up and thought I had been asleep for several hours until I looked at the clock and realized it had only been two.  I went to the bathroom, and kept going and going...   I didn't feel like I was going, though.  I went back and lay down for a minute and realized I was still "going."  Then I figured out that my water had broken and was just trickling out.  

I went upstairs and tried to wake Jeremy and tell him, but I couldn't get him to wake up and hear me.  So, I went back down and lay on the couch again for about 45 minutes.  I ended up back in the bathroom, and my water just kept trickling.  I finally clogged the toilet with a bunch of toilet paper, so I had to go upstairs again.  I told Jeremy that I knew he didn't care that I was in labor, but that I had clogged the toilet and he may want to fix it.  He said, "Whatever."  He was in such a sound sleep!!  

So, I laid down next to him and started talking to him and asking him questions to get him to respond to me and wake up.  After a while I said something about "when my water broke" and he immediately was awake--about an hour and a half after my water broke!  (This time, I will not be so gentle.  If he's asleep when it happens, I WILL wake him up--somehow!)   He bounced out of bed and got our notes from our Labor & Deliver class to remind himself what we needed to do.  He called the doctor, who told me we could go to the hospital then or in the morning.  

So, we both showered; I made PBJ's for him, called Mom, finished packing, etcetera.  We made it to the hospital around 4:30 AM, and Annah wasn't born until noon.

     

I hope my water breaks again this time.  At least then I know it's time to go!