Picture time!

The hospital "Daddy scrubs" - Daddy's feet in shoes were too big even for the extra large size "booties", so he had to sock it and leave the shoes behind!  And who figured out the sizing for the jumpsuit??  Certainly not a tall American man, haha!  These just barely fit...  but they fit enough that he was able to be in the operating room with doctor approval! :)

And finally...  after weeks of contractions, an unstable-lie "transverse-breech" baby, and a month of pre-eclampsia frustrations, this Mama was READY to have her sweet baby OUT and in her arms!!!  Cesarean birth by necessity for the safety of both baby Caleb and me - but our OB did a wonderful job, and we pulled through with probably one of the easiest c-sections possible!

Caleb, just a few hours old...  sweet little sleeper...

Fast forward two weeks to pictures taken yesterday and today!

Shhhh...  baby sleeping... 

and of course...  baby feet!!!! 

did I mention how much I **love** baby feet???



Happy, very contented Mama sighs...  and lots of sweet nursey baby snuggles...  what could be better??

He is here!

Well, he was here two weeks ago, haha, but as you can imagine it's been a busy couple of weeks with baby snuggles and healing from the pre-eclampsia and the subsequent cesarean section that brought our little man *out* to join our family!

Caleb Alexander was born September 4th at 3:44 pm, weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce and measuring 20 1/2 inches long.  He's strong and healthy, though a bit jaundiced, which will go away over the next few weeks with lots of nursing snuggles and sunbaths! :) 

Our doctor did an awesome and amazing job on the c-section, with very little blood-loss for me, which is an accomplishment for that type of surgery!  I'm sore but recovering well from the incision, up and about again and happy to have a large majority of my usual energy back!  That last month of bedrest about drove me batty, haha - I don't stay still well, so that was a real test!

Anyway, thank you for your prayers - we are so thankful that the Lord saw fit to answer them in such a way!

I'll post pictures later. :)