Firsts...

First time to lay in the nap nanny.

First time to ride in Memaw's car.

First doctor visit to Dr. Marzullo.  He lost only 3 ounces, now he is 7 pounds 10 ounces.  We have a boy that likes to eat and never misses a meal.

Sitting in the newborn waiting room.

 Stihl slept the entire time we waited.  All the other babies in there were crying or eatting, he just slept.

Memaw helped keep Stihl calm once we were in the exam room.  Stihl did not like having his clothes taken off in a cold room and put on a cold scale.  Then again, I am sure no one does.

First visit to the Ashe Broussard Weinzettle Architects office to meet the ABW crew.

Meet Jim

Meet Mike

Meet Kevin

First visit to Memaw and Papa Dave's but he just stayed asleep in the carrier.

First visit to Nana and Aunt Sandy's house.  Nana would not let anyone else hold him.

I think we had a productive, full day.

Stihl comes home

Stihl is ready to come home and meet his puppy dogs.  He is just so precious and we are so proud and blessed to have him in our lives but he is not a fan of having his clothes changed.

Mommy's sweet little man

They wheeled us out to the car.

 

We got him all buckled into his car seat 

Being carried over the threshold

Daddy introducing him to Sydnee and Scout 

Flowers from Bella, Bryn, and Brody 

Meet your new friends 

Welcome home our sweet boy



Stihl at the Hospital

Stihl had so many family members and friends come visit him in the hospital.  He is one very loved little boy.

Memaw

Dede

Papa Dave

Aunt Gayle, Pawpaw, and Nanny

Nana, Uncle Ernie, Aunt Sandy, and Dede

Nana was so proud to have another great grandson.

Chris was our first visitor other than family.

Ashley came up from Lafayette

Ainsley

Jamie came down from Ruston

Nan

Pop

Father Martin from Prompt Succor

Doug, my boss

Lacye

Mrs. Kathy and Dede

We are ready to go home now.

A Stihl Delivery

At 4:20 am I think my water has broken and this is going to be the big day.  Stephen was supposed to be going hunting but 5 minutes before his alarm was set to go off I told him I did not think that he would be going hunting today, instead we were going to have a baby.  I didn't want to be the lady that rushes to the hospital with false labor so we decided to sleep for a little bit longer just to make sure things were really happening because I was not having any contractions at this point.  Of course I could not go back to sleep.  I got up and started putting our bags near the door for Stephen to take to the car.  I talked to my parents and of course mom insisted that I go to the hospital immediately.  We decided to go ahead and get showered and then make our way to the hospital.  We pulled up to Cabrini about 6 am.  We walked into the labor and delivery area and I just said, I think my water broke.  They moved us to a triage room, had me change into a quite fabulous gown;), and started tests to see if in fact my water did break and labor had begun.  The first test was negative and i had to explain to the nurse why i thought my water broke.  She did the second test and went to ask another nurse for a second opinion.  She cam back in a gave us the thumbs up, it was go time, and we were anxious to meet our little man.  The nurse also told us that my doctor was off today and that the on call doctor would be delivering Stihl.  No problem, either way Stihl was coming today!  We called our parents and said that it was time to come to the hospital to wait.

Proud and excited parents-to-be

They started the drip about 7:30 am and then the doctor came in and broke my water fully since it had not completely ruptured yet.  Then the contractions started but nothing too intense at first.  By 1:30 pm I was ready for the epidural.  This was honestly the part that I was most scared about.  I had an amazingly calm and reassuring nurse that stayed with me the through out the entire labor and delivery process and she was my rock while I was getting the epidural.  Literally, I held on to her and she and the doctor talked me through the entire thing.  I survived, not too bad at all, and best of all...Epidurals are fabulous! 

Now we were back to waiting.  Around 5 pm the nurse came in to check on us and said in probable and hour we will be ready to push.  Well an hour came around and one more check with some practice pushes directed by the nurse, we were ready.  In the middle of the second practice push, she said "wait stop pushing, let me get the doctor."

Dr. Ingalls said that delivery can get a little messy on her end.

Three contractions later our little man arrived.  At 6:10 pm this evening we met our son, Stihl Anthony Workman.  He is 7 lbs and 13 oz and 21 inches long.  A bit bigger than we had anticipated, but he is just perfect.

Proud Daddy

then there were three

First Bath

First Outfit

 

Welcome to our Workman World Stihl Anthony!

Waiting for Stihl

We are now playing the waiting game with Stihl.  Stephen and I are so anxious to meet our son.  Stephen came home from work last week and has been staying busy with projects around the house and hunting.  He is trying to get in his hunting fill before our life is full of late nights with diaper duty and feeding time.  Stihl's room is all ready, our hospital bags are packed, and we had another checkup yesterday.  Stihl is doing great and has a strong heart beat of 135 bpm, he is just waiting for the right time to make his appearance.

Sydnee and I are ready.

Stephen trying on the Baby Bjorn.



Blessing of the Pets

Tomorrow is the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the saint of animals.  At St. Rita's this afternoon they had the blessing of the animals.  Mom, Aunt Sandy, and I brought Dixie, T-Beau, Sydnee, and Scout.  They all did really good.

The priest came around and sprinkled holy water on each of the pets.

Scout was really into the ceremony.

Does my belly really look that big?  Haha.