sullivan tyler
sully is here! he was born sunday, august 15th at 8.55pm. he weighed seven pounds, seven ounces and came into this world via VBAC! thank you very much. its crazy how it all worked out..... i wasnt even that set on having a vbac with this baby but it just so happened that my doctor turned out to be the only doctor in the seattle area that performs vbacs and thought i was a good candidate. the only problem was was that he was going out of town the week before i was due so if i wanted a vbac we were going to have to get a little creative (you cant induce a vbac). my doctor had me go into the hospital at noon on sunday and inflated a balloon inside me to try to dilate me to more than a three (which i had been at for a couple weeks). after three hours with the balloon, there was no progress. so i started bouncing on a big ball (humiliating!). after an hour of that, i was dilated to to a six and the doctor broke my water. i got my EPIDURAL and two hours later, was pushing sully out! i only had to push for about twelve minutes and it was such a cool experience. definitely more exciting than a c-section.
tagg and me, on our way to the hospital to see if we could magically make this baby appear.
obligatory family portrait on the hospital bed. tagg was mesmerized by sully and even offered up his favorite blue blanket and pacifier.
i am obsessed with my two little boys.
craig was great throughout the whole thing (except when he mentioned how tired he was, right smack in the middle of my laboring).
i am so grateful to live close to my mom. she was there from the second we went to the hospital until the minute we left. i dont know what i would have done without her.
tucker is one proud uncle.
my mom made this gorgeous quilt for sully. well actually, she made a boy and a girl version (just like she did for tagg) so we would be ready for either gender. i have a feeling we are going to have LOTSA extra baby girl quilts lying around after i am done procreating...
my boys.
sully is such a sweet little boy. and he is named after my cousin and best friend, tyler, who died of cancer ten years ago. which makes him have an even sweeter spot in my heart. i love sully so much already.
