Today we brought Noah home from the hospital. He is SO SMALL! Ammon hasn't gotten home yet from my mom's house, so we are anxious to see how he reacts to having someone else to compete with for our attention...
Sunday night we got home from Maple Valley with my sister in law Tasha at about 11:00pm. Rachel went to bed about as soon a we got home, but Tasha and I sat up talking for a while afterwards. Rachel got us both up at about 1am Monday morning and said that it was time to get ready to go to the hospital, and so we didn't get much sleep. We called the midwives that Rachel has been seeing and they said to wait for a while before going to the hospital until the contractions were more regular and stronger. My mom got to our house at about 3am and when she arrived, I went back to sleep. They all got me up to go to the hospital at about 4am and we got there at 4:30. Real big contractions started at about 6:30 and Noah arrived at 7:54 am Monday morning. He arrived in good health, which is a blessing. He came out with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, but it ended up not being a problem. He also came out face down, which is normal, and also a surprise since he was face up when we got to the hospital. The contractions must have moved him around, I suppose. He came out at 6lbs 5oz and 19.5 inches long. Not a very big baby, by Alldredge standards, but he had ten fingers and ten toes (five to each appendage), and everything else in the right places.
He kind of looks like a little old man.
Anyway, we are very excited to finally have him here in our home after nine months of waiting. Also, just so you know, we decided to name him Noah Benjamin Alldredge.
Yay!!! Welcome little Noah to an awesome family!!! Congrats!!!
ReplyDeleteRachel and Nate,
ReplyDeleteOh what a cutie! Congratulations to you guys, two boys! He is precious.
So glad that you have a blog! I love blogging, it's become sort of a obsessive hobby of mine. Keep the updates going!
Congratulations you two!!! I bet Rachel is glad to get her body back. Wish ya well in the up coming weeks!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how cute!!!! He was teeny weeny. Congrats the more kids the merrier
ReplyDeleteHe is beautiful, congradulations. Your blog is great, I've just started doing it and love it because it is much easer to do than try to get pictures printed for family and friends. http://mymarkonthisworld.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteHey You Guys....two little boys...what more could you want? Congrats, on the new baby boy. Noah looks so perfect. Gosh it's crazy how quickly I forgot how small those precious babies can be when they come. 6lbs, that's great Montey was a whopin 8 lbs. Montey is a monster compared to your little Noah. Keep posting those pictures Nathan. Thanks for starting a blog, it will be great keeping up on how you guys are doing these days! =)
ReplyDeleteHe really is cute, and I like the middle name. I love those pictures of babies in their carseats, it is amazing how we forget how small they are. And, doesn't Ammon look HUGE now? I swear Katie grew three times bigger that first week. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteYay!! I LOVE the name Noah! Congratulations!! He is darling. Maybe this little boy will look more like mom instead of being a carbon copy of his dad...like big brother. So cute.
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