He's Here!

As promised, we are so happy to announce the arrival of
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Oliver Hall Roberts



He indeed arrived on Friday at 5:50pm (12:50 am Friday morning for all of you) weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. (3.83 kilos) and measured 20 1/2 inches long.

A quick overview of the day:



Nathan and I went in at 8am for my scheduled induction. The doctor came in about 8:45 and broke my water and we chilled until the anesthesiologist came in at 10:30 for the epidural. I figured I was getting one anyway, but didn't realize it would be administered before they even hooked me up to the pitocin. That was given soon after and my contractions started, and they increased the dosage every half hour. I don't know how anyone opts for the pain...I was so comfy cozy chillin all the day long. Love those drugs.





At about 5pm I knew something had changed, and sure enough he was ready. The delivery was the best yet, super quick and he came out pink and perfect.





I have had a fabulous recovery. Aside from losing a lot of blood during delivery, the whole thing was textbook and he's eating, pooping, and sleeping like a champ.

Now I'll shut up and show you the rest of the pics.









On Saturday morning Nathan brought the boys in to meet their little brother. Beckett was immediately interested in holding him, and sat like this for almost 5 minutes. When we asked Wil if he wanted to hold baby brother, he waved us off and replied casually, 'no baby, no baby'. He did come around after about an hour and was very intent on touching all of his facial features.





I'm not one for hospitals, so even though standard issue for normal deliveries is 4 nights here in Australia (yes, I'm serious!), I asked to go home the next day. When I asked my nurse what needed to be done in order to leave, she said she'd have to check as she'd never discharged someone the day after.

Home from the hospital





After his first bath



We're so glad he's here!

Baby's on his way

Hello to anyone who still checks this silly blog.
I'm all out of excuses for not posting, however I figured that it would be a good way to update the 2 of you who still check it.

Baby boy #3 will definitely be here by Friday October 14th! Just two more sleeps to go. We are so excited to meet him, and I'm feeling so much less anxious at this point then I was with the other 2. I actually feel super-duper, but I'm looking forward to being done being pregnant. It's getting too hard to bend over, hold 2 year olds and open car doors. The door catches my mid-section every time!



This is a picture of Nathan and I on our 'babymoon' 3 weekends ago when we traveled down to Melbourne for the weekend. Our awesome friends, the Airds, watched our kiddos and we explored the city, had lots of yummy food and took a 5 hour drive south along an ocean highway to see one of Australia's wonders. These bad boys are called the 12 apostles. It was definitely worth the drive.

I'll be posting details of the little man's arrival shortly. If you have the time and patience... stay tuned.