Baby Owen

We are so happy to have Owen in our family. Bode is in love and life is so great. He’s the best little baby ever and so far things are going really well! Clint and I are realizing just how crappy we had it when Bode was born. I always knew it was rough, but I guess I never knew just what we were missing out on until we had Owen. It’s been a completely different experience. Everything has gone really smoothly.

My induction was set for 7:30 am. I was dilated to a 2 when I got there and 60%. I got my IV and it made me feel sick! My legs went numb, I got sick to my stomach, and I almost fainted laying down if that’s possible. I have no idea what in the world that was about but it only lasted a few minutes. They started Pitocin at 10:00.

I waited around and texted a lot.

I got an epidural around 12:00 when the contractions were getting more painful. I think I was dilated to a 3 1/2 or 4. I cried like a baby the entire time he was inserting the epidural. I didn’t have any problems with the one I got with Bode so I have no clue what got into me! It was like I couldn’t control myself. My whole body shook while I bawled. The guy kept telling me to hold still and Clint kept telling me it was ok and told me to breathe. I really had to concentrate on breathing to make myself stop. Ahh. It was horrible. It only worked on the left hand side of my body, which was really weird. It wasn’t too bad at first, but I called a nurse to ask if anything could be done once the contractions started getting really painful. She was going to call in the anesthesiologist to see if he could move the catheter or do something, but wanted to check me one last time before she called him in. The last she checked 30 minutes before that I was a 5cm and 90%. She had me lay down and before she could even check I could feel the baby coming out and felt the need to push. I immediately burst into tears. I’m not sure why, other than one minute I’m 5cm and 30 minutes later it’s go time. I guess I was overwhelmed. The nurse thought I was crying from pain and asked if we better get the anesthesiologist in before I started pushing. I seriously felt like the baby was almost out and had a feeling it was gonna go fast, so I told her not to worry about it and I’d be fine. The nurse called to my Dr. and told her she better come and fast. My Dr. didn’t even have her gloves on and the nurse was saying, “ok she’s ready! Can she push?” My Dr. said, “Wait! I need to get my gloves on!” So then Clint said, “You mean you don’t want to bare hand it?” She said no of course and the second she had her gloves on I started pushing. I only had to push 3 times and baby Owen was here. He was born at 3:04 pm.

I couldn’t believe it. I never got to hold Bode right away and I thought that was the neatest thing. Clint cut the cord, which he didn’t do with Bode either.

I thought Owen was SO small. I was for sure he weighed less than Bode did. I was shocked when I found out they weighed exactly the same. Owen was 20 inches and Bode was 21.

Clint did a great job taking a bunch of pictures.

Bode was so happy to see Owen! We really wanted one on one time as a family before any visitors. My grandma B was watching Bode and so Clint went and got him and we introduced him to his brother. It was so awesome just spending that time together.

He stared for so long!

Later that night Bode came over to me and said, “Can I feel baby Owen?” I told him that he wasn’t in my belly anymore and that he was right here! He looked at my belly, then looked at his brother… then said, “Oh! He came out?” It was so cute! I think he finally understood what was going on.

I just love the picture below. Clint is so great with our boys.

Cozette was our first visitor to show up and lucky for her she got to change his first poopy!

My parents came next. I don’t have any pictures but my grandma and grandpa B were also there.

Our first family photo below!

This was the next morning. Owen slept through the night and woke up twice to nurse. It’s been the same since we got home. Not bad Owen! :)

He is just so cute. I love it.

My grandma and grandpa K came to visit the second day. They didn’t want to hold him but they thought he was pretty cute.

Bode took a nap next to me in my bed! Clint was trying to get him to nap on the cushions of the couch and I was thinking that would never happen in a million years. Nurses kept coming in and making it impossible for Bode to sleep. He wanted to lay down by me and so I told him he could and to my amazement he fell asleep! It only lasted about 45 minutes and then he woke up because Clint’s dad and step mom came by. They were super quiet and snuck in but Bode is the lightest sleeper EVER so of course he still woke up.

Ron & Bonnie

Clint holding Owen right before we discharged from the hospital.

Owen looking so small in the car seat!!

One last picture before we walked out the door.

I really feel like Owen is our first because there are SO many firsts we had this time around. He has been the sweetest, cutest little baby. I just love him so much and I feel so blessed to have him in our family. He is a happy, healthy, perfect little boy.