At The Hospital

After we had our new little guy, I had to stay in the hospital for 2 more nights. It seemed like longer than that because I pretty much spent an extra night there the day he was born. I was very ready to go home and pretty much begged the doctor to let me leave a day early. He was going to have me stay one more night into Saturday, but I had managed to control my pain level and my incision was looking good, so he let me leave on Friday. Having a room in the hospital right by the nurses station would not be my first choice of rooms, you can hear everything!! I didn't get much sleep while I was there and thought if I'm not going to get sleep here, I might as well be home getting no sleep. There was even one night that someone was vacuuming at 10:00 at night, right by my room!! Are you kidding me!! That really made me mad! Anyways, I am glad to be home with our little boy and that everything is going well. I am still adjusting to not getting very much sleep and somehow my body is surviving on 3-4 hours of sleep a night. Matt might not agree, I know I am a bear!

The night my water broke I called my mom and had her come over and stay with the kids that night since they were already in bed asleep. Mom said that Paige came into the bed during the night and just climbed right in and went back to sleep. She didn't even realize that it was grandma instead of mom. When she woke up in the morning and saw that is it was grandma she looked at her and said "grandma!" with surprise. My mom told her that we had to go to the hospital and that we had the baby. She then told her it was a little brother. Paige immediately said, "No, a baby sister" She really wanted a baby sister and this news was devastating to her. She started crying and had a little melt down. My mom told her that she would love the little brother and that she would be able to see him later in the day. I don't think she was convinced yet. I talked to Paige a few hours later and told her how cute Paxten was and that he had a lot of hair and that when she came to visit she would be able to hold him. That peeked her curiosity and she was excited to be able to do that. When the kids arrived at the hospital and got their first glimpse of Paxten, they both feel in love. All of the disappointment Paige had vanished and she immediately went to give him a kiss and a hug. SO GLAD!!!!

The kids have been super good helpers and love to hold the baby whenever they get the chance. Parker has especially been a good big brother and loves his new little brother. He sings him made up songs and tells Paxten how he will protect him and watch him when mommy and daddy can't I am so glad that they are adjusting well and that they don't seem to have any resentment towards him. Let's hope that continues!