Alexander has arrived!
For those of you not on Jamer's or my email list: Alexander Lee was born on Sunday February 15th at 4:56pm. His weight was 7lbs 7oz (too bad not an additional 7 in there) his length 20 inches. Basically he was long and skinny - not really what his two stalky parents expected, but very appreciated.
The labor and delivery went pretty much to textbook and thanx to the miracle of drugs, I had very little pain during the contraction phase, although the pushing phase was pretty rough. All in all I shouldn't complain. My doc has assured me that for a first time pregnancy I could not have asked for better.
Jamers made a brief post with a link to pictures for those of you who may be interested. http://angille.livejournal.com/178984.html. My mom and Jamers were both there for the duration of labor and delivery. Our Oregon family, Noe, Xine, Bryan and Kurt were there off and on for our stay at the hospital. You'll see them in a few of the pictures, the lady with the OSU sweatshirt is my mom. She cried quite a bit that day for the euphoria of the event.
Unfortunately, I got in trouble with my nurse this morning as I was utterly exhausted. She pointed out that I didn't nap yesterday and that she saw me with my family and friends all day. She was ubber nice and saying it in a jesting but serious way. She was right of course. I've been so happy to have my family there that I let my own needs go. I'm sorta putting a stop to that, at least for awhile. I think we may do visitors once a day for an hour or so but no more than that. I'm just too fricken tired to do much socializing and recovering and taking care of Xander.
However I must now give props to the world's most awesome daddy ever! Jamers, who during my pregnancy had been pretty lax about getting involved has turned out to be the most devoted daddy. His maternal instinct far exceeds my own and his ability to take care of the baby is unbelievable. Our daytime nurse commented about his mad mommy type skills - she, my mom, and myself are all extremely impressed. Honestly, I could not have found a more perfect life partner than my Jamers. I love him so much and I'm overjoyed at his daddy abilities.
Well that was my five minutes of free time before napping and the next feeding. One day when time allows I'll post a more detailed post about the big day. For now, just know we are all fine and home and life is good even if it is tiring.
The labor and delivery went pretty much to textbook and thanx to the miracle of drugs, I had very little pain during the contraction phase, although the pushing phase was pretty rough. All in all I shouldn't complain. My doc has assured me that for a first time pregnancy I could not have asked for better.
Jamers made a brief post with a link to pictures for those of you who may be interested. http://angille.livejournal.com/178984.html. My mom and Jamers were both there for the duration of labor and delivery. Our Oregon family, Noe, Xine, Bryan and Kurt were there off and on for our stay at the hospital. You'll see them in a few of the pictures, the lady with the OSU sweatshirt is my mom. She cried quite a bit that day for the euphoria of the event.
Unfortunately, I got in trouble with my nurse this morning as I was utterly exhausted. She pointed out that I didn't nap yesterday and that she saw me with my family and friends all day. She was ubber nice and saying it in a jesting but serious way. She was right of course. I've been so happy to have my family there that I let my own needs go. I'm sorta putting a stop to that, at least for awhile. I think we may do visitors once a day for an hour or so but no more than that. I'm just too fricken tired to do much socializing and recovering and taking care of Xander.
However I must now give props to the world's most awesome daddy ever! Jamers, who during my pregnancy had been pretty lax about getting involved has turned out to be the most devoted daddy. His maternal instinct far exceeds my own and his ability to take care of the baby is unbelievable. Our daytime nurse commented about his mad mommy type skills - she, my mom, and myself are all extremely impressed. Honestly, I could not have found a more perfect life partner than my Jamers. I love him so much and I'm overjoyed at his daddy abilities.
Well that was my five minutes of free time before napping and the next feeding. One day when time allows I'll post a more detailed post about the big day. For now, just know we are all fine and home and life is good even if it is tiring.