Cody Samuel Blackham was born on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 2:45 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. We feel so blessed to have him in our family. Words can not completely describe how happy we are!!!
Here are a few details leading up to his birth:
Early Wednesday morning I started having regular, fairly painful contractions. Not wanting to go to the hospital too early and be turned away, I decided to wait it out at home for as long as I could bare it. I was surprised at how quickly my contractions started to come, and around 10:30am, Jake and I decided it would be best to drop Connor off at Jake's parents' house and head to the hospital. After being admitted, the nurse informed me I was dialated 5 cms. After enduring a few hours of painful contractions, I requested a much appreciated epidural around 1:00pm. After pushing for about 10 minutes, Cody entered the world at 2:45pm.
After the nurse handed him to me after checking his vitals, he seemed so calm, alert and attentive. We noticed right away that he and Connor looked quite similar. We couldn't keep our eyes off of him! It's such a neat experience to be able to meet your child after anticipating his arrival for 9 months. We both feel so humbled to be blessed with the opportunity to be Cody's parents.
Later on Wednesday evening, Jake's parents and sisters brought Connor over to see Cody. I was surprised at how quickly Connor understood that Cody was no longer in "Mommy's belly" and that he had arrived. Connor kept asking to sit on Mommy's bed and "hold it!"- referring to Cody. He kept saying, "come see me" and kept telling Grandma to put Cody in his lap. While holding him, Connor giggled with excitement. I got a little teary seeing my two boys meet for the first time. We only hope Connor will learn at his young age to be gentle with his little brother...we'll see how that goes :)
Since being home, Cody has been so pleasant and calm. He only cries when hungry or when getting his diaper changed. He's nursing very well, sleeping fairly well, and is alert when awake. I am recovering well and am so grateful to my wonderful husband and mother-in-law for all of their help in allowing me the rest I need. I am constantly reminded that Jake is an AMAZING dad. He is always willing to help with diaper changes, entertaining Connor, and whatever else I need. It's so nice to have a husband who sees a need and just helps out, without having to be asked. I am SO lucky!!!
What a special time of life this is. I'd better go enjoy it!
23 comments:
I am so happy for you guys! He is such a little doll! I love the part about Connor meeting him for the first time. I always love that. Please know that I am right here if you need anything!! Congrats!
Congratulations! So cute!
Congratulations! He's beautiful. We are so happy for you guys. We missed you guys last night. You're so lucky to have family so close to help out. We'll be down there over Christmas. Hopefully, we can come visit your cute little family!
Congratulations! Have fun and enjoy every minute!
Congratulations! What a blessing to have a new little one in your home. They are both so cute. We wish the two of you the best also with the upcoming Holiday Season!
Yay!!!!!!!!! Congratulations and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Congrats! Your little boy is sooo darling!
Congrats! He is so adorable! Thanks for posting, I have been wanting to see some pictures!
congrats!!! we are soo happy on your beautiful new addition to the family! what an amazing christmas gift you've been given, and congrats to conner on being a big brother!
So happy for you! He is adorable! Glad your delivery went well. I'm sure he and Connor will be good little buddies. Logan & Nathan finally enjoy playing with each other. Logan now tells me he needs a sister...eeek!
Congratulations! I'm not going to lie, you and dang good-looking family. :)
Emily, he is beautiful! Congrats to you and Jake. If you come up this way at all around Christmas let me know we would love to have you over and get together to see your new addition even if its for a second.
That is so awesome, Blackham fam! Sarah, Asher, and I are so excited for you guys! Welcome, Cody! We're happy to have you here! You have got some incredible parents and older brother! We're so glad to hear the delivery went so well. We need more good Blackhams in the world!
Yeah for babies! He is adorable! I can't wait to meet him!
Welcome to the world baby Cody! Congrats Jake & Emily.
I am so happy for you your family. You sound great and little Cody is an adorable little baby. Congrats again!
Congratulations!!! I'm so glad everything went well for you. Your kids are absolutely beautiful! Please keep the picutres coming.
XOXO Melanie
YEAH!! I am soo glad he is finally here! We are so excited to meet him and see him in a few weeks. Love ya tons!
Congratulations you guys! He is so cute! I'm sure he and Connor will get along just fine. They'll be the best of friends!
Congrats again! He is so precious! I am so happy that everything went so well for you and you are recovering well. I can't believe that Connor is a big brother! I forget that that was how Kenyon and Isaac were. Let me know if you need ANYTHING!
Congrats! He is so cute! We will have to come see you sometime. This is Kali and Curtis if you were wondering. Hopefully we will see you soon.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! He is such a cute little one! I want to come see him soon. Maybe we will get to see him around Christmas. We are so happy for you guys and glad that everything went well!
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