The First Couple Weeks

Newborn Will, on his Birthday 7/29/13

These first couple weeks at home with Will have been wonderful!  He is such a baby doll, and he's changing so fast.  We can see how he grows every day.  After a long couple days at the hospital we finally came home on Wednesday July 31st.  Tim's parents were here to welcome us home.  They watched the house and dog while we were gone, and stopped by the hospital a few times to meet the baby.

Proud Grandparents

Welcome home!  Jerry meets Will for the first time.

Of course my Mom couldn't stand to wait 3 weeks til the time she and my Dad had planned to come out.  They were going to come out here around Aug 20th, which if Will had come on time or a little late would not have been very long after he got here.  But Will arriving 2 weeks early meant that they needed to change their plans a bit.  My Dad had lots of other travel plans this month so he'll still be here on or around the 20th, but my Mom came out with my Aunt Laurie the first weekend Will was home.  They were so cute with him!  They drove out, which allowed my Mom to be flexible and stay longer if she wanted while Laurie could drive home as planned.  They were so helpful making us dinner, cleaning, and helping take care of Will.

Just after giving Will a bath on the patio

3 Generations

Life with Will at home has been blissful :)  We mostly snuggle all day, with many feedings and diaper changings in between.  It is amazing how he grows so fast!  His face seems fuller every day, and he is becoming more and more aware of his surroundings.  He is very alert, always looking around and making the funniest faces at new things he sees or hears.  Jerry has been adjusting to Will's presence too.  He was very apprehensive at first, but has warmed up to the fact that this little creature is going to stay :)  

Nap time with Daddy

Cuddle time with Mommy

Making funny faces :)

Welcome to the World - William Stephen Seibert

I can't believe we got to meet our baby 2 whole weeks early!  I woke up on Sunday morning, July 28th, to find that my water had broken, which put us on a 24 hour timeline because there is a risk of infection if the baby isn't born within 24 hours of the water breaking.  Tim and I headed to the hospital around 1:00.  Active labor never kicked in for me, so they had to induce around 3:30pm.  I knew that if I was induced that I would likely get the epidural in the end, because contractions under induction are far stronger and faster than natural contractions.  Plus, the drug they give to induce is given continuously via IV, and I have to be hooked up to monitors to watch the baby's heart beat and make sure he's handling the contractions well.  This meant that my water birth was out of the question.  So I made it about 6 hours without any pain killers, but once the contractions got to be too much I decided to go for the epidural.  It was better than I thought it would be!  I could still feel and move my legs, I just couldn't feel any pain.  This meant that Tim and I were able to sleep through the night and we were woken around 5:30am because it was time to push.  After a little less than an hour pushing, our sweet William was born!  He is our pride and joy - we were instantly in love.