Our Little Monkey is HERE???!!!!

EVAN JO LINDBERG

January 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm

WOW!  That is all we can really say right now!  If you would have told Christian and I a week ago that we would be parents, we would not have believed it...BUT WE ARE and it is WONDERFUL!  

In a nutshell...here are the major chain of events.  After my Triage visit on Wednesday, the contractions continued (even though after Doc calls, they assured me it was a side effect to the meds).  Thursday night they especially got REALLY bad.  Honestly, I thought I was having bathroom issues, not contractions :)  My friend Melissa convinced me to go have the doctor look at the problem and maybe he could give me something for my discomfort.  Well, on a Friday we figured we should just head to Triage.  I told the Triage nurse what I was feeling and she examined me right away and told me I was dialated 5 cm and in labor!  AH!  Christian and I (esp I) were REALLY scared.  We called our fam right away and told them what was happening.  My mom jumped on a quick flight to Dallas and made it here just in time.  After the epidural (OH MY GOSH PEOPLE WITH NATURAL BIRTH SHOULD GET A VERY SPECIAL GOLD MEDAL) I was doing great and had quite a few visitors, so it made the waiting game quite fun :)  Once my mom got there, things moved quick and our little guy was born at 8:24 pm weighing 6 pounds even, actually the nurse called 5 pounds 16 ounces, but we all caught her error :)  He was 19 1/2 inches, which right away the doc said was very big for a premie.  He has what looks to be BROWN eyes and STRAWBERRY BLONDE HAIR!  He did reassure me that if Little Evan did go another 5 weeks, he would have been a VERY LARGE baby.  

Evan went immediately to the NICU to be examined, etc and was released shortly after because he was doing so well :)  So, no problems to report at all!  We feel so blessed that he is here and that he is safe.  Thank you EVERYONE for your kind words and keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.  He is such a sweetheart! :)  Enjoy the pics...you know there will be more to come later and maybe even a little video.  

Right after he was born...

You may notice a short time gap in pics here...but we had absolutely NOTHING with us at the hospital, so the camera had very little juice :)

READY TO GO HOME!

Ready for his first car ride!

Heading to the car

All set to go...I am telling you the car ride was a very emotional time...it was surreal!

Loves his Boppy and so does mom, because she can just stare at him and all the little faces he makes!

Snuggled in his bouncer!

CLOSEUP!!!!!