Little Man

Here he is! Graham Travis Simon came into the world at 2:22 am, February 24th. And what a CUTIE he is!! (If I do say so myself. I AM his mom. It'd be wrong if I didn't think so.)


He looks a lot like Sydney did when she was born. Tons of dark hair.

Doesn't he look like he's doing some rap/gangster (or whatever you call it...) move with his arms in this picture??! hahaha

Travis is so excited to have a son. He introduced him to basketball (via ESPN) within hours of his birth. It was quite the bonding experience :)

My big baby with my little baby.

Still a little bit in shock that I'm now a mother of two. (and a little worried if I can actually manage it all.)


I'm typing this with one hand so I'm just going to report the Reader's Digest version of his birth.

• Wednesday afternoon (the 23rd) I'm checked by my doctor at an appt. I'm 4ish (almost 5) cm dilated. I had also been having mild to strong, irregular contractions for a week or so.
  
• My doctor strongly suggests that I meet her at the hospital that evening where she'll break my water and see if that can get things going.
  
• On our way to the hospital my contractions begin to pick up more regularly. Yay!
  
• We arrive at the hospital around 5:30 pm
• The doctor breaks my water around 7:30 pm
• Labor progresses while I dine on broth and jell-o :) (In the rush and excitement of things, I had forgotten to eat before we went to the hospital. Dumb.) Anything tastes good when you're starving and in labor.
• I use hypnobirthing techniques to help me progress to 8 cm. They are really helping and I'm almost there!
• After a few hours of great progress, nausea and vomiting kick in (that was the worst...) and I give up. Epidural Please. And HURRY!!
  
• Epidural is given (ahhhhhh..... sigh of relief) and we wait just another hour or two before it's time to push.
• I push for about 25 minutes and we finally meet our little GRAHAM!

All things considered, the experience was wonderful. I felt so much more at peace and was more calm this second time around. Labor, delivery and the recovery is so much easier the second time. Knowing what to expect and knowing that I had done this before gave me a lot of peace and confidence.

We were also really lucky to have Travis' mother out here for the birth. She helped so much during the days prior to after his birth. Some awesome friends that we met at church we're so kind and kept Sydney while we were at the hospital so Travis' mom could be with us for his birth. It was such a sweet experience.