Wow.... only one week.

It is hard to believe that it has already been a full week since Brady was born, but we crammed a lot of things into that week.

The doctor thought that it was best to induce even though Shawnna was only at 38 weeks due to the elevated blood pressure and the fact that the baby was measuring on the larger side. So we went in for a final check up on Tuesday morning, then went into the hospital on Tuesday (Dec 16th) evening to start the induction process. As would be expected, we didn't get too much sleep that night.

As planned, on Wednesday morning (Dec 17th) the doctors stepped up the induction process to get the contractions going. But were unable to get the rhythm and/or strength that they really wanted. Around 9:00PM, the doctor determined that the baby was not going to fit and that Shawnna would require a C-section. Not exactly what we had planned, and a little bit scary in the moment. It was kind of one of those things that thoughout the classes and books that we had read, that was kind of a chapter that we didn't think we would need.

But, at 9:58PM, a beautiful baby boy was placed on the warmer next to us and we were parents. He weighed in at 7lbs 11 oz and was 19.5 inches long. 10 fingers, 10 toes and a full head of hair. After all of this, we finally got to our new room around 1:30AM, but didn't get through all of the check in information and stuff until almost 3AM.

The next couple of days were spent in our room, learning about Brady and making sure that everyone was healthy. We finally got to leave the hospital Sunday around noon. We had a rough first night due to Brady having an upset stomach but today has been a new day. Shawnna has been feeling better and is moving around better today.

So, as promised, here are a couple of more pictures, plus, more can be seen here.

Brady Householder

We are glad to welcome our new son, Brady Alan J. Householder, who was born at 9:58PM on Wed. December 17th. He weighed in at 7lb 11oz and 19.5 inches long. Mom and baby are both doing great with everyone having a clean bill of health.

I'll just leave you with a couple of pictures for now, but will update more later. I may be biased, but I think he is pretty darn cute.





Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes.

38 Weeks Pictures

So, just some 38 week photos to tide everyone over.

That is all for now.

Nothing yet

We realize that it has been a little bit since the last post, but not much exciting has happened recently. Shawnna's blood pressure has remained pretty steady (higher, but not too bad) so we are pretty much just in wait and see mode at this point. But I am dilated 1 cm : )

We did get our Christmas tree up last weekend. A little earlier than normal, but figured it was either now or we might not get one at all. It was nice that it was snowing just a little bit. Always gets you in a little more of the Christmas feeling when it is snowing.