Hello World.

Hello World.

I was born on Monday, 6/23/2008, and I came home that Friday, 6/27/2008. I weighed 5 pounds exactly, and I was 18 inches long.

My mom went to the hospital for her weekly checkup to see how I was doing. The doctor was concerned about the amount of amniotic fluid in Mom's womb, and sent Mom for testing. During the tests, Mom went into labor! After each contraction, my heart rate would drop pretty drastically, and the nurses had Mom roll to one side, then the other, hoping to get my heart rate back up. Each contraction was a real nail biter, and the hospital staff started talking seriously about a Caesarean section. Mom thought ahead, and had an epidural so that if she did need a C-section, she could be awake. That way, Dad could be in the operating room with us. Otherwise if they decided to have an emergency C-section, they'd have to knock Mom out. Since Dad's only job in the OR is to comfort Mom, he couldn't be there. Thanks to Mom, Dad took some neat pictures in the OR. We won't post those on the Internet, that kind of embarassing stuff sticks around forever.

It turns out that the reason my heart rate was dropping was that I had my umbilical cord wrapped around my neck three times.

The three of us took several days recovering in the hospital while family friends took care of my dog. Mom had done almost everything needed to welcome me home before I was born, even though Mom and Dad weren't expecting me till Friday.

Now that I'm home, my family spends most of their time feeding me, changing me, going for walks and taking naps. Because I'm so small, I'm hungry a lot. Mom and Dad supplement my diet with formula to make sure I gain weight. The first time I went for a car ride since coming home, we went to the hospital. As of a couple days ago, I weighed 5 pounds 9 ounces. Already, I look a lot different than when I was born.

Here are some pictures from June and July.