Wehadababy Itsaboy...

Well, Lonestar is here, and all that LoneStar Beer that Scott drank while I pregnant paid off because it's a BOY!!!! I was very surprised. Not that I thought it was a girl, because I honestly didn't have feelings one way or the other. And needless to say, I am afraid, very afraid! A boy! What do you do with a penis???? This will definitely be a whole new experience for me! I don't think he looks like Evi at all. Her cheeks were much fuller than his, along with her bottom lip. He is his own little man!
Evi, who was convinced it was a girl, has done very well with learning that she will now have a little bother, I mean brother, instead. She is all about being a big sister. Of course, being showered with gifts helped I'm sure. Everyone has officially left today and she is now in the "reality" of just mommy, daddy, and baby brother. So we'll see what she really thinks here in the next couple of days!
Now to Lonestar...
After much debating (we waited till Friday morning to really discuss names) we have decided on Eli Braxon. Eli and Evi. They have the same initials as well. EBB. And while Evi has a longer first name of Evangeline, Eli is just Eli. I figure Evi will probably have another last name one day, but Eli is stuck with a long last name that no one can pronounce correctly (unless ...well, we won't go there just yet, I'll just let Scott enjoy having a traditional boy... for now...)
He has the very cool birthday of 07-08-09!! Born at 1:41 pm at 7lbs 13oz and 20 1/2 inches in length. (which might be generous thanks to his cone head!!) And now for the gory details...
We checked in at 5:30 am to be induced (just like with Evi). I didn't pass out like last time, but came pretty close! I was dilated to a 5 already, which for all you men out there, it means I was half way there. You have to be at a 10 for the magic to happen. So everyone predicted I'd be done by noon. What do they know!?! All the nurses were very excited that we didn't know what we were having. I ended up having to wear an oxygen mask because the baby's O2 levels were low. Ended up the cord was around his neck, so it slowed the whole process down a little. Plus my doctor said his large head probably didn't help. So we only shaved a little more than 2 hours off delivery from Evi to Eli. Let me just take a moment at this time to give thanks to whoever invented the epidural. My theory is that the epidural is God's gift of forgiveness for the whole apple in the garden of Eden thing. While Evi's birth was absolutely painless from beginning to end, I felt a little more with Eli's, but I'm sure it would have been worse without it! I figure I take pills for headaches, meds to ease colds, why wouldn't I then use meds to ease childbirth. It's brilliant! He had low O2 levels after birth too and I had to hold a little mask near his face for a while. I also had to do the skin to skin right after he was born. Which was quite nice for me because no one else was able to hold him and I didn't have to give him up for quite a while. I loved it.
He's perfect and sweet and already quite the eater. Although today he has treated me like a sip'n go. He's sleeping a lot, of course he's only 4 days old at this point. Plenty of time to make a liar of me!
So now it is just Evi, Eli and me. And today it has been quite nice. My living room is covered in toys, but Evi's staying entertained so it's ok. It's actually nice to have an excuse now to stay in our nightgowns all day...not that I needed an excuse before!!

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