He's Here, and 8 Weeks Old Already!

Sorry...a little late with the birth announcement here! Benjamin Christopher was born on May 4th, 2008 at 3:46pm. He arrived after a short 3 hour and 15 minute labor. There was no time for an epidural or pain relief of any kind. Ouch, is all I'm going to say about that! He weighed in at 7lbs. 10oz. and was 20 inches long. He is quite the chunky little guy, though. At 2 weeks he weighed 9lbs. even and was a whopping 22 inches long. His 2 month checkup is in exactly one week, so we'll see how he's grown. My official guess: 11lbs. 8oz., 23.5 inches. He's a big boy.

I've been back at work for 3 whole days now, and it's going well. I'm handling it better this time around. I miss my boys, of course, but I think I'm just emotionally used to being away since I've been working since Matthew was 8 weeks old. The 7.5 week maternity leave was nice in that I got a break from work (which had been getting way too stressful) and I got to spend a lot of time with my husband and children. But it's nice, in a way, to be back to the old routine. Anyway, I just wanted to update in case anybody does still read this thing anymore! lol Here are a few pictures of the new addition...the first one was meeting his brother in the hospital. Second one after we got home, and the 3rd one was him a couple of weeks ago.