11 Days

Hi everyone! We are all doing well. Quinn is now 11 days old! We left the house for the first time since coming home yesterday. Quinn had a well baby check up at the doctor. He now weighs 8 pounds 7 ounces (3 ounces more than birth weight), is 21 3/4 inches long (2 1/4 inches longer) and his head is 14.5 inches (1 inch larger!). He checks out perfect (as we expected!) After our appointment, we stopped by my work to say hi to everyone. It was nice to get out of the house, but very tiring. :) I don't think we'll be going back out soon because of the heat, though. We're actually all hiding in our bedroom with the window covered and the lights out to keep the room cool- the heat index is 110 here.

To keep from having to post pictures in multiple places, check my flickr site for most new pics of Quinn.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7201112@N03/


Every time I see this picture, I automatically think "Pull my finger!" :)

Quinn Lawrence is here!

So I'm bad about updating, but at least I have an excuse this time. :) I'll give the brief update now because I'm tired and the whole of the story is long and emotional. I was ready for the kiddo to come. I was getting very uncomfortable and having a lot of braxton hicks contractions. On Friday, June 12 (1 week before my due date), my water broke just before 7 PM. We got to the hospital and got set up in a room. By that time, the contractions were on top of each other with no break at all. I got my epidural (LOVE THE DRUGS!), which made all the pain go away. I progressed very very fast. Quinn's heart rate started dropping too low, and I was pushing, but he was not coming out quickly enough and his heart rate was still down, so I had an emergency C-section. Quinn was born at 8:59 PM that day (yes, about 2 hours after my water broke!) He came out screaming and was perfect, way better than the doctors expected him to be! After surgery, I got to see him for a few minutes, but then my heart rate went way too high, and they couldn't get it down. Eventually they got it under control, but I had to go to the ICU for the next 15 hours or so for observation. Tony spent the night going back and forth between me and Quinn, and we all got to be together on Saturday afternoon. We were released from the hospital on Monday, and are glad to be home. We are all doing well (besides the sleep deprevation :). I will update more later, but here are some pics.