Yes... Zeb has infringed upon EthnieMay's birthday! She was quite thrilled though - I literally have not seen her more excited than she was this morning when we brought her in to meet Zeb.
Hard labor started at 12:15 am Monday morning after a long weekend (started by a 16 hour-long round of labor on Friday that all together stopped mid-afternoon). Our birth team was composed of our midwife and two good friends, Liz and Lexi (Jenny Rose wasn't here Monday but was a huge help during Friday's round of labor). Charlotte labored well through the four and a half hours of intense back labor. At one point she exclaimed to me (Caleb) "why are you making me do this!" Can you say transition? Zeb was born shortly thereafter.
By 6:30 the midwife finished up post-deliver care and baby and mommy checks, giving everyone a clean bill of health. EthnieMay went back to sleep and we fell asleep too, getting in a couple good hours. We had breakfast as a family about 9, followed be another 3 hour nap for the newly expanded Whitmore family. We are so thrilled to have had a great day getting to rest and get to know little Zebaniah.
Now, I'm sure you want to meet him too, so here are a few pictures. Enjoy!
-Caleb
The newly expanded Whitmore family, less than 30 minutes after birth at our home in Seattle.
Little Zebaniah, or "Zeb" as we'll call him for short, laying on Papa's shirt.
Papa Caleb weighing baby Zeb... or is that a large fish? No, it's a Zeb, 8 lbs, 4 oz.
Caleb and Charlotte with Zeb later in the day.
8 comments:
Incredible you guys!! So sorry I missed it. I can't wait to meet him. I'll come by sometime this week for sure. You're an amazingly blessed family. God is good yes?
Congratulations you guys! I can't believe he was born on the same day as EthnieMay! What fun and busy birthday parties you will have in the future! I'm happy for you- God is good!
He is adorable! SO glad that all the delivery went well. Praying that this week will be restful for you and the baby! Well as much as it can be!
he's so cute! how wonderful that you were able to have such a smooth delivery at home! I'll be praying you all have a wonderful week of adjustment to new baby and rest together as a familiy. I miss you Charlotte!
congratulations!! one year to the day, how awesome is that?! it's like it was planned... ;) maybe he was waiting for the perfect day
Beautiful family! Congrats you guys.
Zeb is so CUTE! I can't wait to meet him. Congrats again, you guys!
Congratulations Guys! Exactly one year to the day! WOW! What are the odds? Again, congrats! :-)
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