The newest chapter in the book

First professional portraits

first actual picture taken once he was dressed. 

A proud father

Time stamps are incorrect^ 

These are current photos he's 6 weeks old now. 

He's trying to fall asleep. 

I am going to post 2 new blogs today. The first one is of course this one and OH how exciting it is! So the newest chapter in our book  is of course our baby Chaise. He was born September 22 of this year at 4:14 P.M. he weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 inches long. But for sole purposes of entertainment i'll start at the beginning.   September 18 I started having contractions. At first I thought they were Braxton hicks contractions they were very dull  only felt like a period cramp but the thing about my period cramps they have always been double over lay in fetal position cramps  for me anyways lol. So contractions began I waited till the end of the next day to get them seen about because they weren't going away  with anything I tried. I went to the Dr. and they gave me a NST sure enough contractions 7 minutes apart consistently and only 1 cm dilated. Not enough progression whatsoever to be admitted to the hospital. I did not try Castor Oil or any of the other outrageous methods to induce labor however I did  eat spicy food, Chinese food, tried pressure points, warm not hot baths for relaxation, and LOTS of sex. So September 21 rolls around and contractions start to feel a little more intense It was my actual day to be checked by the Dr. and after all of the methods i did try i was dilated to 2 cm how exciting!  I told the Dr. I was tired of contractions even though they did not hurt . At this point I had actual contractions for going on 4 days and only dilated to 2 cm. He offered me to be induced and I agreed. The set date was for September 22 at 5:30 A.M. I go home and double check the bags packed everything is there and ready to go. I clean whats left of the house to be cleaned.  we filled the dogs bowl and walked him.  That night I barely could sleep at all due to the contractions starting to get stronger and stronger and the anxiety of the next day getting to me. I was TERRIFIED. I have never had a child before  I didn't know what was in store for me. At this point I didn't want to be induced throughout the whole pregnancy I wanted everything natural  no drugs I wanted to walk around i wanted to do what i wanted to do. We woke up the next morning and headed to the hospital  and was admitted into our delivery room and set up shop.  The Dr. came in and checked me. Yay! I had made it to 3 cm finally.  they started me off on a pitocin drip. everything was good still could deal with the contractions some of them I couldn't even feel.  family members started showing up.  and for a few hours we just all relaxed.  The Dr. came in again to break my water, once the water sack was broken  all hell broke loose (excuse my language.)  The contractions became unbearable. I refused to take an epidural i wanted to be the ultimate woman and have a natural birth with no drugs. I didn't receive any pain medication until I was 8 cm dilated. I finally after Shawn telling me to please get an epidural I got one.   They are amazing!  I breezed through the rest of the contractions all the way to 10 cm dilated and ready to push.  The nurses and midwives came in and set up  everything for the baby. I began to push I pushed for 30 minutes and the midwife started screaming for the Dr. to come in. I was so scared that something was wrong but all it was is the baby was coming regardless how much we tried to hold him there. I delivered him  and ripped so bad the doc stitched all the way up and down. from that point on we  stayed for 2 days then were released home.