Announcing the newest addition to the family: Blake Michael Bankson!!
He was born on August 29th and is 6lbs 6oz and 20 1/4 inches long
Well, it was a bit of a mid-night adventure with Abby's water breaking at 12:45am, but it was all worth it. I woke up to go use the bathroom at 12:45 and as i got out bed Abby said, 'Jaaaassseeennnn....i think my water just broke!' (imagine a nervous, wake up from a deep-sleep tone :-) ) That sprang us into action...we got her out of bed and then she started doubting whether it was really her water that broke or not and I was like, are you kidding? (it was like someone had dumped a bucket of water on the bed). Then she says, well, i'll call the hospital and see if they want us to come in...I said, ok, sounds good...i'll go load the bags into the car (knowing we're going in and this is the real deal)
So, we let Abby's grandparents know we were headed in (they have been with us since the c-section false alarm last week) and that sparked plenty of excitement. We took off to the hospital honking the horn to let the neighbors know we were on our way (at the request of some of the neighbors...they said the middle of the night trips were the best).
We got settled in at the hospital (which BTW is great...it's like a hotel...no real hurry to get out of here) and things started to get going. It started out pretty slow, so we both tried to get a little sleep while things weren't too intense. Not much happened for about the next 11.5 hours...just contractions and slow progress. He was 'sunny side up' (facing the front instead of the back) so Abby had a lot of back labor for a while, but then after she moved around a little he turned into the right position and from there it was a pretty quick process...about 30 minutes until he arrived. Things went smooth and into the world came Blake Michael Bankson. It's quite the experience seeing a baby born and realizing the miracle of it, it's tough to explain the excitement and things you feel when you become a parent. (i'm sure other parents out there can relate).
Here are some more pictures from the first couple hours of his life...
http://picasaweb.google.com/jasen.bankson
We'll be trying to blog more regularly and there should be more pictures to come soon, so check back.
Jasen
3 comments:
Congratulations Jasen and Abby! Blake is a beautiful baby! To see him makes me even more excited to see our baby in February.
Hi Blake, and welcome to beautiful planet Earth and the wonderful Bankson Family!
You are indeed a wise boy to have chosen the family you did. You are blessed and I know you are a blessing.
Congratulations, Mommy Abby and Daddy Jasen, on your little miracle, and special blessings to you during these special days of getting to know one another.
We're sure that by now you know your lives have been changed forever, and you will see the world through new eyes. Enjoy every moment!
Our love and best wishes to all the new parents, grand parents and great grand parents, cousins and all who already have fallen in love with little Blake (nice name, by the way!).
Love,
Well, Google cut off our names, so we'll just add this P.S. from Soulparrow.
P.S. Love from Vicki and Tom Cyr
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