IT'S A BOY!!!

What a Great Day!!

So as you can see, we had our little baby. What a remarkable day it was! I went into my appointment for my check up and I had progressed a little bit, but the doctor wanted to check the fluids around the baby. To make a long story short... Brighton's fluids were really low, so they decided to induce me on Friday instead of Monday.
We were at the hospital about an hour later. They induced me and I started feeling contractions about 7:30 pm. Harder contractions came by about 8:15, I started pushing at 8:30 and two pushes later, he was here! It was so much fun not knowing what he was going to be. The excitement of hearing "It's a Boy!" was exhilarating!
As with every child, he's already got his funny personality traits. He cry is a high pitch squeal. He sounds more like a kitten than a baby. He only screams for a second and then he's done. He loves to cuddle on my shoulder, and the tighter the swaddle, the better. Once he's out of his blankets, he has a fit!
Kaden is already an amazing big brother. He can't get enough of him. He was positive he was going to have a baby brother and he was right. From the moment he saw him at the hospital he can't get enough of holding him and getting excited every time he wiggles. When my parents left the hospital the night Brighton was born, Kaden said, "Heavenly Father gave me what I wanted". Then I guess he went back to their house and in his prayers thanked and blessed his baby Brighton. What a sweet heart. He is such a tender hearted little kid. Tonight, he kept going in to check on the baby in the bassinet. He'd come back in to tell me he just checked on the baby and "no one took the bassinet". He's one excited big brother! Avery still hasn't quite grasped that it's alive... she thinks he's more like a doll. But she does say "baby brite brite". It's pretty cute. I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories to share in the upcoming weeks about Avery doing something to the baby. It's for sure going to be an interesting adjustment time.
As for Brian and I, we're a little tired, but feel so blessed. So much has happened in our family the last 4 1/2 years. We've spent 1/2 of our married life now with kids and 1/2 of our married life without kids. It's hard to imagine those first almost 5 years we didn't have any of these little guys running around. What did we possible do? I feel so blessed to have 3 healthy kids. (A little overwhelmed... it's a little surreal.... but very blessed) They are all miracles and blow my mind every day with how they grow and learn and especially how they view life. It's those tiny little miracles that bring so much joy into my life. Today is one of those days it's pretty awesome to be a mom!