Joyful Noises times six!: Welcome Baby Elijah!

My inspiration for this record of my days:

“The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” -Anna Quindlen

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Welcome Baby Elijah!

You know the old saying of “If you can’t say somethin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all?” Well that’s why my blog has really been sparse. I was having a hard time there towards the end of the pregnancy.

I’m happy to announce that little Elijah Jeffrey Davis, also known as Eli, has finally arrived! He was a healthy 10 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 1/2 in. long.

He was born Thursday, September 22nd. I went in at 9:00 am to be induced (he was already 2 days late) and he was born at 7:30 pm.

Before:

After: (We were both pretty happy he was out of there!)

It took several hours of Pitocen to get my labor going, but once the Dr broke my water, things really took off. He came in to check me about an hour and a half later, and it was already time to push. About 3 minutes later we had a baby!

Grandma and Grandpa Alston had taken the kids out to Organ Stop Pizza for dinner, and came by the hospital on the way home. They were just in time to meet Eli when he was nice and alert. We had our first family prayer together, and everyone got to hold him.