One Month

We have survived a whole month today!!  Between a hospital transfer, NICU visit, brain scan, chiropractor, physical therapist, witch doctor, ER, MRI and a cocktail of various drugs, I am finally able to cuddle my sleeping baby...not just cringe in pain for the ten minutes I can handle sitting to nurse him. 

Reed's diagnosis: He's a perfect little healthy newborn.

My diagnosis:  depends on who you ask.  The MRI shows bulging discs in my low back and I have an appointment with a spine specialist next week to hopefully heal this for good.

This month has been the hardest, most physically painful, horribly emotional, humbling 30 days of my life.  I'm hopeful that the clouds are starting to clear.

Day 2

...and I'm already behind...

But technically this is day two of the little man's life.

Reed Benjamin Arnold

Born July 24th

Weighing 8 pounds of perfect

Day One

Sooo...I'm back.  I was hoping to post a day one picture of our new baby boy today and start a year of blogging again.  July is a good month for making resolutions, right??

Well...the world has different plans for me.  We've been at the hospital all day being induced because I was just so scared  I wouldn't be able to deliver another gigantic baby.  The little man is just too cozy inside to want to move.  Well, I'm being optimistic when I say cozy...he could be not moving down because he's humongous like his sister.  Either way, I'm spending my first night away from my Avery without a new little one to cuddle.  They finally turned off the pitocin to let me have a nights rest and I got some real food...if you can call it that...but I missed my girl so much when I picked off the cherry tomatoes from my salad.

The last two hours on the drugs were really moving and actually made me progress...it was horribly painful...like body shaking, whimpering pain.  I've forgotten...labor is not for whimps...and I think medically induced labor has got to be worse!

Here's to a better tomorrow...with a Happy Birthday I hope...Pioneer Day could be a great one.  I'm feeling a little like a pioneer anyway, maybe it's meant to be.