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Our little family

Here's a picture of our little family. We are all doing well. We took Hunter to the Dr. on Thursday, April 3 and he had lost just a little bit of weight. He was down to 8 lbs 12 oz. He never had an jaundice, but they checked his bilirubin level just to make sure and it was 0.0 (They said they had never seen a zero before). He is just healthy and doing well. The first few nights we were home were long nights, but since the next week, he would sleep anywhere from 5 to 7 hours. I was definitely not complaining. The last few nights however, he has woken up more often. I think he has burned off all his extra baby fat and has decided he needs to eat more often. So, we're just trying to figure out a schedule, but everyday brings something new. We are also working on the breastfeeding thing. Kudos to all you moms who do it so well, you've made it look a lot easier than it is. Last night he slept really well, and mom was very happy. I was so tired by the end of yesterday. I am just loving being at home with our cute little boy. I am definitely going to have a hard time going back to work. Last Sunday we went to my mom's to watch conference, and my mom had held him for about 3 hours, I was starting to miss him so much, so I finally had to ask her if I could just cuddle him for a few minutes. She just laughed; she also just made a comment that it is going to be hard for me to go back to work, and it is going to be!! I never imagined I could love someone so much! There's nothing like abeing a mommy. We got Hunter's newborn pictures taken on last Tuesday. I don't have them all yet, but if you want to see a few of them, go to http://stephanietueller.blogspot.com. They are so adorable! We love you all!!

Hunter Ray Gibbs

Okay, I am extremely slow at getting these pictures on here, and I have more on my camera that I need to download. But he is here and we love him sooooooo much! Hunter Ray Gibbs was born on March 29, 2008 at 1:17 am. He was 9 lbs 2 oz and 21" long. It was a long weekend. We got to the hospital at 7:15 am on Friday to be induced. They started my induction at about 8:30 am. I got my 1st epidural at 11:50 am, and I was much happier. They broke my water around 2 pm. Then my epidural started to wear off and I was in extreme pain. After one adjustment of the placement of my epidural and a few boluses of medication, they pulled it out and put in another one between 7-8 pm; I felt tons better. After not eating hardly anything for breakfast and living on ice chips and popsicles for about 11 hours, I got really sick and threw up when my 1st epidural wore off. After patiently waiting to dilate, I finally delivered at 1:17 am the next morning, but I only had to push for about a 1/2 hour.

When Hunter was born, he wasn't breathing, so the Dr. cut the cord and quickly handed him over to the NICU nurse. He had respiratory distress due to 4+ meconium and a long and stressful delivery. He was posterior, so they used the vacuum on him to rotate him and get him out. After about a minute of suctioning, stimulating and giving him breaths, he started to cry and pink up. That was the longest minute of our whole lives. After they got him cleaned up, I held him for about 20 seconds and then he was taken to the NICU with dad by his side. He was on oxygen for about 5 hours and then went to room air. But, then he had low blood sugars, so they started an IV and gave him IV fluid w/dextrose. By 11:00 am on Sunday morning, he was discharged from the NICU and was able to come up to our room with us. That was the best thing in the whole world!!! We all went home together on Monday morning and we are all doing well!!! He is just the cutest little boy and he brings so much joy and happiness into our lives!!!!

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