New Year's Baby

We started 2011 off with a bang! On Saturday, January 1, 2011 we woke up and did our typical Saturday morning routine with Beau.....we all rolled out of bed around 7:30 and went to the couch to watch Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder cartoons. Sometime during Bob the Builder, my water broke. My water broke with Beau and it was hours before my contractions really started (thanks to pitocin at the hospital). I told Rodney that my water broke during the cartoon and got up and got my things ready to go to the hospital. I told Rodney there was no rush because last time things moved so slowly. Well, with Joseph, my contractions started almost immediately after my water broke. I was trying to be chipper while Rodney showered and while we were waiting on my aunt to get to our house to watch Beau. I did not want to upset Beau because he was already a little upset because "the baby broke the water bottle inside mommy's belly"....hilarious! We got to St. Vincent's and checked into labor and delivery. We got a great nurse for the morning shift and she told me that I was progressing so well that I would not need any pitocin. (thank you Lord!....I hated having pitocin with Beau!) The nurses also told us that we were their only hope of having a New Year's Day baby so far. I am a (secretly) competitive person....I love to win games, have the best score or grade, etc. But, you would never really know it because I am horrible at sports and most games :) Anyway, when I heard that there was another couple that checked in to deliver their baby also, I kept asking if they had delivered yet....they did not deliver before us, so we won! We had the first baby on New Year's Day at St. Vincent's....I was a little sad that we did not win free diapers or cash, but that's okay. :)

I was able to get my epidural after a few really strong contractions around 1:00 that afternoon. At 5:31 p.m. on 1/1/11 Joseph David King was born weighing 7 lbs 15 oz, 21 inches long. (This was a pound + some ounces bigger than Beau, so Joseph looked huge to us). He got a 10 on the apgar scale because he came out with such a pretty complexion/color. He has lightish hair (blondish/reddish) with blue eyes and we think he is perfect. :)

Beau loves having an extra person in the house and loves to "help" us with Joseph. He does not love when Joseph cries (Beau covers his ears and tells us Joseph is crying.) Beau does not want to be alone to play or do anything currently...he says he needs us to watch him play because he is a baby. (fun times around here!) Hopefully when the weather warms up and we are not iced in for days, Beau will remember that he is a big boy and can play on his playground outside.

Our New Year's Baby: