It's A Boy!

Larry: Jeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnniferrrr! You have a text!!!!

Me: Who is it?

Larry: It's Kim! They're headed to the hospital!

Me: WHAT?! (flooded with excitement!)

So, let me fill you in on what that is about! Larry's cousin Kim has a (step, to be technical)daughter named Whitney and Whitney just had a baby!!!! It was around 7 p.m., Friday, February 4th, 2011, and we sent Bayleigh over to moms and we headed up to the hospital. Whitney had just gotten settled in to her bed and hooked up to the monitors and was happy to see us. Immediately talks of when he would actually get here started. I predicted the 5th at 2:05 am because how cool would it be to be born 2/5/11 at 2:05 am?! I know, cool right?!

Whitney did great and I could tell she was getting tired. She was very nervous, but handled the pain well until her epidural. After that, time flew. Her doctor was due to come in at 3 and I told Kim it wouldn't be long after that. AND BOY WAS I RIGHT! He came in right at 3 and said, "she's ready"! YEAH! Larry had left about 30-45 mins prior to this. Kim was going to take me home, but the rest of us stepped into the waiting room with the exception of Jeff, Whitney's boyfriend and Kim.

At 3:20 a.m. the world was blessed with Mason Riley Michael! Weighing in at 6 lbs, 5.7 ozs, and 18.5 inches long. He has a head full of dark hair, but it's not thick if that makes sense. The cord was wrapped around his neck, so the doctor cut it, but everything was fine. :)

Jeff came to the waiting room and got me, Steve (Whitney's dad), Dee (Jeff's mom), and Tim (Jeff's brother). We all got in there while little Mason was still being cleaned up and getting his body temperature up. I was happy to be there when Whitney got to hold him for the first time. I was so proud of her.

Me holding Baby Mason for the first time. Yes, it says Auntie when I technically am just a cousin, but we are all so close that we are aunts and uncles to each others children. :)

Mason, just minutes after birth!

And another one!

Here is Whitney holding her son for the very first time! Yes, he is a bundle of blankets. His body temp at this point was only 1/10th of a degree above where they are comfortable. In his defense, poor Whitney had that room at a very chilly 60 degrees. It was like a meat locker! LOL!

Papa Steve, Grandma Kimmie, and Mason! (Kim is making Mason a blanket just like this hat. The hospital gave him the hat, so I thought that was cool)

So, I say, Little Mason Riley--Welcome to this world! We've been waiting to see your handsome face! Miss Whitney, Congrats on your handsome son! I am very excited to watch him grow up into a wonderful young man! :) We love you both VERY much! xoxoxoxo!

Thanks for checking in! Until next blog!

Love,

Jennifer
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