Introducing baby Alex

Drew holding Alex




He's only a couple hours old here


I knew that we would be officially welcoming my newest nephew Bennett into the family on December 4th. But I thought we would have a few more weeks before Alex arrived. Apparently he had different plans. :)

Michelle's water broke around 8am December 4th ( Thurs. morning). She went to the hospital and I got up there later that day. I stayed with her throughout the entire labor and delivery. Amazing experience! I must admit though I'm glad I already had my kids... not so sure I would be willing to do it 3 times if I had actually watched when they were being born. lol

He was born at 12:37pm Friday ( Dec. 5th). He weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. and was 19 inches long. She was only 35 weeks so a nice size baby for that early. Heck my kids were full term and none of them were 19 inches. I have runts though. ;) The dr. said had she gone full term she would've been looking at a 10 pound baby. Ouch!

He's just adorable! Had tons of black hair, blue eyes ( for now anyways). Michelle's chubby cheeks and nose. Ryan's mouth and lips... and obviously his height because that's a pretty long baby for 35 weeks! I put a preemie outfit on him today and he's almost too long for it.

I'll be going to pick them up at the hospital tomorrow to bring them home. I have plenty of room to bring everything home in the van. And of course I 'm volunteering to do just about anything at this point because then maybe I can sneak another holding session in. ;) I just LOVE babies! It's a good thing I had rotten pregnancies and deliveries or I would have 10 kids! of course they grow up and turn in to little monsters though. ;)

Julie and Chris are hoping to maybe get home a little bit earlier this week. I can't wait to meet Bennett for the first time and I just know Drew is going to teach him lots of bad habits. haha And I'm looking forward to Christmas this year to see how much damage he does to everyone's trees. It will be nice to have another kid to blame things on. hehe

I now have an equal amount of nieces and nephews.... 4 of each. It's fun to be an auntie. Spoil them rotten, get them all wound up and then leave! ;)