meet grayson joseph!

Ahh, thank God he is here! We finally met our little man, Grayson Joseph, on April 2, 2013, at 7:03 pm. He was born after an induction I chose to have because I was beyond my due date, swollen beyond any level of comfort whatsoever, and emotionally and physically spent. I truly wanted labor to happen on its own, but after some medical questions were answered, and after my doctor and I had come to the conclusion that my body simply needed a little nudge after contracting for weeks without progress, it was decision time. We chose April 2nd for the induction, and arrived to the hospital at 7:30 that morning. So as to not bore you with too many details, the Pitocin was started at 9:00, my epidural was placed around noon, and at 5:30 I was feeling the heat. I pushed for not even 30 minutes, and when that baby was placed on my chest, my emotions let loose. Even knowing your baby is looking to be healthy, and even after an uncomplicated pregnancy, there is nothing more amazing than looking at your beautiful, healthy, screaming baby for the first time. It was a moment I will never forget . . . a delivery that was truly amazing. Since then, we’ve been moving through the motions in a sleep-deprived state. He is a wonderful baby, adored by everyone who meets him, and especially adored by his father and sisters. I fall more and more in love with my husband each day, watching him love Grayson, and I know making promises to him of which I can’t hear the words, but I know are being said. I feel a little emotional myself at times, feeling the pressure of being a mother now of three. Three little creatures who depend on me emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually. This baby has given me the opportunity to view them as my little teachers now . . . and I am striving each day to be the kind of mother my children simply adore. I promise to share many more photos of this handsome devil, beyond Instagram and Facebook, but feel free to follow me on those sites for little snippets of our days together!