BABY WYATT IS HOME!!!!

Hello!! :)  Well let me start with an apology for not posting while we were down south.  I was having a very difficult time connecting on my air card from the hospital.  Wyatt Michael Leese was born on June 11th at 4:08P.M. and weighed 8lbs, 2oz and 21 inches long.  He's absolutely AMAZING!!  Since he was placed in our arms I couldn't stop staring at him.  My eyes have been fixated on his beautiful, little face literally for hours.  And I'll do my best to fill you in on how everything unfolded but no words I have will do it any justice.  Me at a loss for words is comical but describing how we're feeling is beyond any words.  I get all tongue tied and frazzled even talking about it!  This will definitely be a long post so bare with me :)

Brandon and I left Wednesday night after work, late to head down south to stay the night because we had to be at the hospital with C and her husband at 6:30A.M.  I didn't think sleeping would be an issue for me (a big HA!)  I went to bed at 12:30 that night and was up taking a shower at 2:30A.M.  B wasn't too far behind me.  We left and met C and her husband where they live, went to the hospital, got her checked in and hooked up to the monitors, IV, etc.  It was kind of funny because I was watching her contractions early on, around 7:30-8:00A.M. said "it looks like the Pitosin is kicking in" and not a minute later the nurse came in and said ok, it's time to start your Pitosin.  C and I both laughed because she had noticed the same thing.  She was dilated to 7-8 around 1:30/2:00 and we all had our guesses as to when Wyatt would enter the world.  The nurses came in to check on her at around 2:30 and she was at 9, so we all thought it would be soon.  She then digressed back to 8 so the nurses shifted her position and then around 3:15 they told her it was time to start pushing.  I'm getting emotional just typing this.  She started pushing and was doing very well.  I ended up on her left side, counting for her, with B behind me and her husband on her right.  Pretty soon we could see the top of his head and then the nurse said it might help if we held her legs.  We held her legs and kept counting for her and within 2-3 minutes we watched our son enter the world!!!  I had been very calm throughout the entire day until I saw him...I exploded into tears.  I leaned over and kept kissing C all over her forehead and then rushed to where they were cleaning off Wyatt.  I was dying to just touch is little face, so I asked the nurse if I could.  We stayed in recovery with C and her husband as they took Wyatt down to the nursery to take his vitals and give him his first bath.  We both kept walking down the hall to peak at him through the window and then the nurse came back in to us and said it was time for his first feeding.  The day was better than anything I ever could have hoped for.  C did unbelievably well and though we were both very surprised at how well she handled everything.  I can still hear her saying many times throughout her pregnancy; "He was never mine, he was always yours".  

Wyatt is now a week old and doing GREAT!!!  When I have time I'll finish posting how everything unfolded over his first week.  Wyatt is officially our baby boy and we are ELATED!  We will post pictures soon! :)))  

HUGE thank you's to everyone!!!  We appreciate all of the prayers, texts, phone calls, cards, email, etc!  We've been TRULY overwhelmed by the abundance of love everyone has shown to us!!!  THANK YOU- THANK YOU!! :)))

A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps- Proverbs 16:9

The Lord will guide you continually- Isaiah 58:11

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass ... Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him- Psalm 37:4,7

Hugs and love to everyone!!

XOXO