AdryLove

I'm sorry, LiveJournal. I just haven't had time for you. Something much more cute has captured my full attention and devotion. (Pictures are posted on MySpace- myspace.com/strawberryteardrop)

LONG STORY SHORT:
-induced on Wednesday March 19 at 9:30 pm
-It didn't work, so we tried another method and I got contractions IMMEDIATELY, and bad. OUCH OUCH
-Got drugged up and started acting loopy. It's weird to think one thing and say another, or feel one emotion and act another.
-Epidural. I was so drugged I didn't care what they did to me. What? risk of cardiac arrest and paralysis? I don't care, doc. Just get it over with!
-Epidural worked in some places and not in others. I still felt contractions the rest of my labor.
-Puked 3x, couldn't even keep down ice chips, was dried out and parched. Totally not fun.
-When it was time to push, my Gyno had to turn the baby around and my epidural miraculously kicked in, so I had to push completely numb. We thought it was going to last hours, but it took no time at all. The doc practically had to hold the baby in while she threw on her gloves and "prepped" me. I thought he was going to fall right out.
-She delivered him March 20th at 2:18pm, held him up to me and said something about how cute he was, then put him on my stomach and I was speechless. I couldn't believe how perfect and beautiful he was.
-He was 7 pounds 13 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. He has enormous feet and he won't fit in to any of his infant socks, haha :-D
-Adry had a million hospital visitors- He is one loved little kid. Wow- I am so thankful. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME TO VISIT ADRY!!!!! I think I counted 33 hospital/home visitors in the first 3 days, and most of them came multiple times and stayed a long time and have been WONDERFUL at helping out and spoiling Adry!!!!!!!!!!
-My family is AWESOME and they are all madly in love with Adry. I don't know what I would do without my mother (she just went home yesterday and I miss her. I cried when she left. I'm sure Adry misses her), my dad is the sweetest grandpa in the world (I love him so much it breaks my heart and I'm sure he feels the same for me... I'm certain I saw complete adoration in his eyes when he looked at Adry for the first time), and I'm positive my brothers fell more head over heels for Adry than they expected. (And, who could resist?) Adryel is going to have the coolest uncles in the world by far. Benjamin, of course, is all smiles about being a daddy (despite the fact he's already been peed on twice) and he keeps going on about how cute Adry is. He says, "I'm not just saying that 'cause he's my kid. I'm serious- he is the cutest baby!" I love seeing him hold his son. He's a good daddy.
-I have the BEST best friend. wow. wow wow wow. She was by my side through everything- every contraction, every tummy upset episode (as she was the self designated trashcan holder), the delivery, the recovery. She (and my momma and Ben) held my hand and got me through the toughest AND BEST parts.
-And also, a SPECIAL thank you to Les and Pam who were at the hospital the entire night, from beginning to end, to support me. It's good to have an extra 2 moms around :-) I love those 2 ladies to death.

Adryel is a week old tomorrow. Time is already flying by and I don't plan on wasting a second of it.
LoveJess