He's Here!!

He's finally here! Cortland Steele Fletcher was born Jully 22, 2008, 6lbs. 15oz. and 19 inches long. The labor went well I was admitted to the hospital at 7:30am, they broke my water at 8:30am and was given my epidural at 11:00am. The man of Steele was born a 3:00pm after about 15 minutes of pushing.

Paige is adjusting well to Cortland. She can even say "brother"! She kinda treats him like a little puppy and pets his head all of the time. I have to continually remind her to be gentle but I don't think she really understands that word yet. Besides that she basically just ignores him.

I am doing well but I have to make myself sit still. My sister was here for a week and that was awesome! She and Paige played soooooooooo hard as if they were BFFs. It was actually quite sickening but it was great to see Paige having so much fun because I was so worried about her feeling left out and not being able to have as much time with me. That's why I have to tell myself the more I relax now the faster I will heal and be able to spend some quality time with P. Siddy! My cousin Melanie came yesterday so it will be great to have her here to help out now. I've also been blessed to have the friends that I have made here in VA offering their help as well. I think I actually forgot about the necessary healing and resting process after having a baby.

I am also happy to say that Cortland goes to bed around 8:30pm or 9:00pm and then wakes at around 2:00am. He goes back to sleep and wakes around 6:00am. This is such a break from him waking up every hour the first two nights he was home. Actually, Melanie just informed me that Steele is awake so, Ciao for now!