Early Arrival!!

Our little boy arrived on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008. He was 3 1/2 weeks early. I was hoping/expecting him to come early, but not that early. However, he was very good sized for being almost a month early. He weighed 6 lbs 15oz. and was 18 1/2 inches long. At my 36 week check-up on Monday, I was dilated to a 4. I however, anticipated making it to my next check-up...shows how much I know. On Wednesday evening, I was just relaxing at home and lo and behold my water broke at about 5:45 and by the time I had him it was 8:13 pm. It was a whirlwind delivery and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get an epidural in time (since I was a 9 by the time I got it!!) Needless to say, I did get it in time thanks to a good anesthesiologist. Then about 5 or 6 pushes later, our little angel was born. His name came along a few days later since we had a hard time deciding, especially on a middle name. We named him Carter Graham Glines. He had Jaundice and had to stay an extra day in the hospital...and we still had to have him under the lights at home too. I just want to say a big thanks to those who sent us beautiful flowers. The bright mixed bouquet is from my good friend Natalie Rawlings, the purple bouquet is from Ben's Uncle Mervyn and Aunt Julie and their girls. The balloons are from Nana Connie. And the beautiful bouquet in the pitcher was from my sweetheart Ben. I loved all the flowers and well wishes, so thanks to everyone for your kindness and support.

Carter has a good amount of dark hair. His hair is darker than Maddix's was and he has more of it. He even weighed more than Maddix and was a week earlier. He also had sort of an olive skin tone, even before he went tanning in the photo therapy lights. So, I hope his dark hair and olive skin stays, but we'll just have to wait and see. We are so happy our little graham cracker is here and that he is healthy