Well, I must say that the past week has been the most chaotic of my life. Despite being away for 3.5 weeks for training, I came home to one of the biggest surprises ever! Sunday we flew the jets back from Las Vegas (direct) in a 10 hour trek across the US, Canada, and the Atlantic. The flight went fine and Jen greeted me when we shut down to a great welcome home.
Turns out someone else was getting a welcome home soon thereafter as well! Today Jen and I were able to welcome home our newest addition to our family - Coletrane Otto Wee! Born 30 September at 4:19AM, Cole weighed in at a hefty 5lb, 15oz and 19 inches long.
Cole was a bit of a surprise to say the least. You see, he decided to show up 4 weeks early, and less than 48hrs after I returned from Las Vegas from Green Flag. One minute we (Jen & I) were talking about our plans for the weekend, and the next Jen was in labor!
The delivery went incredibly well, and both Jen and Cole are doing fabulous. Things went soooo fast - Jen started having contractions at 1:30, which I thought were just practice Braxton-Hicks contractions, and had Cole less than 3 hours later! We literally got in the hospital and Cole was born less than 45 minutes afterwards! Not even enough time for any sort of drugs. Jen did amazing...and I, well, felt useless watching her do all the work. But we made it through together so I guess that's what matters.
Fortunately everything was alright despite the shortened pregnancy and quick labor. The only issue was that Cole had jaundice, so we had to stay in the hospital for 3 extra days while he was under lights to help him rid his system of the biliruben (sp?) in his body. All went well, although it took a while for the doctors to be sure that we could take him home, which leads us to getting home today.
We now just made it home and are starting to recover from the trials of the week (not to mention a broken heater when we arrived back to the house). We feel so blessed to have things go so well for us, and are praying for continued good times ahead. Hope you enjoy the pictures from the first few hours after the delivery!
6 comments:
Such a beautiful baby boy! Congrats to you both!
Chris and Jen,
Awesome collaborative work you two do together!
I have a picture that I need to scan that you can place right next to Cole and you will be amazed at how much he looks like you as a baby. It's uncanny! Will scan and send and you can post next to Cole.
:-) LOVE YOU and give our baby a hug and kiss.
Nana J
Congratulations to both of you! Kaden is excited to now have a another guy friend across the ocean :) get ready for the most crazy, fun, complicated ride of your life...
We love you Chris, Jen and Cole!
Dave, Kate and John
Congratulations!!!! How exciting....we are so happy for you guys...Hope to visit with you sometime soon! Katie (and Cale)
Chris, Jen and Cole,
Congratulations! Sarah, I and the boys are so happy for the you! We can't wait for you guys to come back stateside so that we can get together...our boys will have a blast playing with each other (when Cole gets a little older of course!) Enjoy the chaos and all the fun that comes with parenthood! Savor every minute of it because it goes by way too quick! Just ask Sarah...before you know it, he will be playing soccer and going to school (do you remember when Caden was just rolling around on your floor in N.C.?!) Congrats again and get some sleep when you can!!!!
Dan, Sarah, Caden and Tyler
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