Nature is indeed a Mother

[ladyvyola]

So we had a baby yesterday.

borgmama woke up about 1 a.m. and realized she was having contractions. A quick trip to her doctor at 10 a.m. got her admitted to the hospital by 10:30, dilated 5-6 centimeters.

Five hours later, voila!

One enormous baby -- 9 pounds! -- arrived in good shape. Highly amusing, as the doctor had orignally planned to induce on the 25^th but labor started naturally. Then she came in about 2-2:30ish to break Eileen's water and as E was moving her leg at the doctor's direction, her water broke on its own. I guess Nicky can take direction!



About 9 a.m. Xander is showing Mommy where the baby is, blissfully unaware that soon his life will change forever (bwahahaha!)


One baby, safely arrived. He was very, very purple at first, but it went away quickly. His 1-minute APGAR was 8, the 5-minute was 9.


Thomas checks everybody out


A kiss for Mommy, who does babies really good! subliminal message: have another baby have another baby have another baby


Happy and tired trio


Daddy gets his hands on Nicky


Nicky's proud aunts, me in the first pic, Shannon and Karen in the second


Paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents -- we're lucky to all live in the same town. Only Shannon and her husband live out-of-state.


Xander, Nicky, and (maternal, maternal) great-grandmother Irene. She's a very young 91 and Nicky's birthday is her wedding anniversary.


Xander's favorite phrase: What's that?


It's your brother and you are so screwed, little man!


Look fast! Nobody's trying to kill anybody!


We kept telling Xander to say "Cheese!" and he did, but was left wondering why no one was giving him any (it's a favorite food)


Papparazzi! We have no shame -- Xander is probably blind from the flashes since his birth, why should Nicky be any different?


Here's two photos stitched together (sorry about your butt, Shannon!) to give some idea of the size of the room and how many people were in it all day -- there's actually a couple of folks you can't see. We were like this for Xander's birth, too -- we're way tribal, yo! (That's av_lad tucked in on the far left.)


An exhausting but wonderful day was had by all. And while anything's possible, early indications are that Nicky'll be another brown-eyed redhead just like his big brother. Another knockout cutie!

Comments

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

congratulations, auntie-mum! :) *hugs*

That is one FULL hospital room, man. Makes me nostalgic for when Matthew was born. Course, none of our family was around for that, all being out of state. Just the wee three of us. *g*

Yay for new nephews :)

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

We're very lucky. Even with Shannon and Chris now in Tennessee (he's Army, too), we've still got his family here. There's no escape! And we likes it that way.

[garryowen.livejournal.com]

Aww. Congratulations!

:)

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Life is good right now.

Mazel Tov!

[psu-jedi.livejournal.com]

And yes...that's a good excuse for missing me singing tonight. ;-)

Please pass along congrats to bro and sis-in-law. And tell the others we say HI!

Re: Mazel Tov!

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Yep, will do! We'll see you guys soon though, I'm sure.

And you -- break a leg!

[flambeau.livejournal.com]

Aw, cutie! And that's an adorable little hat...

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Hospital issue. It kept trying to fall off all night, not sure why. It makes his head look all pointy and it's not -- the delivery didn't take long enough to do that!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Congrats to all! Nicky and Xander can fight it out for the title of "second cutest baby in the world." ;)

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Oooooo, them's fighting words! Of course, the idea of a baby cage match is just fascinating....

Oh, what am I saying? That's just silly. There's no way Nicky can compete until he's got at least two teeth each top and bottom.

Chomp!

[kstanley.livejournal.com]

Oh! That picture captioned "It's your brother and you are so screwed, little man!" is priceless. I love that "Gee!" expression on the little boy!

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

They say it takes a couple of months before true sibling rivalry sets in -- finally the older child realizes that this ... this thing is not leaving!

Right now, it's all automatic smackdowns like he administers to the cat, the dog, and all his loving relatives -- pat, pat, pat, whack! The beatings will continue until moral improves!

[cruisedirector]

*hugs* and congratulations!

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! We're all still giddy.

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

Very very belated congratulations to you all! Odd that you should reply to a comment of mine on a day when I started checking out flights to DC and wondering who I could blag crash space from...

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

What are your plans? av_lad is probably your best bet -- he's got a spare bedroom and bath and no children or pets. (He's sitting right next to me and volunteered himself.)

We'd all love to see you!

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

It'll probably be only a weekend trip - fly in Friday, fly out on Monday (or possibly Tuesday) but if AV lad is willing to put me up, I'd love to stay. Do you think people might be vertical enough for a Sanova dinner or very late brunch on Sunday afternoon?

Do you realise I haven't seen *any* of the children in the flesh? They hadn't even been conceived last time I saw you mob.

Also, you are the living image of your mother. I thought I was the only person who did that sort of freaky resemblance.

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Let's take this to a new post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/ladyvyola/91149.html) so the others of Sanova can see it.

And yes, I think I look so much like my mom (particularly the older I get) but she says she doesn't see it. Liar!