He's here!!

Bryce Morrell Crandell

Born: October 2, 2009

Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz

Length: 20 inches

Despite telling myself (and everyone else) that I didn't want to be induced this time, we did it anyway. We got Casey's schedule for October and he had quite a few days off in a row so we thought that this might be the best thing to do for timing. We were hoping to go in on Friday, Oct 2, but after talking to the Doc office, I didn't think that it was going to be possible. Then I got a call on Thursday afternoon that I would need to be at the hospital at 3am Friday morning...yes, 3am. So approx. 14 hours later, I was on my way to the hospital. They started pitocin at 4am, broke my water at 8am, epidural at noon, and birth at 3:15pm. Not bad at all. Here he is - sleeping like a baby:)

Here is Paige visiting at the hospital. I clearly had to hold her back so she didn't maul the poor kid. She loves her little brother - who is either called Bryce, Byce and sometimes Rice.

Here are some "family shots" at the hospital. Paige had a major meltdown - unrelated to the day's events - before we could get a pick with all four of us.

Becky (Casey's sis) lives an hour away and was kind enough to come stay with Paige while we were at the hospital and hung around after we got home to cook and clean for us. She was a MAJOR help. Here is a pic of the cousins. Paige looks like a giant next to them. Bryce wears a hat to cover up his bald head, but Callie insists on wearing her wig every day. Thanks for coming Becky. You are a life saver.

This delivery was WAY better than the last one. It was faster, no complications with the epidural, no spinal headache, 15 min of pushing instead of 4 hours, and my recovery is already 10 times better than last time, and it's only been four days. We took Bryce in to the doc today and he is doing well. We getting used to what he likes. I think our first night at home was better than last night, so we will see how tonight goes. Paige is adjusting well - the first day was a mess, but I think that was increased by her lack of sleep. Our biggest problem is that she likes to jump and doesn't understand that she can't jump around Bryce. And she likes to share and give him his binky- which consists of shoving it in his face - poor kid. We'll get it figured out one of these days. More pics to come.