Wes' First Week

Here are some pictures from our first week home with Wes. 

The night we brought Wes home getting ready to change his diaper, whew, I remember that was a rough one, he peed all over the place and we were both so nervous... we're starting to get the hang of it. 

Wes spending a little bit of time in his bouncer seat, he's not so sure about it yet. 

Daddy being silly with Wes, he went picture crazy, we now have about 30 pictures like this one... lol. 

Thanks to Uncle Kyle and Allie for catching Wes doing the Dr. Evil pose, he loves having his hands at his face and often comes up with new poses (he did this completely on his own)

Our first walk, yesterday we walked to a nearby shopping center with my mom and Nana (and Bella... thanks Mom, I know she's hard to handle). We had lunch and picked up a few necessities at the drug store and then drove home. 

Grandmas and Grandpas

Wes' amazing daddy took the nightshift last night so I could sleep a whole night! He doesn't need to eat for another 45 minutes so I have some more time to post. Wes is so blessed to be surrounded by lots of loving grandparents. I cannot imagine having made it through the last few days without their amazing, sacrificial help. Thank you, thank you, there are no words to express my gratitude for all your help. Here are some snapshots of time spend in their tender love and care:

Hospital Visitors

I actually have a couple spare minutes! Katherine is here cooking dinner for us and Wes is sleeping, so I can put up some more pictures from our last few exciting days. Here are some pictures of our time in the hospital after Wes' delivery. 

They encouraged me to get up and walk a little to help with recovery.  Many people visited Wes, here are a few:

 Nick and Jenny

 Dawn 

 Ashley, Melissa,Delaine with Reagan, and Katherine with Ethan 

Happy Birthday Wes

Weston Paul Newman has arrived. He was born on February 21, 2009, weighing in at 8 pounds 15 ounces and 22.5 inches long. It was quite the effort to get him here.... I was induced on Friday the 20th at 2 in the afternoon and labor was on its way. I was able to get an epidural in the middle of the night and by Saturday at 4 in the afternoon  I was ready to push. After three hours of pushing (with, by the way, no pain medication, they stopped the epidural at 4), and an attempt to push with the aide of a vacuum they called it and took me in for a C-section. Shortly thereafter, at 7:44 pm Wes was born. It was definitely scary and hard (Kurt's never heard anyone scream like that), but it was all worth it. Here are some pictures from the hospital of our beautiful little boy.  

Kurt was excited ... I was in pain during labor. 

Kurt holding Wes for the first time right after they got him out. 

 The first time I met Wes, still being operated on. 

Thanks Kenny and Katherine for this sweet picture of Wes.