Brent and Katie: May 2012

26 May 2012

Brooks' First Week

We are a bit camera happy right now. We took hundreds of pictures of Brooks this week. Here are a few dozen of my favorites.

**Remember we are first time parents and we have a really cute baby, so don't judge.

Our first family portrait.

Daddy giving Brooks his first bath.

Admiring his squishy face.

Watching the Thunder-Lakers game with daddy.

I cannot get over how cute he is.

He did not like the car seat at first.

Once we got the blanket on him he didn't mind it anymore.

Brooks with his Granny Reeves

Brooks with Grandma and Grandpa Pickett

Brent showing Brooks off to our nephews, Corgan and Greyson. They were not allowed to come back, which made me very sad. Corgan said he thinks Brooks looks like a kitty.

Home Sweet Home. Brent gave Brooks the grand tour of the house.

His first bath at home. Brooks does not like baths, but he loves having his hair washed.

Brent's favorite part of being a dad is snuggling in the love sac.

Thank goodness for Skype! Corgan and Greyson skyped with us a couple of times this week. One day Corgan told his mom, Ashley, that Brooks wanted to see all of his animals. So he showed Brooks all of his animal toys over Skype. I am so glad Brooks has such great older cousins. I am excited for them to be good friends.

Granny Reeves got Brooks a little monkey rattle and he LOVES it!

and now for some close ups:

birth story

Over the past few months I have been obsessed with reading birth stories. At one point Brent had to forbid me from reading any more because I would panic after reading the difficult ones. While I appreciated those who posted the intimate details of their birthing experience, I want to tell our story in pictures.

I guess I should start by saying the whole experience was completely different from what I expected. I thought the day would be long and stressful. The whole day ended up being very relaxed and peaceful. It also went by very quickly.

Saturday Morning 7:00 am -- We checked into the hospital. I had contractions all night and was not feeling well.

This machine monitored the baby's heart beat all day.

Here I am waiting to see if they were going to keep me or send me home.

9:00 am -- The doctor came and decided to break my water. Our baby was on his way!

They kept my fluids up all day through my IV.

Our nurses were amazing. There were very few people around, so we got a lot of attention.

Brent held my hand through every contraction. He was incredibly sweet.

Here I am between contractions. We were both incredibly excited.

I was allowed to eat all of the Popsicles and ice chips that I wanted. At first this was fine, but by the end of the day I was starving. I may have shot Brent a couple of dirty looks when he came back from the snack room with bags of chips.