Welcome Winn!

It finally happened - Winn is here and he's stolen our hearts.

After hearing the doctor's recommendations and doing some serious thought, Heather and Chap decided a C-section was the way they would meet their little boy. So, on Thursday, November 12th at 7:47 a.m., Winn made his grand entrance. Which by the way, Chap video taped and my mouth fell to floor upon watching. Even seeing it on video was so amazing!

I figured I wouldn't really get to spend much time with them in the morning since Heather would be in recovery and all of that so, I planned to go to RH around lunch. However, I was rethinking this plan about 8:30 am as I'm hearing about Winn being born and wishing I was there with everyone. Due to blood pressure issues, Heather had to stay in recovery for longer than expected, so I guess it worked out better the way we had planned anyway.

Once I got there, I met sweet Winn and got to see all of the family. He is pretty precious. We hung out a little bit and then somehow that afternoon, it ended up just being the four of us (Heather, Chap, Winn and Me) for a couple of hours. I really enjoyed getting to spend that time with them. (And YES, I did ask if they wanted to have some "family" time, because I could make myself scarce for a little bit, but they said no-so I stayed)

Heather wanted me to help her with the nursing thing, so that was the perfect opportunity when everyone was gone. It's amazing how much you forget about nursing a newborn. Eventually (and it doesn't take long) the baby figures out what he's doing and it gets considerably easier. I almost forgot what it was like (and how hard it is) to try to get a newborn to latch on - I'm sure Heather was thinking that I had no idea what I was doing and probably even wondered if I had even really nursed at all. But, I promptly asked the nurse if the lactation consultant was in and if she could come by. After some GREAT help and advice from the lactation consultant, Heather was on her way! Chap was so excited when Winn started nursing - it was great to see him so supportive of Heather. Keep it up Chap!

Right before I left, I got a call from Scott to tell me that Carter had puked on him not once but twice and he needed me to come home because he didn't really know what to do. I hated to leave Heather and Winn, but my little boy needed me so I had to get home. I was sure now she completely understood. The whole way home, I was just sick about the fact that Carter was puking and I had just been in the hospital holding little Winn who wasn't even 8 hours old. I was certain of two things: Carter was not sick that morning when I left for work and if Winn got sick, I would not be able to forgive myself. Thankfully, Winn didn't get sick and Carter's puking was limited to those two instances. When I got home Carter looked fine, was playing fine, had no temperature - WHEW!

Heather is already so in love - I love being able to see her and Chap be parents. Being a mom is the best job in the world to me and I know Heather will love it just as much. Chap and Heather - I'm so proud of you guys! You are going to be wonderful parents! I hope you know how much Winn is already loved by so many people - including yours truely. I can't wait until the next time I get to see your new family!