Arrival of Braden Blake Barnett

Well, so far Blake has made all the posts. I am well rested now and thought I would give you my outtake on this whole baby thing. Labor was actually great! I should say, once the epidural came, labor was great! I am convinced that the epidural is God's gift from Heaven. I also have to say that we have the most beautiful baby boy in the world. Here I am with my son.
The quick labor and delivery story. We moved into our home on Tuesday. I didn't move any boxes, but I sure unloaded them all (except Braden's room). I figured I would have Wednesday to organize it, guess I was wrong. I started to feel some back pains shortly after Blake got home at 6pm. Since we didn't have tv at our new home, we made a trip back to our retirement community to watch American Idol. Now, I don't know if it was the move or if it was David Archuleta's magnificant rendition of the John Lennon classic that made Braden want to come out, but I am confident it was one of the two.

Around 11pm, the pains got unbearable. I started to time them and then had to take a HOT shower to ease the pains. Shortly after the shower my water broke and off the the hospital we went. We arrived around 2pm. The contractions got even worse. My angel came at 4pm. Once again, the epidural was great. I got some sleep from 4 to 7:30 and then I started to push. That was probably the best part. The epidural had worn off quite a bit and I could feel a lot. He came at 8:23am.

Yes, mommy did cry like a baby. There is no other feeling thatn seeing this baby you created. He was crying and so handsome. He did really well yesterday and slept for 6 hours last night. That's right, slept for 6 hours. I am hoping he keeps this routine up. It made daddy and mommy's night great. Well, I promise to post more later. We will definately take pictures of his arrival home. Thanks for all the calls and e-mails.

As for American Idol, here's who I want OFF. Boys: Luke Menard and Jason Yeager. Girls: Kady Malloy and Kristy Lee Cook (I can't stand her). We will see.