Newborn pictures

Sneak peak at some pictures we had taken on Sunday.

Big Boy Lawson

Lawson made his first visit to the pediatrician today. He's back to his original birth weight of 8 lbs, 10 oz and grew one inch in just over a week. My little linebacker.

Lawson gets a bath

Lawson got his first bath today. He is such a great kid. He only cried once it was over and I had to put his diaper back on. Pictures are on the web album. We kept it to a minimum and only posted 20. :-)

Lawson's Big Arrival

Well, it's been a pretty crazy week so far. I woke up at 3 a.m. Monday morning with stomach flu. After Stu and I spent all of Monday traveling from doctor to doctor, I was admitted Monday afternoon to the ER. They gave me a couple of IV bags to rehydrate and I immediately felt much better. We had an appointment with the OB that afternoon and she sent me back over to the hospital to be readmitted to completely rehydrate. I spent the night in Labor and Delivery and had a total of five IV bags by the end of the day.

The next morning we were planning on checking out and heading home with the possibility of coming back that evening to begin the induction process. Instead of sending me home, they asked if I wanted to start things up then. Since I was feeling much better we decided to go for it. Once I moved into the Labor and Delivery room, the doctor ordered that we skip a few steps and start right away on pitocin. After a few hours, I ordered an epidural and they started pumping up the pitocin to increase the contractions. Lawson did not react well to this. His heart rate would drop during each contraction so they immediately stopped the pitocin and got me ready for a c-section. His heart rate stabilized and within 15 minutes he was born and looked beautiful.

We spent a couple of days recovering in the hospital and came home Christmas afternoon with the best Christmas present ever.

Lawson Davis Deck was born on Tuesday, December 23 at 6:32 p.m. weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 19.69" long. Baby is doing great! Mom and dad are a little sleep deprived, but doing well and incredibly happy. Please check out his pictures on the web album on the left. He gets cuter every day!

Arrival

Betsy and Lawson are doing great. Pictures from yesterday are uploaded to the Web Album.