Baughman's: September 2013

So it's been a few weeks since I last posted and a lot has changed since then! We have welcomed a new handsome little man to our household. . .Cruz James Baughman!

To take you back to his birth day! First of all, I never thought I'd actually make it to my scheduled date. . EVER! I was scheduled for a planned c-section on Wednesday, September 4th. When Tuesday rolled around, I was completely ready and prepared for this new little miracle to join the world. I did not sleep much that night as you can probably guess with the anticipation and excitement of how are life was about to change in a few short hours. We had to be at the hospital by 6 a.m. and from there, things were a bit of a whirl wind. The nurses were busy getting me ready for surgery and by 8:15 a.m. we had our 3rd son! Cruz James came into this world weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces and 22 inches long! Everything went as planned and he was a healthy little man! So blessed!

Carson and Kellen absolutely LOVE their little brother. Carson, our sensitive child, was a bit apprehensive in the hospital, but shows nothing but love for his brother and adores him. Kellen, our fire ball, was right up on my bedside the minute he got there wanting to hold the baby! Cruz is doing really well having 2 crazy big brothers running around the house all day long!

Some may be wondering how or why we chose his name. Like our other 2 boys, it's just a name we ran across and liked. Gabe actually had mentioned it when we were looking at names at one point in my pregnancy. Having a list of 10 or so names I would randomly ask Carson if he liked this name or that name. He would always give his opinion, but wouldn't say much after that. Well, for Gabe and I, Cruz was always in our top 2-3 names, but we never mentioned this to Carson. However, Carson decided to tell 3-4 people (that we know of) that his little brother's name was going to be Cruz. After hearing this and seeing his reaction when we asked him about the name Cruz, it was pretty easy to make a final decision. In the hospital, Carson was holding Cruz one afternoon sitting next to me in bed, and he looks at me with the biggest smile on his face and says, "I'm really glad I picked the name Cruz" So precious!

We are all adjusting pretty well to our family of 5! Gabe stayed home Monday and Tuesday with us and has been a huge help since I can't do much. My mom was here Wednesday through Friday and honestly not sure what I would have done without her! She has been a huge help with the boys and keeping our laundry up and house organized. Gabe's mom came down today and brought about a month's worth of freezer food with her-- Feel so blessed to have such amazing family that drops everything in a heartbeat to be there for us and help us out in any way possible!

Slowly, I'm starting to feel back to myself- the hardest part is not being able to pick up anything or anyone except Cruz. This is especially hard for Kellen as he is still at that age where he loves to cuddle and be held by his Mommy! I know that in a short few weeks I will be back to my old self and doing those things again that I can't do right now. I have taken so many pictures (surprising, huh?) in the last week and a half. I will slowly get those uploaded so everyone is able to see our little peanut and how his big brothers adore him! :) Here are a few pictures of hospital stay.