It has been a while since my last post because for the past 10 months I have been very busy. February 17th B and I found out that we were expecting our first child together. It was a bittersweet day for me as I also received a call that morning that my sweet Papa had passed away. My Papa lead a life you could "hang your hat on"... he was a Navy man with 7 kids, he devoted his life to being a servant of God, and to me he summed up love. The way he loved my Grammy, the way he loved his family... he used to say that "Every man shoul be so blessed" but in reality it was his family that was so blessed to have him as our leader.
B and I had always said we would name our firstborn son after my Papa (Franklin) so it was all too perfect when we found out the first of June that we were having a boy! Franklin Crew Ladd was due October 27th but ended up coming 4 days early, on October 23rd at 4:21am which was so special because April 21st was my Papa's birthday:) My labor was fast... my water broke at home at 8:50pm on the 22nd, we were at the hospital at 9:20pm, I had an epidural at 10:45pm and Crew was out at 4:21am. B counted and I pushed 18 times for a total of 30 minutes... all-in-all 7 and 1/2 hours of labor is not so bad. They say that the next one is usually half the time so we will probably sleep in the hospital parking lot once we get close:)
We call him Crew...well I call him Bobo but everyone else calls him Crew. He was 7lb 2oz and 20 and 1/4 inches long. He is perfect! He looks like my family and Buddy all smushed into one with his big sister's mouth. He had some trouble gaining weight at first so we had to start supplementing with formula and he is bulking up just fine! I often look at him and make mental notes to remember these moments when he is a teenager:) I decided to take back to blogging so that family can see pictures and get updates (as if we dont talk all the time:)). So here is the first of the pictures...
The first time we saw each other
Our Family
Our Baby Crew
With his Daddy
