Friday, July 20, 2012
Ezra's Newborn Pictures
We have a friend from church who is a great photographer and is moving away soon so she was offering a great price to do pics and you get to have the CD with the images. You can't beat that so we arranged to have her do Ezra's newborn pictures. Here are some of my favorites from our photo session.
and we had all 4 pose for a few pictures as well.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Uncle Pete's Wedding
This past Friday/Saturday we traveled to Iowa City for my brothers wedding. We were able to stay with some friends and it worked out great with the new baby. Friday we attended rehearsal and dinner. The kids did pretty well despite having to sit for awhile and HOT temperatures. Saturday we were able to relax a little in the morning and then we got ready and make it to the church for pictures. Here we are waiting for the wedding to begin!
My handsome little one week old did great for the whole wedding. Stayed asleep in Daddy's arms!
My brother and his bride.
At the reception the kids liked visiting the candy table, had fun taking turns on the iPad and of course checked out the dance floor a few times.
Baby Ezra was able to meet several friends and family members this weekend, including Great Uncle Bone
I love this picture of the boys.
We took a little time out in the heat to try and get a first family of 6 photo. It's hard to get everyone to look at the same time!
This ones not too bad!
Once the dance started Callie loved being out there dancing her heart out. She even got her Daddy to join her for awhile.
She even wanted to do the dollar dance with Uncle Pete.
After dancing a bit the boys decided to join in the fun as well. Gabe showing off his break dancing moves and all.
Danielle(who is wonderful and came with to help us out!) got in on the fun as well!
and at the end of the night we had 4 very tired kids(and parents!)
Sunday morning we were able to visit with family and have breakfast. Great Grandma Max got to hold Ezra for a bit.
and when we got home I tried Ezra out in his bouncy seat for awhile. Love those eyes!
My sweet baby boy!
We took a little time out in the heat to try and get a first family of 6 photo. It's hard to get everyone to look at the same time!
Sunday morning we were able to visit with family and have breakfast. Great Grandma Max got to hold Ezra for a bit.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Ezariah Isaac
Our morning started bright and early with the alarm greeting me at 4:15am. I slept surprisingly well that night considering all the excitement coming our way the next day. I showered and got dressed and tried not to think about breakfast.
Carl and I left our house shortly before 5:15 and arrived at the hospital and got checked in right around 5:30. They had me fill out paper work and then we headed to the familiarity of the 4th floor. I actually got a big room at check in! Since I had c-sections each time we have always had a small room in the past so I was excited to get a bigger one this time. After they gave me my hospital gown they had me lay down so they could monitor the baby while they got me ready for the c-section.
The IV start was hard and had to be done twice and ended up on my right hand in my knuckle area. Not the most ideal location but it worked I guess. After the IV and lots of questions it was almost time to walk back to the Operating Room. I joked with Carl that the OR table looks like some kind of torture device with its arms straight out and the narrow edges and sterileness of the whole thing:)
They had Carl wait outside while the anesthesiologist put in my spinal. Thankfully he got it in the first try this time. With Callie it took a few attempts. Once it was in a wonderful warm feeling descends all down my lower half and they moved me into position for surgery. It always amazes me how quickly everything happens. Carl and our anesthesiologist were chatting away and pretty soon I began to feel pressure. That usually means the baby will be out shortly so fortunately I said something and they looked and sure enough baby was about ready to be born! Carl got the camera ready and snapped our first pictures. The anesthesiologist dropped the curtain in front of me so I could watch him be born. It happened so quickly I saw him come out but that was about it! They all said right away it's a boy!
I cried some happy tears when I heard him cry and as quickly as he came out they had taken him back to the nursery to make sure everything was ok. Carl went with him. The rest of the surgery went quickly and I was beginning to wonder by the end if everything was ok with the baby as they hadn't come back in yet.
Soon Carl came in and told me he looked great and scored two 9's on his APGAR scores and that he weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. Shortly after that they wheeled me to recovery where Carl was able to bring in our new son so I could hold him. We thought right away he looked like Ty but with Callies hair. I was able to nurse him and hold him in recovery almost the whole time I was in there. He did great right away! After awhile they took me back to our room where the tired hit me! I was so sleepy it was hard to keep my eyes open.
I was able to make a few phone calls to my parents and Carl to his mom to let her know when she could bring the kids but I was out of it for awhile afterwards.
The kids came towards lunch time and discovered that they had a baby brother! They were so excited to meet him and learn his name. Ezariah is derived from Azariah (the given name of Abendigo in the Old Testament, his name was changed to Abendigo when he was sold into slavery) and means God Helps. We had a hard time with boys names as we wanted something unique but also something that had good meaning, came from the Bible since the other boys were biblical names and had a nickname. Ezariah and Ezra had the same meaning and we really liked both. Isaac means laughter. So without further adieu here our our first pictures of Ezariah Isaac.
This was taken the night before we went to the hospital. The kids were already excited to meet their newest sibling!
I'll spare you a few of the more bloody pictures but here is one of the first we have our sweet baby Ezra!
After being weighed and looked over here is Daddy checking out his brand new baby boy!
and Mom getting to hold baby Ezra for the first time in recovery(lovely hat and all!)
Ezariah Isaac Clark weighing in at 7 lbs. 15 oz. 20 inches long and born at 7:47am!
Grandpa and the Grandmas meeting Baby Ezra
and Ezra with his very proud big siblings!
Danielle came to visit us as well! One more for her to watch now!
and here is sweet baby boy with my Dr. She has been my doctor for all of the kiddos and delivered 3 of the 4. We love her, she is the best!
Our hospital stay came to an end Monday morning when we were able to get Ezra dressed(which he wasn't crazy about) and bring him home!
and his welcoming committee!
Everyone has been adjusting well so far and Ezra has been a good baby. We are in love with him and can't wait to watch him grow and learn(but not too quickly!) We are so blessed by him and our so excited to have our family complete!
Carl and I left our house shortly before 5:15 and arrived at the hospital and got checked in right around 5:30. They had me fill out paper work and then we headed to the familiarity of the 4th floor. I actually got a big room at check in! Since I had c-sections each time we have always had a small room in the past so I was excited to get a bigger one this time. After they gave me my hospital gown they had me lay down so they could monitor the baby while they got me ready for the c-section.
The IV start was hard and had to be done twice and ended up on my right hand in my knuckle area. Not the most ideal location but it worked I guess. After the IV and lots of questions it was almost time to walk back to the Operating Room. I joked with Carl that the OR table looks like some kind of torture device with its arms straight out and the narrow edges and sterileness of the whole thing:)
They had Carl wait outside while the anesthesiologist put in my spinal. Thankfully he got it in the first try this time. With Callie it took a few attempts. Once it was in a wonderful warm feeling descends all down my lower half and they moved me into position for surgery. It always amazes me how quickly everything happens. Carl and our anesthesiologist were chatting away and pretty soon I began to feel pressure. That usually means the baby will be out shortly so fortunately I said something and they looked and sure enough baby was about ready to be born! Carl got the camera ready and snapped our first pictures. The anesthesiologist dropped the curtain in front of me so I could watch him be born. It happened so quickly I saw him come out but that was about it! They all said right away it's a boy!
I cried some happy tears when I heard him cry and as quickly as he came out they had taken him back to the nursery to make sure everything was ok. Carl went with him. The rest of the surgery went quickly and I was beginning to wonder by the end if everything was ok with the baby as they hadn't come back in yet.
Soon Carl came in and told me he looked great and scored two 9's on his APGAR scores and that he weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. Shortly after that they wheeled me to recovery where Carl was able to bring in our new son so I could hold him. We thought right away he looked like Ty but with Callies hair. I was able to nurse him and hold him in recovery almost the whole time I was in there. He did great right away! After awhile they took me back to our room where the tired hit me! I was so sleepy it was hard to keep my eyes open.
I was able to make a few phone calls to my parents and Carl to his mom to let her know when she could bring the kids but I was out of it for awhile afterwards.
The kids came towards lunch time and discovered that they had a baby brother! They were so excited to meet him and learn his name. Ezariah is derived from Azariah (the given name of Abendigo in the Old Testament, his name was changed to Abendigo when he was sold into slavery) and means God Helps. We had a hard time with boys names as we wanted something unique but also something that had good meaning, came from the Bible since the other boys were biblical names and had a nickname. Ezariah and Ezra had the same meaning and we really liked both. Isaac means laughter. So without further adieu here our our first pictures of Ezariah Isaac.
This was taken the night before we went to the hospital. The kids were already excited to meet their newest sibling!
After being weighed and looked over here is Daddy checking out his brand new baby boy!
and Mom getting to hold baby Ezra for the first time in recovery(lovely hat and all!)
Grandpa and the Grandmas meeting Baby Ezra
and Ezra with his very proud big siblings!
Danielle came to visit us as well! One more for her to watch now!
Our hospital stay came to an end Monday morning when we were able to get Ezra dressed(which he wasn't crazy about) and bring him home!
and his welcoming committee!
Everyone has been adjusting well so far and Ezra has been a good baby. We are in love with him and can't wait to watch him grow and learn(but not too quickly!) We are so blessed by him and our so excited to have our family complete!
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