Meeting our precious Connor

A day I will never forget for as long as I live. March 10th...the day we got to meet our precious son! Connor James Seamans arrived in this world on Saturday, March 10th at 2:41 pm weighing a surprising 9 lbs. 4 oz. and 2o inches long.

His original due date was March 17th but for several reasons we decided to induce this time around and I am so glad we did! Not only was the experience very pleasant, unlike Ava's birth, but he was so big already. I wonder how big he would have been had I not induced! No wonder I was so extremely uncomfortable in the last month of his pregnancy. We arrived at the hospital at 8am and met our sweet labor and delivery nurse Nancy. I was already about 5 cm dialated when I arrived at the hospital. I told Nancy that I didn't want to experience much pain this time around so she started the lowest dose of petocin to get my contractions started and then soon after the anesthesiologist was in my room ready to give me an epidural. Amazing! My right leg quickly went numb and I wasn't feeling any contractions which at that point were every 2 minutes. I wasn't feeling any numbness in my left leg but since I wasnt feeling any contractions we weren't concerned. For the next couple of hours Mikey and I watched movies on the tv and I read magazines. It was so awesome to be able to relax and wrap my mind around what was about to happen. My nerves from earlier that morning were quickly gone and I felt so at peace, largely thanks to my epidural! My Dr. came in around 12 or a little after and broke my water. Soon after I started feeling a little more contractions on my left side so I got another small dose of the epidural and layed on my left side to get it working. It wasn't long before I could feel intense pressure, no pain though, and when my nurse said it was time to push. When I was pregnant with Ava I felt absoultely nothing from the waist down because I had been given so much of the epidural. It was nice to be able to feel when I needed to push but not experience any pain. It was exactly what I was wanting and expecting. After maybe 30-40 minutes of pushing our sweet boy was here! Tears immediately filled my eyes as I heard his first cry and laid eyes on him for the first time. This pregnancy was not an easy one and we had many scares. For so long I worried if I would ever be able to meet him and have him here in our lives. We are so blessed that he is here with us and that he is a healthy baby boy. Thank you God for our amazing gift and for reminding us how much you love us. I know the love that I have for Connor and Ava is only a fraction of the love that you feel for us.

Here are a few pictures from our time at the hospital with our little boy. I am working on a slideshow of his first week so these are just a little sneak peak.

Last pregnancy picture

First picture of our Connor James

Snuggles with Momma
Immediately we thought he looked so much like me. He looks so different than Ava did as a newborn. It will be crazy if he does end up looking like the spitting image of me because we all know Ava looks 95% like her daddy.

Father and son

First picture with Mommy and Daddy

Ava meeting her little brother for the first time.

We are a family of 4!

Hugs from my sweetest girl

Ava's gift from her little brother

My children :)

Chunky monkey!

I wish I could do this forever

A visit from some special friends- Rebekah, Amy, and Meagan

Day 2- Big sister insisted on wearing her "big sis" shirt again to come visit (day 3 as well) and she is already playing dress up with her brother

Time to go home and start our new adventure!!


Thank you to all our wonderful friends and family for all your thoughts and prayers. It warmed my heart to get all your sweet text messages, emails, and messages on facebook! I can't wait for all you to meet Connor!

Stay tuned for more pictures and videos!!