And Baby C makes five!

Welcome to the family C! Let the chaos begin...

I went into labor with C at 2 am two days before his due date (the other boys were each only one day before... guess C just had to be different!) Around 5 I woke E and we headed to the hospital... where C didn't feel like making his appearance until 10:22. Yes, an eight hour labor, which seemed excruciatingly long, especially since e only took four! Part of the problem was that I was battling a head cold, and so couldn't breath... sort of an important part of delivering a baby. I actually walked into L & D with my own box of kleenex. Never a good sign!

He weighed just under eight pounds... but lost almost a pound in his first two weeks. He did finally gain all that back, but never has looked quite as chubby as he did in these first pictures!

I think that is the ugliest hospital hat ever, by the way.

That afternoon the boys got to come in and visit their new little brother, however a package from Grandma had arrived the same day, and they were much more interested in finding out what was in the package than meeting C. We eventually got them to sit down for a photo. e's expression says it all! I'm still not sure he knows what to make of being a big brother, he keeps telling us Baby Cow is his baby brother, not C!

After only one night in the hospital (thank goodness...) we were headed home. Um, yeah, we sort of forgot to bring that newborn insert thing for the car seat, so we just rolled up a blanket instead. Ooops, it's been a while since we've had a newborn!

Daddy bringing him into the house for the first time, and after school we let N hold him. He is very gentle with him, and a very concerned (probably soon turning to controlling) big brother!

Just a couple of days after bringing C home, we decided to get a Christmas card photo of all three boys... not an easy task. These are what we ended up with. We have #1, also known as "strangle your baby brother"

And photo #2, "squish your baby brother."

We decided to go with squishing!

And here is C with his blanket and bear at one week. We will take this picture every month until he turns one. We did the same with N and e with an Alaskan moose and black bear, so we thought the Union Jack bear was appropriate!