~ EASTON RUSSELL HOUGHTON ~

Easton Russell Houghton

8 lbs 2 oz

21 inches

8:33pm

February 2, 2010

We are so excited to welcome Easton into our family. He is so amazing! My water broke around 8:30am on Tuesday morning, I got Ellie out of her crib and it felt really weird, I told Todd I thought my water had broke. We took the kids to our great friends Ashley and Nate Lund and went to the hospital. When I got there they did a test to see if my water had broke, it looked like a pregnancy test. there was a faint line so they called the Dr. to see if they should keep me and bless his heart he said yes! (they were starting me on Friday anyway!) The contractions were getting worse so I asked for my epidural, I was terrified even though I had had two of them before and it wasn't that bad, the guy was really good and was so nice and careful! That was around 11:30 or so, Dr. Lunt wanted to start PIT to get me going faster, they just put it on a little bit and I went fast. I had Strep B and so I needed to have 2 doses of medicine before he could come out, that stuff is painful I'll tell you what! (Iwas in labor so long I got 3 doses!) By 2:00pm I was complete and pushing! I pushed and pushed and pushed, put in weird positions to try and get him to turn, he was posterior just like Carson and Ellie but he would not move! I agreed to let them try the vacuum and it came right off with a loud noise, scared me to death! After 12 hours of labor and 5 1/2 hours of pushing Dr. Lunt said we needed to do a C-Section! I was terrified but knew that was what needed to happen, They gave me more medicine and off we went, I got so sick, throwing up on the way to the room and while they were stitching me up! It was the worst feeling, so hard to explain, I was half numb chest up and felt awful! They had him out pretty quick! REMEMBER we didn't know what we were having and Dr. Lunt yelled, it's a boy!! Of course I cried! I asked Dr. Lunt if he would stitch me instead of staple, he agreed! It has been a hard recovery, I thought I was not going to make it the first 4 days! It hurt to cry, move, laugh, breath everything! I have to say I had the best nurses who took great care of me, a great mom and a wonderful husband who I could not have gotten through with out him! He was a true sport! I am so thankful for my parents who came and helped so much while I was in the hospital and out! They took care of the kids and me so well! It was really hard for me to tell them good by! Thank you so much mom and dad, I love you! I am having a hard time with my milk supply, he is eating everything I have and wanting more, I feel so guilty for giving him a bottle but he LOVEs it! I started some herbs today to try and help it come in more, we'll see!

Proud DadThese guys waited for such a long time! Thanks for hanging in there! :) I felt bad that Brooke came all this way to see him and couldn't it got so late she needed to drive back home, the nurses was nice and let her come into recovery to say a quick hello! I am so thankful I have such a wonderful family who cares and supports me! Thanks so much!Proud PapaProud NanaG.G. (great grandma) this is my Grandma! I am so happy she is near by!Coming homeBig SisterBig BrotherI don't think they knew what to think....

So sweet!! Carson and Ellie are doing OK with all of this, Carson I think has struggled the most. Ellie just smothers him. It is really hard for me when they kiss and touch him because I am such a germ freak but it's there brother so I have to let them! They are very soft with him though so that is good!

My poor feet, they were so swollen when I got home, they hurt for days!