He's Finally Here

My beautiful babies!!


1 week old


"Feed Me"


Close up of Tannen


Daddy being silly with Tannen


Mommy pleased he is finally here.


I love this picture. Landon looks like he is in heaven, and Kylie is kissing on him - which she had been doing the last four months. She loved to kiss and hug my tummy.


Happy little family of five!!


Tannen just moments after being born.


My 'before' shot the morning I had Tannen.

We finally got our little baby here. Marcus and I called the hospital Tuesday morning on the 3rd to see when they had room for us to come in and be induced. They asked us to get there by 7:30am. We were very excited and got all ready. I was mostly packed already. We called Marcus' mother and she was on her way to watch our kids. She met us at the hospital and took our kids back to our apartment.

I was started on the pitocin at 9:00am. When I got there I was at a 1 1/2 and 75% effaced. Things progresses slowly. I was able to go for a short walk after I had been sitting on the bed for a few hours. And it actually felt better. I got my epidural about 3 hours into labor. I dilated at a four and was stuck there for hours. They said his head needed to turn just a little. And if I could get to a five then things would go a lot faster for the second half. My nurse checked me around 3:30pm and I was still at a four. She came in around 4:30pm to check again. Marcus told her to tell us anything than a four. A 4 1/2 would be fine, just not a 4. She checked and I was complete and ready to deliver. I had been wondering if I was ready because a couple of times I felt the urge to push, but wondered if it was just hopeful thinking on my part because it wasn't every contraction. They get everything ready really fast, and the Doctor got there really fast too. By the time everything was ready you could already see he head. I pushed thru three contractions and he was here. I tore just a little. He was born at 5:01pm, 6 lbs 14 oz, and 19 1/2 inches long. He came out looking perfect. No squished nose like my other two, and no red blotches or anything.

We named him Tannen A Simons. Marcus is Marcus T Simons - just the letter, and Grandpa is Floyd A - just the letter. We thought it would be nice to pick a T name because it is Marcus' middle name, and use just a letter like his Daddy and Grandpa. So we decided to use Grandpa's middle name. He is such a beautiful baby. He sleeps really good, and seems to be a good natured little guy so far. We are so in love with him. Landon and Kylie couldn't be happier. In fact Landon told me that having a little brother was way funner than having a kitty. I thought it was pretty cute.