Emerson!

Emerson Brooks Fenwick is here!

Born August 22, 2016 at 2:13 pm at IMC Hospital in Murray, UT.

He was 7 lbs 5 oz and 20.5 inches long.

When we took him to the doctor for his first appointment, they said he was 19.5 inches long... so not exactly sure on that.

I received a call at 6:15 am and was told to come into the hospital at 7 am to be induced. We arrived, were taken to my delivery room, and I got hooked up to an IV to start the potocin. Later they gave me an epidural and then broke my water. With Deacon, I couldn't feel anything with the epidural and couldn't move my legs (I thought it was great). With this epidural I could still move my legs and could feel pressure during the contractions for about the last half hour. I guess it is their goal to have you still be able to move your legs, so this delivery went even better than the first. When it was time to push, it only took me two contractions to get him out, which was great! Emerson arrived at 2:13 pm and they put him on my chest. He was grunting and flaring his nostrils, which are not good things. They said his lungs may have been a little underdeveloped and that the air sacs were still opening. He also had some issues with some low blood sugars for the first day. They were not low enough for the nurses to take action, but once he got some food in him, they went up. His breathing and sugars improved and we took him home on Wednesday afternoon. 

He doesn't really look like Deacon, but he sure is a cute boy! For his first week of life he has slept a lot, which I quite enjoy. It took us a little time to get the hang of nursing, but I think we're doing better now. At his doctor appointment on Friday, the doctor was slightly concerned about his weight (he weighed 7 lbs at this point) because he was only eating for 5 minutes at a time and then sleeping for a long time in between feedings. I took him back on Monday for a weight check and he was up to 7 lbs 4 oz, so that was great. 

Deacon has been a great big brother, and even though he wanted to jump over Emerson while I was changing his diaper on the floor at first, he is now being very soft and gets worried whenever Emerson makes any sounds. Even though Emerson doesn't cry much (yet), Deacon doesn't want him to cry and seems very concerned when he does. He seems to be adjusting okay to having a new brother so far. I think the hardest thing for him will be a huge shift in his normal schedule and then again having it change when I go back to work in November. We called Emerson "Baby Brother" after we found out he was a boy. Even though we have told Deacon that his name is Emerson now, he still calls him "baby brother" sometimes and also calls him "my baby." It's pretty cute when Deacon walks into a room and says where's "my baby?"

Below are some of Emerson's first pictures:

We got Deacon the below Captain America build-a-bear and had him build a Superman bear to give to Emerson when he was born. On his way out of the hospital, Deacon spotted a Batman bear in the gift shop and just HAD to have it. It was closed at the time and we try not to give in to stuff like this, but I guess he talked about that Batman bear all day and night, so Matt and I decided to give Deacon the Batman bear as a gift from Emerson. We are going to have lots of bears at our house. 

  Emerson has already started to smile. He mostly does it with his eyes closed, but has done it a few times with them open, I just haven't been able to get a picture of that yet. 

Welcome Baby Emerson! We love you!