Mr. Miles Nicolas King

Here's the baby story:

Tuesday June 23rd at about 12:45am my water broke. I was laying in bed.... not really sleeping... and felt it coming. I jumped up (in hopes of saving the bed) and ran to the bathroom. (I did save the bed). I was having contractions, but they weren't awful. Chris started timing them and while they didn't seem to consistent, they were definitely within 5 minutes of each other. I wanted to stay home as long as possible a. because I wasn't positive it was the real thing and b. if it was, I wanted to ride it out at home for as much of the process as possible. We had planned on delivering at Swedish Ballard, but Harrison Silverdale was our backup in case I went into active labor between the hours of 1:30am and 4:30am when the ferries aren't running. I figured all along that the labor process would be a long one... I was very wrong. It was about 2:00am when the contractions were about 2 minutes apart. Within the last hour or so, we packed our bags and prepped for the trip to the hospital. Chris was thinking we'd be driving to Ballard... when 2:00 came around, I let him know that I definitely wouldn't be making the 2 hour trip to Swedish and that we needed to go to Harrison. So we headed out.

I got checked in at Harrison at about 3:20 and by the time the nurse checked me out, I was dilated to an 8. I spent the next hour and a half laboring through contractions and then I felt it was time to push. I pushed for about 10 minutes or so and welcomed Miles Nicolas at 5:16am. He screamed immediately and was more beautiful than I could have possibly imagined. I had hoped for and planned on making it through the labor and delivery process naturally and that's exactly what took place. We were able to nurse right away which I believe helped the feeding process immensely. Miles is a wonderful eater :) I always knew he liked food.

Our baby boy is now 6 days old and getting more wonderful everyday. Yeah we're a little sleep deprived, but I think I'm actually getting more sleep than I did late pregnancy so I'm hanging in there. He's way worth it.

It has been wonderful seeing friends and family lately. Please e-mail me if you'd like to visit as our cell reception at our new place is slim to none.

ETA: Miles was born at 5:16am, weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz., and measured 20.5" long.

Here are some pics:

Just after delivery

Mama & her boy

Hehe... bath time

Almost has a Mohawk

Proud G-ma :)

Grandma Desi visiting Miles

Grandpa Steve & his grandson

Aw Papa...

Mama is KO'd

Sleeping just like his sister

That's my baby boy

The Kings!!

& our new addition

Good morning Sydney & Miles

Kisses for baby brother

Great grandma and her happy grandson

He loves his Great Grandma

Miles & Aunt Lori

Kisses for my baby

Miles & Mama

We did it!!

We're in!! We're Islanders! We're on the big rock! And if you can't tell, I'm so very excited!

I'm incredibly grateful for all the help from friends and my parents. Overall, it was a smooth move.

Pictures later.... we're living in a house full of boxes - not very picture friendly.

Have a good weekend all!

Moving Day

Tomorrow is the big day! We'll be Islanders! Let me just say that I cannot wait until Sunday.... kick my feet up, drink a virgin mojito, relax out by the pond. Some may say its genius to plan a move when you're 9 months pregnant because I won't have to "move" any of the boxes and furniture and such. You'd be wrong. Packing is no fun for pregnant ladies!! And as much as I usually love unpacking.... it doesn't sound very enticing right now either. But, I'm really not trying to complain. I'm so very excited about the move and I know there's an end in sight. Chris and G-pa painted the rooms last weekend. They look fantastic. I can't wait to get some stuff up on the walls :)

Hope everyone has a good solstice weekend. If you're going to any brewfests, have a cold one for me. I'd prefer if you could make it a nice local hoppy IPA versus any Anheuser-Busch product - thanks.

Delivery Date Bets??

Alright, so I don't want to hear about your bets on how much this baby will weigh, how big his head will be, how long he'll be or how big my belly will get, but I think I can stand hearing about when you think he'll make his arrival.

So let's hear it! When do you think baby Miles will make his appearance on this Earth??
His due date is July 2nd.

G-ma says: July 8th - his b-day would then be 7-8-9
Mama L says: July 8-9th - I think he'll be 6 or 7 days late
G-pa says: July 4th - every birthday is fireworks and a party

Cars, Houses and Babies - Oh My!

It's mid-June already?!? I just wanted to give a little update and let you all know that I might be a bit absent from the blogging world for the next month or so. I will try and keep you as updated as possible, but it will probably be a bit scarce.

We get a whole new set of keys this weekend. Keys to our townhouse and keys to our (new-to-us) car. Chris and G-pa are painting the bedrooms this Saturday and moving the crib, bookcases, Sydmo's bed, dining room table and a few other miscellaneous items into the house. Friday the 19th is our official move date, but we have so much stuff at G-ma & G-pa's that it will be easier to move that stuff in this weekend. They've also gifted us an air conditioning unit! I'm so excited to have a cool room to sleep in for the last week or so of pregnancy! If Miles is anything like me, he'll be thankful as well. Some days I think I'm crazy for having planned a baby and a move out of town all to happen in the same couple of weeks, but everyone has been so incredibly helpful and things are beginning to really fall into place. I hope this means we can try to relax with our new arrival after all the craziness passes. Before we know it, it will be Christmas ;)

I hope everyone is enjoying the absolutely gorgeous weather we've been having!

Much love.