elliott nathaniel jorgensen

We are so happy to finally introduce our beautiful baby boy - Elliott Nathaniel Jorgensen to the world. I know people really just want to see him so I'm going to try to keep this short.

I had an unusual and very erratic labour - spells of hours with no contractions. After 24 hours of this I suggested to Cody on Saturday at 5am (following one strong painful contraction) that we go to the hospital and at least get checked out. It turned out that I was in active labour and 5 cm dilated - so was admitted. 7 hours later, Elliott was born at 12:22 pm August 14th, 2010.

Our second labour was a delight in comparison to Kate's. My water did break naturally this time and there was a rumour that I would have to go epidural free but thankfully my labour didn't progress at all in the time following the water breaking and the anaesthesiologist showing up. So with a completely frozen lower half I was able to push that not so little man out in a series of 6 sets along with my love Cody and my sister Rhonda (who saw the whole event and had 3 spare hours before catching her flight home to Calgary). I hope I said good bye and thank you so much for everything.

8 pounds, 4 ounces, 20 inches long. He sounds pretty big but really is so tiny and skinny. I think he's identical to Kate with just a little shorter hair. He's gorgeous and we all are completely smitten - even Kate. Well I think Kate actually likes his stuff more than him. She especially loves rocking like crazy in his bouncy chair with her puppy.

So here's our Elliott (with 2 Ts):

The weigh in.

Hello Elliott.

The proud Pappa.

My boys in blue.

Trying out the soother in our sucking-obsessed boy's mouth. I think he looks just like Kate here.

Grandma Donna says hello.

Our little girl doesn't look so little anymore. Especially with her new Pappa hair do.

Kate in Elliott's chair last night.

Well I have had some very long nights and about 10 hours sleep since I think Thursday evening so I apologize for the delay in this blog and some over due phone calls. Elliott seems to be very mouth obsessed and wants to be nursing at all times (no exaggeration) or he wakes very agitated. It's been a lot tougher than with Kate. So that's my focus for the next days - working on getting him down without me. And hopefully with the hours and days he can just learn to relax more.

In the meantime all our love.
The bigger better Jorgensen Sandwich - Cody, Aimee, Kate & Elliott