Everett Liam Grimme

Well...he is here :)

Our bundle of squishy edible goodness was born on January 30 at 7:42 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 13 ounces and 21 1/2 inches in length.

Everett was born after a long night and day full of waiting waiting waiting! Going into the induction we knew it could result in a c-section and were praying that regardless of how Everett made his debut, it would be uneventful and all would be healthy. We are so thankful for how the Lord took care of us. We began the induction on Sunday night, started petocin first thing Monday morning and after rapid progression, my water breaking and making it to 10 cm by 1:00 the nurses brought everything in for Everett anticipating his birth by about 3:o0. We learned quickly that Everett was proving to be just as stubborn as his sweet brother Luke :) Our long and lean little boy kept his hands by his face and decided to do a little twisting as he dropped so the likelihood of him coming out without any trauma to he or myself was very slim. He handled the 2 hours of pushing and waiting very well, and as we talked through everything with our Dr's the Lord made it very clear that a c-section was "our only option." So, at 7:42 our sweet Everett arrived and by 9:00 we were all together and settled in our room!

Monday marks 4 weeks and I am finally feeling like I've come out of a deep fog. For those of you who visited or talked with me in the first two weeks, I'm so sorry for anything absurd that came out of my mouth... Or if I didn't say anything at all...

A little about our littlest: He is very different than Luke. And we love it. And Luke loves him. Lots of love going on. He is a snuggler. The more blankets and body heat the better. In fact, I really think that if Billy would let Everett sleep on him all day, the child would not wake up to eat. We are also pretty confident he is allergic to dairy right now. Since cutting all dairy out of my diet he is so much more comfortable and much more predictable. He is very tan like Billy's side of the family but has my family's facial features. He is incredibly long (shocker.).

We are smitten with the boys the Lord has given us. We are exhausted...but oh so. in. love.