Luke's First Days

He’s here! Luke Bennett James was born on Saturday, September 16, 2006, at 10:22 a.m. He weighed 8 lbs. 13 ozs. and was 20 inches long.

Suzanne’s water broke at 5:35 p.m. on Friday about 10 minutes after I got home from work. We called the doctor and by 6 p.m. we were on our way to Seton Northwest. After a long night of labor, Suzanne began pushing around 8 a.m. on Saturday. She did an amazing job!

We came home on Monday afternoon and took Luke to his first appointment with the pediatrician this morning. He’s doing great--already gaining weight.

We’re pretty proud of him and can’t wait to show him off to everyone. Check out the photo gallery of his first few days. More photos and video to come. Suzanne has many more details of her labor to share, but right now breast feeding Luke is taking up most of her time.

Monday, September 18

Suz had her final appointment with Dr. Pevoto this morning, and the induction is set for Monday, September 18. She’s actually going to check in to the hospital on Sunday at 7 p.m. so they can give her a medication to help things along. He said she had not made any more progress as far as being dilated. Luke is still head down and low which is good. He said even with his size (almost 9 lbs at last check), there is still a good chance of her delivering without having to have a c-section. That’s what we’re praying for (but we’re ready to welcome him any way he wants to come out).

My last day at work is Friday! I’ll be off until October 18 or so. I can’t wait. I’ll need at least a month to get Luke up to speed on a few things: the Texas football season to date (I won’t tell him about the Ohio St. game), why Aggies and people from Oklahoma should be approached with caution and LOST (okay, so I’ll only try to explain that one to him).

Suz and I plan to spend the weekend enjoying our last few days as a two-person household until 2028. Unless there’s news to share this weekend, watch this space on Monday for some photos.

Disclaimer: The comment about Aggies is made only in jest. (We know some quality Aggies.) The comment about people from Oklahoma is not.

Still waiting for "Labor Day"

Quick update: I saw the nurse today for my weekly check up, and unfortunately I hadn’t made any more progress, but Luke sure had. He gained more than a pound since last Thursday and now weighs 8 lbs. 15 ozs.

I had high hopes that they’d schedule an induction early next week given that he was getting so big so fast and that I had so much fluid. They called me this afternoon to let me know I’m scheduled for an induction on Monday, September 18, unless Luke decides to come before then. Shauna will be in Hawaii then, so I’m kind of bummed about that, but she’ll be able to see him on September 20 when she gets back.

Please pray that he decides to come before September 18 as long as he doesn’t come on Saturday from 7-10:30 p.m. during the Texas-Ohio St. game. (Mark made me put that in there, but really he’d be fine if he did come then.)

I’m pretty miserable but trying to hang in there. Sharon brought tortilla soup and chicken salad to us on Wednesday afternoon, so it was nice to have some good home-cooked food. I haven’t felt up to cooking since...oh....January. :-)

My boredom has brought me to playing Nintendo. Not the new Nintendo but the classic 1980s one. Thank goodness Mom still kept it--Power Pad and all.