Baby Sullivan is earthside!!!!!

Monday, May 14, 2007

Liam John Sullivan was born on Friday May 11, 2007 at 9:23 pm. He weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces and measured 21 3/4" long. After being in early labor for a day, and labor that had come and gone for days beforehand, I ended up having a cesarean because with all that laboring, he just wasnt coming down and we knew it was probably because of his size since he was 42 weeks and 2 days. And he was big - even more so than we thought. Although he looks tiny when he is alone, when he was in the nursery next to the other babies he looked very big! I delivered at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies and about the best thing I can say about them is that you have a nice view from your room. The entire staff - including doctors, nurses, and techs- could all use some lessons in humanity, compassion and manners. The food service people were super nice though.
But now we are home with our new precious boy and all that is behind us. He is very sweet. He really isnt fussy at all (knock on wood) except when you are changing his diaper. He does not appreciate that at all.
Andrew & Elaina are thrilled with their new toy- I mean brother. They adore him and its very sweet. Unfortunately they both have colds so they really havent been able to love on him like they want to. Andrew is getting over his so he washed his hands really well and we let him hold Liam just for a minute. Elaina is still pretty snotty so as soon as she is better she can hug and kiss him like she wants to. Its really sad - I cant wait for them to be better!!!
I will get up a photo and try to update frequently.