Third time's a Charm!

Most of you have heard the horror story about Carson's birth. Cal's story is so different! To try and prevent a "speedy" arrival and to control the risk of hemorrhage I was induced.

(On our way to the hospital)
It began as a LONG day and I was starting to worry it would end in a C-section, but in the end it was FAST! In the end I went from a "3" to delivery in about 45 minutes - WHEW! It must have been the fact that after the Dr. checked me for the last time and said I was still a "3" Dan decided it was time to go and grab some dinner. About a 1/2hr later the Dr. checked again and Cal was on his way... Where was Dad? The Dr. asked if we could call him on his cell phone. "Of course, he has his blackberry with him," I replied. He starts to laugh and said, "This blackberry?" Ahhhhhhhh! I joked, "If he doesn't make it for the delivery do I deserve a new pair of shoes?" He replied, "You're in Greenwich, that deserves diamonds!" Luckily, they made a hospital page and he showed up with 5 minutes to spare. Literally, Cal was born 5 minutes later...and other than having a mighty sore heiny I am feeling pretty good. I have decided that I need to have Dad take a few pics of me with Cal (Oops!)



Here he is in all his glory. He had the cord wrapped around his neck 2X's and so his face was really swollen when he was born. We both agreed he looked like a little old man for the first night until the swelling went down. So sweet!



Dad and Callum right after he was born. It was hard to believe that we were now the parents of 3! We had put off the reality of this day and it was strange to be finally be meeting "Crackers".



Of course, Erika and Cal hit it off immediately. She is so good with him - even if she is a little eager to "prove" herself as a competent older sibling. Read: She wants to pick him up and play with him all the time.






The kiddies with their new little brother. We had finally come up with a name...Callum James Feldman or "Cal" for short. Carson couldn't remember his name and kept calling him "Crackers". After gently reminding him that his name was "Callum or Cal" not "Crackers" anymore he replied, "Well, we need to change his name 'cause I just can't remember that!"



Two days before I had Cal, Carson got sick. High fever that went away, but he ended up with a cough and stuffy nose. We limited his exposure to Cal at the hospital and finally on Sunday he was able to really snuggle up with his new little brother. He was so excited to finally be able to hold him. He was thrilled!



Grandma and Grandpa Feldman spent the week with us. It was so fun to have them here with us. Grandma helped with Cal and kept the ever-mounting piles of laundry done. Grandpa Ed and Dan got busy and worked on a few house projects during the week as well. They installed all new windows in the basement! What a huge project to have done and out of the way...it will definitely help with the heating and cooling bills this year, too. THANK YOU!!!!! What a great week that went altogether too fast! We miss you already. I am not sure how I'll survive without your extra hands this week.



And here is Cal. I would love to have a little better shot of his face, but he loves his little hands. Even in the ultrasound pics he had his hands up in front of his mouth. He is sweet as can be and has very blue eyes. This is normal for most babies, but both Carson and Erika had black eyes at birth. They were never blue. Carson's have stayed almost black, and Erika has brown eyes now. At least I have one baby with blue eyes for now. His hair is so cute with at least 4 cowlicks in the back that force his hair into a little mohawk.

It is amazing to have a little newborn in our home again. He is so sweet it almost makes me want another one....(I said ALMOST). He is not really on a schedule yet, but he sleeps and eats and does very little crying yet. We all adore this little guy.