nEw ‘LiL hAtcHliNg

This time last year, Genya announced the arrival of her uber-mini, Miss Harper Grace.  Well, here we are again almost exactly a year later with a new little hatching…Mr. Liam Beck.  To say the least, my pregnancy with little Liam was unexpected and quite a whirlwind…and lets just say he made sure to keep it up with quite the arrival! Being that Brayden decided to arrive early, I knew that Liam would most likely follow in his big brother’s footsteps.  However, Liam made sure it was an arrival his mother would never forget!  After 2 trips to Labor and Delivery within a 12 hour period and sent home both times, I suppose Liam figured he would take his sweet time…and then as soon as I step foot through the front door back home after round 2 failed, he figured he’d cause the unexpected…and broke my water.  So headed back to the hospital for the 3rd time in less than 20 hours, I at least knew it was for real this time!  Expecting delivery would be the same as it was with Brayden, I figured Liam would be arriving sometime in the wee hours of the next morning {Jan. 25th}.  I called Genya to let her know I was on the way to the hospital and she said to call her and she would come up to the hospital so we could watch the bachelor while I waited {we have priorities!}.  Well, yet again, Liam kept up with his whirlwind antics.  Barely out of the drive way and contractions hit…and hit hard!  I think Jared gladly took this as his cue to pretend like he was in an episode of Speeders!  Arriving at the hospital at 5:58PM, little did I know the next hour would be the craziest hour I had ever experienced…and there would be NO time for the Bachelor!  The only thing I knew was that whoever the anesthesiologist on call was,  better get their act together and get to my room!  Liam had other plans…and a glorious epidural for mother was not in the plans! {For those who have seen the movie The Women, all that kept playing through my head was the end scene….and I was Debra Messing}! At 7:02PM on January 24th, Laim Beck quickly made his way into this big world weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces and 20.5 inches long. When the room was all quiet, I later watched the last hour of the Bachelor while holding my sweet little boy!

Almost 3 weeks old, and Liam has been such a little blessing!  Him and I however have been spending a lot of cuddle time at home since we are both unfortunately sick.  I’m ready to be able to breathe again so I can sniff that intoxicating and sweet new baby smell!!!!  In the mean time, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed kissing his sweet little neck rolls and cheeks. Little B adores his “baby Liam” and is constantly asking ” Momma, I hold her please?”  Teaching gender neutral pronouns and potty training is next on my agenda!