And we are totally in love.  All of us are.  I watched with sheer joy as the kids passed around a sleeping Malachi.  They each showed such love and care for their youngest brother and it made this mama’s heart swell with pride.  We have a glider and ottoman in our room.  There’s not room to actually use the ottoman as a foot rest so I have it beside the glider and more often than not, if I’m nursing Malachi in the glider, Ceili Rain is sitting beside me talking or asking questions.  Josiah loves to quietly come in the room and watch Malachi sleep.

We took him to a newborn well check today.  When we left the hospital, he weighed 8 lbs 13 oz.  That was Monday morning.  Today, Tuesday morning, when they weighed him, he was 9 lbs. 7 oz.  I believe home agrees with him.

And it does with his mommy too.

I’m working on his birth story and my opinions about c-sections…so they’ll be up in the next day or two.  I’m fighting an infection (yet another side effect to c-sections…but praising God for antibiotics), so that might slow me down a bit.

Well, what a day.
We have gone from the high of very smooth contractions that seemed to be doing their job to the low of being concerned because little man wouldn’t move down into position.
Abbie will give you all the details, but the short version is that Mr. Malachi would have been born by 12:30 if his head had been situated correctly. Instead of getting into a tuck position, he decided to try to see where he was going. That meant that instead of the back of his head going first, his forehead and half his face was coming out first.
So, with our great doctor being very patient with the situation and giving us his best advice, we have now done the whole C-section experience.
We praise God for His protection and wisdom yesterday. He really gave us peace along the way as we prayed and sought Him.
Through it all, my sweet and amazing wife was strong and sweet and brave. I am so incredibly proud of her. I couldn’t count the number of times the doctors and nurses were complimentary of her endurance and attitude.
So, for the morning after update, Malachi is doing very well, is nursing like a champ, and gave us a 4 hour stretch to rest. Abbie has been able to rest of and on, and seems to be recovering smoothly.
Thanks for all your prayers yesterday and encouragement. Abbie specifically mentioned how nice that was and how she appreciated it.
More pictures to follow when possible.

4:25
He is still high and twisted. Doc says after this long in this presentation, unlikely to move down, and risks go up. Starting the csection process now.

3:06pm
Just got checked by nurse. She says he is in a better position but still not ideal. Dr. J to check again in about 20 minutes. He’s doing procedure right now on another patient. Mom and M. are doing fine.
Once again the doctors and nurses are amazed at her awesome perseverance and attitude. She is amazing.