Pictures!

These pictures didn't end up in the order I wanted them to, but oh well! Here they are!

He rolled up on his side like this less than a week old!

Julia would lay beside him and say, "nigh', nigh'!"

He still makes that face. So cute! Like life is just miserable!
Ben was such a great coach! Andrew looks a lot like him, especially when their sleeping. One of their favorite things is taking naps together!

Julia helped pick his name. The afternoon after Andrew was born, Ben picked up Julia's from Lori's house where she'd been staying, spent some time alone with her, and then brought her to the hospital to meet Andrew. While they were driving about, ben asked her if we should name her baby brother Stuart or Andrew. She said, "Annoo!" She loves him very much!
Wearing the yucky, faded hospital nursing gown, but I love this picture. We look like a real family!

The New Addition

So I'm finally getting to blog about my 18 day old beautiful baby boy!! Andrew Benjamin Fuhriman was born on June 3, 2010. He was 7 lbs 13 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. He is healthy and happy. Julia loves him very much and is adjusting pretty well to not having mommy's attention all the time. The labor went really well (I may not have said so at the time!) My first contraction was Wednesday night at about 7, we went to the hospital at 6:30 the next morning and I was dilated to a 6 1/2. Then he was born at 9:04 Thursday morning. Within a few months after having Julia I had pretty much decided that I didn't want to have an epidural with the next baby. So that's what I did this time. It was about 10 times harder and more painful than I'd expected, and I didn't feel wonderful afterward, but after having a couple weeks to forget the pain, I think I'll probably do it the same way next time!

Now Andrew weighs 9 lbs 13 oz. He eats and poops a lot! It was s0 hard to imagine what life would be like before he was born and now it's hard to imagine what life without him! He just fits in so perfectly! Im not getting very much sleep but I'm surviving and it's getting better every day! I'm so grateful to be blessed with the opportunity to be a mommy! I love my kids so much! I'll post pictures when I'm not so tired.