Evan Joshua Woodward

Well I haven't been here for a while. There are many new and exciting things to talk about but the most important is the birth of our son, Evan Joshua Woodward. He was born September 27th 2008 at 1:09 pm. He was 9lbs 7.3 ounzes and 21 inches long. As you can see in the picture he has a lot of hair and chubby cheeks. His cheeks have thinned out some but he is still a BIG boy.

I had to have a C-section because my cervix wouldn't open past a 6. Evan and I were not in any danger but if we waited too long it could have been dangerous, so the Doctor recommended the C-section. And with the size of him I think it would have gone this way anyway. I wasn't in any pain because the Epideral worked great. I was shivering uncontrollably, which they said was a good thing because it meant the medication was working.

When they pulled him out the first thing they said was, "Look at that hair, look at those cheeks, man he is huge". I really didn't think he would be so big because Josh and I were both 6 lb babies.

We were told in the hospital that we would be there for 3-4 days but when the doctor came in on Monday she said, "you are going home today right," and we said, "oh we thought we had to stay 3-4 days". She said, "no, usually 2-3 days." We stayed one more day because Evan's Pediatrician was coming in the next day to do the Circumcision. So then I asked Josh, "Who said 3-4 days" and he said, "I don't know who told you 3-4 days". We both thought the other person had been told 3-4 days but we came to find out that Josh's mom asked the nurse what the usually time in the hospital was and the nurse said 3-4 days. We thought it was funny. I was glad to get out of there though because I couldn't get comfortable in the hospital bed because my tailbone hurt and they were checking vitals most of the night. Overall it was a good experience though.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that my doctor was out of town so Dr. Snell delivered Evan, so when Dr. Newman came in to see us on Tuesday, he said, "I guess I have to be here for the next one". He is a funny doctor.

Josh's Brother Peter left for his mission on Monday September 30th so Evan made it just in time to meet his Uncle. They bonded.

My Mom and Grandma got to come and spend a couple days and we had a good time. My mom gave Evan some good advise when she left, she said, "You be a good boy for you mom but you give your dad heck." I thought it was funny because Josh doesn't think he will have any problems with Evan. We will see.

Evan had his first Doctor appointment on Tuesday. He is now 9lbs 12 ounces and 22 inches long. He is very strong and is moving his head a lot. He can even roll onto his side. It looks like he is going to progress very quickly.