Here he is!

I haven't wanted to post because we are still in the hospital and its been pretty depressing and stressful. But Baby Q is five days old already and he's too cute not to share with the world. The picture is of him on day two however. QT was born June 23rd at 8:55 pm. He was 8lbs 9 oz and 22 inches long. Big boy! I know I touted to the world that I was going to go natural, but really, no one can explain that kind of pain. They broke my water and induced me at 9am and about an hour in I asked for an epidural. However, I hear that the contractions you get with an induction are way worse than regular contractions. I had contractions the night before that I slept through-not bad at all. I pushed for 2 hours and there he was! I asked Thurm to tell me about it all because I already have blocked it out : )
The next morning I had some serious blood clotting going on so I had to be medicated for that. I don't remember that day too much either because I slept alot and passed out a few times. Poor Thurm was really worried, but by that night I was much better. And now I feel perfectly fine except for this ball of dough hanging off the front of me. I'll get right on that as soon as we get out of this hospital.
Right now little QT is in the special care unit. He has had some problems and has been tested and monitored on every part of his body it seems. They've passed him with a clean bill of health basically, except right now he can't keep his oxygen level up by himself. The doctor tells us he'll be here till Tuesday probably. Overall, he is healthy and we are really grateful that all the doctors concerns have been put to rest. We are really hoping that the oxygen problem will clear itself up in the next four days so we can take him home.
He is ADORABLE. I told Thurm I wanted the baby to be just like him, and he is. He looks just like Thurm and is super mellow. He just hangs out and looks around. Rarely cries. He has his Grandpa H's nose I think. And he has ENORMOUS hands and feet. I think the hands might be mine and the feet are Thurms. Maybe he'll be a runner! We are so attached already, its amazing how that happens. I can't imagine life without him and its only been five days. We love him so much.