"Drill Bit" arrived 4 weeks early, a few days before Christmas, and our world has been turned wonderfully upside down again. We were home in time to celebrate Christmas with family and friends.
Lil Bit is expanding her role of big sister and doing a great job of it. She is very loving and helpful.
Bitty Bit sure does love her little brother, but is feeling a little unsure of all the changes. Bitty is my organized girl who likes to know what is going to happen ahead of time. Being whisked out of bed at 5:30 in the morning and a new baby showing up before she was expecting it threw her off a bit. Overall, she is doing well, just needs a little time to adjust--and we are giving her lots of hugs and reassurance.
And I am absolutely, completely in love with this little guy. With the way he snuggles in closer to my neck when I am holding him. With his little squeaks and grunts. With the insane amount of dark hair he has (my girls had similar hair at birth). With his little hands and feet and nose. Drill Bit's stats:
36 weeks (4 weeks early)
7 lbs 5 oz (he would have been close to 10 lbs if he went full term)
19.5 inches long.
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Welcome Drill Bit! Congrats to your whole family. What a precious gift!!
Welcome Drill Bit, I love the name!
I couldn't quite figure out what you were going to call the "3rd bit." Very cute! So happy for you guys!
BTW I am curious did he really come early or do you think the date was off? My SIL went into labor same time and they stopped her labor. She ended up having a C section and a big baby (they don't run in the family) b/c she never went into spontaneous labor again, and the induction didn't work. They also thought the baby was too big to be born at that point. Generally speaking, I think babies know what they are doing! He looks perfect!
Thanks everyone!!
Brin--several people have asked that. he really came early. he had a lot of the signs of being about 36 weeks--just big. but, he was the smallest of all my babies (and big babies do run in the family). we have run into some complications b/c of it, but he was being monitored closely and so early detection kept them from becoming too serious.
Ahh! Happy baby days ahead! He is so handsome! Shoot me an email with his name! I'm so happy for you and Chris and the girls and what a perfect time of the year to welcome a little boy! xoxo, c, j and j
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