recovering?

Well it has been two weeks since little Charlie was born (yanked from my womb is more like it) and he is so precious. He is a quiet little guy and he only cries when he is naked, ie bath time, lotion time, or diaper changes. I guess he likes to be clothed. I don't really blame him.

Here is what Eden has been up to lately. She loves her dress up shoes, thank you Auntie Sha Sha! She is adjusting as well as can be expected I guess. She loves Charlie, but she really doesn't like me very much. I hadn't expected that. I thought she would take her aggression out on the new sibling, but alas, she takes it out on Mommy instead. She loves her Daddy even more than she did before, which is really saying something.

We are still in Vegas for the time being. Danny has done a few interviews here and a few in Irvine. So there is a possibility of a move to good ole Californ-i-a. But no official news on that front yet.

We will be in Cal for Christmas and then on to Utah for a wedding and then possibly to Jackson Hole for a few days. We are still talking about when to bless Charlie, but hopefully in January.

I am doing better, certainly better than I was last week. This whole c-section thing is sooooo different than a normal birth. First of all the actual birth experience was pretty crazy. It was almost surreal to just show up at the hospital and say hi I'm here to have a baby. Then to get all prepped for surgery, go into the operating room (walking by the way) and have them get started right away. I got a spinal block, which is just like the epidural but doesn't stay in your back the way an epidural does to keep giving medicine. Apparently what they inject initially is enough. It works instantly and my legs were tingly right off. I couldn't feel any pain once they started the cutting, but I could feel pressure. Like when they pulled the skin back and when they literally yanked Charlie right out of there. So then I can hear my little guy crying and Danny can actually see him, but I can't. About five minutes later they finally bring Charlie over for me to see. Then they whisked him away to the nursery with Danny in tow for cleaning, weighing, measuring etc. The stitching process took much longer than the actual opening process, but finally they wheeled me into the post op recovery room. Mind you my legs are completely numb and totally unusable. So I am laying there and Charlie finally comes back and I finally get to hold him. Like 30 minutes after he was born. Kind of anti climatic. And the recovery has been different too. Lots more pain than when I had Eden. Kind of like sharp searing shooting pain whenever I moved quickly. That has luckily subsided and I feel much more normal now.

Sorry this was so long, but a few people wanted to know what a c-section was like. I could go on much longer for anyone who wants even more detail.

Merry Christmas!!