Hello everyone..!!
We are excited to announce the arrival of Tyler Jay Slate, who came on Thursday, October 30th at 10:47 pm. He weighed 6 lbs., 5 oz. (2.8 kg) and was 19" (48.5cm) long. He was born at 35 weeks, 5 days (had he gone to full term, he would likely have been a pretty big boy). He and Hannalize are home and doing great.
Thursday evening, I came home from work and was throwing the ball outside for the dogs when Hannalize yelled out the upstairs window for me to come up. I thought something must be up, but I didn't want to say anything too loud. She told me that she thought her water had broke. Neither of us were too sure of what to do, so we called the Doctor. He told us to come in about 7:30 (her water broke at 5:05), since there weren't any contractions going on. About 7:20 pm, she started having some stronger contractions. We got to the hospital and they put her on the monitor. At 8:00 she was already 5-6 cm dialated, so she asked for the epidural. It took a little while to get that right, and then it was time to start pushing. She started pushing at 9:55, and Tyler showed up at 10:47. If he could have stayed in until after midnight, we would have had three generations in a row of Halloween birthdays, but he didn't want to stay in, and I'm certain that Hannalize was ready for him to come out too.
They stayed at the hospital until Saturday at about lunchtime. We came home and have had a lot of fun with him. He slept a bit better at home than he did the second night in the hospital. His schedule is a bit backwards, since he likes to sleep all day, and is a bit more restless at night. The kid seems to have a will of his own, and he has made it clear that he currently prefers sleeping to anything else, and doesn't want to eat on any kind of a regular basis.
The dogs like Tyler very much. They are enjoying spending time next to his crib and are quick to let us know if he makes a noise.
Please enjoy the pictures and we'll get some more posted as the time allows.
Love,
Joel, Hannalize, and Tyler.
1 comment:
He is so beautiful! Congratulations! I can't believe he was almost born on Joel's and Gordon's birthday...that is just crazy! Lucy was born the day after my birthday so we always gear up for a couple days of "partying". We are glad that everybody is healthy and happy.
Dan, Mary and Lucy
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