Introducing Elijah David Alder

So I have decided to join the "blogging" community, and what better time to do so then after the birth of my newest baby! This way any who might want an update on my growing family can get one, and I am not over-emailing those that don't :-)

Here's the birth story, I'll try to keep it short. At about 11:15pm on July 4th my water broke (as we were walking up the stairs to our apartment after getting home from fireworks) and we headed to the hospital. After a LONG sleepless night of back pain but no real contractions, they started me on pitocin at 8:00 or 8:30am, and things picked up quickly. At about 11:30am I was ready to push and at 11:50am on July 5th baby Elijah David Alder was born weighing 7lbs 4oz and 20" long! David and I were able to hold him immediately. It was an amazing experience.

Here is Elijah's first picture with Daddy. He is still grey and gooey because he is just a couple of minutes old.

All cleaned up and fast asleep with his 4th of July hat on.

Proud (?) big sisters Katie and Cailin. We love this picture of them because of the silly expressions on their faces. Now that Elijah is here, my baby girls don't seem like such babies any more :-(

Elijah's fuzz head. His hair is my favorite feature.

Our new family of 5. This was taken the day we got home from the hospital, when Elijah was a day and a half old.

And finally, here are some pictures I took yesterday of Elijah - one week old.

Cailin loves her little brother (so does Katie). Here Cailin was playing "little piggies" with his toes.

He looks so much older when he is awake.

Well, I guess that is it for now. Now we just have to see how often I actually update this :-)