Cindy On Tour: Welcome Charles Lee-An Pridgen!

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Welcome Charles Lee-An Pridgen!

Well, let's just say the doctor was right! Baby Charles decided to come into this world early - on July 31, 2012 - at 38 1/2 weeks into my pregnancy. My water didn't break this time like it did when I had Graham but after noticing some spotting early Tuesday morning and feeling contractions not long after that, we decided to pack everyone up in the car. We dropped off Graham at a friend's house by 6am and made our way to the hospital. By the time we arrived, I was already 6cm dilated and the nurse said that we weren't going anywhere!

We made sure to get the paperwork completed quickly for the epidural. So glad we made it in time because here is me before the epidural - there was no way I was smiling for the camera!

And here's me after the epidural... all smiles as my lower half of my body starts to get numb:

By about 10:20am, the doctor broke my water (and almost made a mess!) and by 10:48am... Charles arrived into the world at 7lbs 14oz and 20" long:

And here's the happy daddy of now 2 little boys:

And oh, the doc said I had "halloween" socks on! I had to take a pic of that too :-)

Happy parents!

The nurse had fun cleaning up Charles, especially washing his hair. Everyone comments on how much hair he has, just like when we had Graham.

All clean and fast asleep. His Chinese name "An" actually means peace, so Charlie is definitely living up to his name when he was at the hospital. I would have to say otherwise when I put him in his crib on the first night at home!

In the meantime, big brother Graham had a great time visiting Mommy and Charlie (or Cha-e as Graham would pronounce it). There were lots to eat! We start with jello...