Kyler's First Days

May 19, 2010 is a day we will always remember. I barely slept the night before and it will be a long time before I get a full night's rest again! We woke up at 6:00 to get ready for our big day. I showered, packed, and Brett snapped a few last pictures of me pregnant.

We got to the hospital around 7:30 and they showed us to our recovery room and started prepping for the procedure. Around 9:15 I was wheeled back to the operating room and given the spinal anesthetic. Brett waited outside so that he wouldn't faint. We stared at a blue sheet during the surgery while the doctor told us what was happening. Before we knew it, we could hear a very loud cry and she told us it was a boy. Once they got his cord untangled, they held him above the curtain so that we could see. He was tiny and purple but screaming his head off. The nurses and doctors kept commenting on how loud he was. While they finished up the surgery, Brett accompanied our baby boy to get weighed and measured and have his temperature taken. They gave him a score of 9 out of 10 right after he was born which was amazing. The baby was swaddled and handed to his daddy to hold next to me as they finished things up.

We were moved back to the recovery room for a couple of hours while the baby was bathed and footprints were taken. He also had to be put under a warmer right away because his temperature was low and he was not able to regulate it himself. We contemplated names, deciding between Kyler and Gavin. We called our parents. First were Tammy and Charlie who were pretty surprised that the baby had already arrived. Then Tig and Deb who were so excited they left as soon as they got off the phone. By the time we moved to the mother/baby room, we had decided on Kyler for our son's name. The middle name would remain to be determined.

Once we got settled into our room, we continued to spread the news of our little guy's arrival. Within a couple of hours, Kyler had his first visitors - Grandpa Tig and Grandma Debbie. They were so proud and got to spend some quality awake moments with tiny Kyler. Uncle Brad stopped by as soon as he heard. Then great-aunt Susan and Matt. When I called Susan to tell her she was a great aunt she asked why... and then realized I wasn't just saying she was a really good aunt. And our last visitors were Andy and Sarah. Andy said he was almost as excited and proud as Grandpa Tig.

We were all pretty exhausted after such a big day. We struggled to get Kyler to wake up enough to eat and even Brett was hard to wake up during the night when we needed his help. But we are slowly getting caught up and used to this crazy schedule. We have been able to take it easy this morning. There have been doctor and nurse visits and we had to complete the birth certificate information. That meant that we needed to decide on a middle name. Since I got my pick for the first name, I let Brett choose Kyler's middle name. We had talked yesterday about Gavin or Jordan but in the end Brett decided that Jacoby would be his middle name.

Grandma Tammy is on her way to visit now and second cousins Taylor, Kelsey, and Avery will also be visiting this afternoon. There will be some other friends and family stopping by later this evening to meet our tiny little man.

So there you have it - the first day (and some change) of Kyler Jacoby Brack's life. Sometimes when he is looking around checking things out you can just tell he is wondering what in the heck just happened! I can't wait for everyone to meet him. Hopefully you will think he is at least a fraction as awesome as we do.