Welcome Little Brother

Welcome Little Brother

Millie's little brother arrived on July 29, 2016, 2 days after her 18 month birthday. Her little brother ended up coming at his scheduled c-section time since he was perfectly comfortable hanging out where he was but it was time for him to join the world given my previous c-section.  He arrived at 7:48 am (1 week almost to the hour from his cousin Haddie)!  His first breath felt more delayed to me and I believe it was because of swallowing extra amniotic fluid since the nurses had to work on him for awhile to get him transitioning better on his own.  But once I heard that sweet little cry, my heart sang with relief!  He was a whopping 8lb5oz, exactly 2lb heavier than Millie, and 20" long at birth.  He scored 8's on both of his Apgar scores and was placed directly on my chest as we wheeled to recovery together.  It was a very surreal feeling to have my baby right there with me, nursing even, within minutes of being born!

I'm HERE!!

Daddy cutting the umbilical cord

Our first meeting on the outside

Our family

 We spent time together alone in our room getting to know our little man, trying to figure out his name and telling him all about his big sister.  It was easy to see immediately how much he resembles Millie and as we spent more time with him we recognized expressions, sounds and movements that were all Millie too.  He is definitely his own little self but there is no denying who his big sister is!

Unfortunately his name did not come to us easily and he remained unnamed for almost 48 hours but by Sunday morning Daddy and I compromised on Bodey Spencer King.  Spencer is the middle name that Bodey shares with his father, grandfather and great-great-great grandfather!

While in the hospital we felt Millie's love when we looked out the window and saw multiple different, gorgeous rainbows filling the sky.

In the pregnancy and Infant Loss community rainbows are very symbolic and is the word used for a baby that is born following a loss.  I never really identified strongly with this concept but the meaning is still very sweet and seeing these rainbows brought a lot of joy, peace and sense of Millie to our little family as we gathered together in our hospital room

Our hearts are so full, we are so in-love and we couldn't be more grateful to have been blessed with a healthy, strong, beautiful baby boy.









Our hearts are so full, we are so in-love and we couldn't be more grateful to have been blessed with a healthy, strong, beautiful baby boy.