Owen Brent Weber

Owen Brent Weber was born on Monday, November 20th. I went in for my induction at 7 and had him at 5:10 p.m. So, things moved fairly quickly. My doctor wasn't going to be on call that night so she had the nurses up the pitocin every hour to get me going. At about 2 o'clock I was 6cm and three hours later I was pushing! I started out the day thinking I would go with the contractions for as long as I could stand them and it turns out that it wasn't very long. Contractions hurt!! So, I was happy to get my epidural. Once I started pushing, it only took 3 pushes to get Owen out!! This was pretty amazing seeing as he weighed a whopping 10lbs 3oz! He is quite a large baby. I think Ellie was a month or a month and a half before she weighed in at that.

Besides flopping around on the floor from being moved too early and having no feeling in my legs and having both the veins in my hands blown out by an inept nurse, things really went well. Much quicker and easier than Elise. We were pretty anxious to get out of the hospital and left 24 hours after Owen was born.

Ellie has been really cute with Owen. She really enjoys giving him kisses and stroking his head. She also likes to give him his pacifier and help with diaper changes. She does get pretty clingy and jealous when I am feeding Owen and she wants me to hold her while she drinks her juice. She also cries when he cries and tends to be a little rough with him at times. For the most part, they are pretty cute together.

Unfortunately, Ellie has come down with a pretty bad cold the past few days. She was really in pain earlier today and has been more difficult than usual. It has made being home a little challenging. I have also been feeling a little worse the past day or so. I think I have tried doing too much and need to realize that I am still healing and take things easy. It is frustrating though because I know I can handle things normally, but when I can't handle it in the condition I am in, it can make me a little emotional. Of course, those hormone changes come with the territory and I have already had several breakdowns since being home... poor Daniel.

Daniel has loved having Owen around. They are pretty cute together, I must admit. Daniel enjoys looking into the future at Owen's lucrative football career. He is pretty certain that Owen will be a linebacker. The only question is will he play for the Cougars or the Longhorns before moving onto the NFL? Owen Weber does sound like a good athletic name.

The picture to the left is Ellie sitting in Owen's chair. She wants to be a baby again.