Short update....

I had a baby!!! Crazy huh? Yup due November 1st he came (with the help of inducement) November 4th. WELCOME Carter we're so happy you're here now and OH so cute. He is my little man with all of his dark hair see for yourself! 

Arrived 6:33 am 8lbs. 20 1/2 inches.

I could of sworn that I was going to have a dare I say 'ugly' newborn you know pale, bright pink, bruised up. Nope he was so cute, of course a wee bit swollen at first but that went away really fast. The nurses loved bathing him and combing all of his hair, the nurse gave him a little gentleman's part. And he makes his mama look like a vampire with his dark skin, yes I'm bias but he's a cutie for sure! 


Labor HONESTLY wasn't that bad, the whole delivery process was do-able and I'd do it again no problem. That being sad I'm not trying to sound like it was comparable to going out for ice cream... The hardest part was the exhaustion afterwards and coming down off your adrenaline high from the 'big push'. And that paired with a newborn the first week home who has his nights and days mixed up was challenging. It's SO true when they say have ppl come help and take help bc you will need it. I'm very blessed at ALL the help from family/ friends/ neighbors/ and ward memebers. WOW so many people did such great service for us, didn't know we were so loved haha! I need to get some 'thank you's' out for sure. 


THANKSGIVING:
It was Carter's first big 'outing' he got to meet a lot of his cousin's/ great aunts & uncles/ and see great grandma and grandpa again. It was a good one I finally had a SMALL portioned diner so I had lots of room for pie: yummmm. 


DON and I had our first date night on dec 1st a couple days before Carter turned  1 month. Not too bad eh? Even though we were only gone for 40 minutes, it was still nice. And the grandparents are always thrilled to have him for however long they can. We ate out at Magleby's Fresh, very delicious. 


Root Canal's aren't as bad as their rap, but they're annoying bc there expensive! Yes I had my first earlier today.... blah. It's bc I broke a piece of my back molar off giving birth. FOR the record there had already been a cavity there with decay and I grind my teeth constantly, so pushing my son out was the tip of the iceberg and it broke and hurted. Yes I said hurted. Other than that Carter's finally letting mommy sleep longer, I get 3 hours at a time now instead of 1 or 2 at a time! 3 Whole hours! So yes it does get better... 


I'll leave you today with more adorable pictures of you guessed my baby. Enjoy & Happy Holidays!