Horray for our family!!!!! Now we have 3 beautiful baby boys and we are so blessed. Garet Javen Mullins arrived on August 23, 2008 at 11:37p.m. and is so precious. He weighed in at 8 pounds 4.2 ounces and was 20 inches long. Here is a slideshow of our endeavours to get him here.
Much to my relief Garet was not induced (forced out). At a Dr. appt. on Thurs. the Dr. agreed to let me try on my own until Monday when we would officially be over due. You don't even want to know the measures we tried to get him here, but something worked because my water broke at 6 a.m. on Saturday so off to the hospital we went. i was a bit annoyed because i knew i was not in labor and i would just have to sit there waiting to go into labor (which is exactly what happened), but all worked out well. i sat around feeling bored and annoyed until i started feeling the heat around 9 p.m. then a few hours later (11:37 to be exact) along came our little man, and we love him dearly. He squeaks like a little mouse so we call him Squeaky sometimes but the boys just laugh when he does it. They came to see him Sunday afternoon and fell in love just like we had. The hospital was great, the nurses fantastic and we had a pretty good all around experience. I don't want to go into the experience i had with the Dr. on call, but other than that and the fact that in this ghetto town someone who just had a baby finds it justifiable to steal a shower head from the shower (seriously!!!!) the experience was wonderful. we have wonderful friends at church who have been bringing in food to make sure my family does not starve while i find out exactly what after-birth pains are and remember how 'pleasant' it is to feel like a cow. we are so lucky to have my parent's close by to help with our biggest boys while jeremy and i checked out for a few days. They're probably the ones who deserve meals brought to them! Amongst all the chaos and shuffling of kids, Caleb had his 1st day of 1st grade on Monday, and Daddy was there to get him to school on time. Is it really okay for them to grow this fast?
we are loving these beautiful boys and hope you guys enjoy these pics too!
we are hoping this will allow us to keep in touch better. Feel free to leave comments, suggestions, pictures, etc. you don't even have to join to do it and can use your own email address (don't even need a google one!). we're hoping you are all well and can't wait for you to meet Mr. Garet. All our love!!!!
