The Merkley Family

Thursday, August 30, 2007

The first few weeks

We are quickly adjusting to life with a baby! It has been so much fun to have our little Noah here. We've definetly had a couple of sleepless nights but every moment is worth it. Noah is so special, I can already tell. I am overwhelmed by the love that comes automatically with being a mom. And Luke is such a great daddy! He is still waiting for reality to set in. He says it probably won't happen until this little guy is running around and calling him "Daddy."

Noah's first camo pants. There will be many more to come, I'm sure!


Big yawn!

Friday, August 17, 2007

And baby makes three

Luke and I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of our baby boy. On August 3rd, our dreams came true. We went to my doctor's appointment on that Friday morning and even though my due date was still 11 days away, I was ready to have the baby! The doctor sent us to the hospital to check in.


We checked in about 11:30 and I was put on Pitocin at about 1:00 p.m. Nothing had changed by 3:00, so they broke my water to start labor. After what seemed a short two and a half hours of labor, our baby boy was born at 5:27!

Our baby weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and was 20.5 inches. He was a big boy! We decided on Saturday night to name our son Noah.
Here is a picture with new daddy Luke and Noah after his first bath on Friday night. We had a good stay in the hospital but we were ready to bring Noah home on Sunday!




Friday, August 03, 2007

Headed to the hospital

Here I am, very pregnant and headed to the hospital. We've already been a couple of times and been turned away. We actually hadn't gone to have a baby, but for pain and pre term labor because of a kidney infection. Today is the real thing! We are meeting the doctor later.