Micah's First Few Days

As everyone surely knows by now, Micah Louis Black was born at 3:48 a.m. on Monday, July 2.

Before we get to Micah's arrival, here are a few pictures of how we spent our time waiting for him to get here. My mom and aunt arrived on Tuesday June 26th, so we had nearly a week of waiting before Micah decided to join us. 

The first night was cool enough to eat outside, so we enjoyed the deck before the unbearable heat came the next few days.  

Mama, Janice and I went out to lunch with Jonathan.  Doesn't Jonathan look old here?

This is a final belly shot the morning of my due date.  I was already in labor here but didn't know it yet. I wasn't convinced that I was having contractions.  Shows what I know!

This is me shortly after I got the epidural. After several rough hours I was extremely grateful for the pain relief!

Meeting Micah for the first time!  I had been laboring for 10 hours.  Thankfully, this time I only had to push a few times.  :)

This was my labor nurse Beth.  She was awesome!

First bath.

The brothers meet.

Grandma

Aunt Janice

Grandma gave Jonathan his own baby doll.  He loves it.

Waiting to head home.

More to come.

Update blog

Here is my attempt at catching up the blog before the little one arrives.  

In May Jonathan and I took a trip to Marshall and Waco to see our family.  (Andy was at his silent retreat).

Reid and Jonathan were great buddies and Reid kept Jonathan very entertained.

We got to see Reid and Luke play baseball.  

We drove to Waco from Marshall with the Bryants.  Don't you like Jonathan's pink carseat that we borrowed?

Playing cards at Melissa's house.

Jonathan with his Grandma and Grandpa.

All eight grandchildren!

While were in Waco we got to meet Jordan and Coleman's new baby, Hutch.  He is beautiful and I was thrilled to be able to meet him only a few days after his birth.  

Doesn't Jordan look beautiful?

Grandma with Jenna, Caroline and Jake.

We also got to briefly see Kristen and her three kids, Nathanael, Abby and Anna.

This is me back at home preparing all of the baby's clothes.

The first day that we filled Jonathan's pool and he loved it.  He didn't even wait to get his swimsuit on.  

This is me at 35 weeks.

More pool fun.

37 weeks.

Andy's birthday.

A few pregnancy shots.

Isn't he looking old?

Father's Day. We took Jonathan to Wegerzyn Gardens and then had a picnic. He loved it!

Stay tuned. I am sure the next blog will have baby pictures!