The Birth of our Son, Kaleb Aaron Webster

You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the Lord, for his is good; his love endures forever.
~Psalms 118:28-29

Its taking me awhile to get on here and post but I was up due to feeding, burping, and changing a diaper...so here goes.
January 13th at 7:48am, Kaleb entered the world weighing 9 pounds 1 oz and 21 inches long!! I had a C-section due to being a passenger in a car accident when I was 19 years old. Me and Eric arrived at the hospital around 5:30am to which they started hooking me up. I was attached to a fetal monitor which showed in fact that I was having contractions that morning and they were pretty strong ones. My IV didn't go in good on the first try and might I say after much digging around in my hand, the nurse had to stick me once again. Our family arrived at the hospital literally seconds before they took me back to the OR and where it was Spinal time. Spinal didn't go sooo well either. It took the Dr. over 6 jabs to insert the needle in my Spine and if anyone knows me this was the one thing I feared the most. Needles in my back just scared me to pieces. It took affect literally in seconds and they started immediately. Eric was then brought into the OR where he said they had already cut me open. He was amazing!! He stood up and watched the entire procedure and took pictures. Yes, I have pictures and its not bad!! Because Kaleb was so high in my rib cage and never came down they had 4 hands inside me and 2 on the outside trying to get him out...but it worked and within 10 minutes of starting the surgery I heard the sweetest sound on earth my baby's cry. After cleaning him, weighing, and doing their checkup the nurses brought Kaleb to Eric to hold. I was having trouble breathing at this point but one of the doctor's in the OR grabbed Eric's camera and started shooting pictures of the new family. It kept my mind off the overwhelming urge to throw up or pass out and I am grateful!! Eric was able to walk Kaleb back to our room to show him off to our family who was anxiously awaiting his arrival. The doctors finished sewing me up which took another 35 minutes after his birth and they wheeled me back into my room. Finally, I was able to hold my baby for the first time and tell him how long I waited for him. Outside of becoming at Christian at age 6, marrying the man of my dreams and best friend, this was the happiest moment of my life. The pictures started and they didn't stop for the next 3 days!! ha ha We were just all excited to have him here and to be able to hold him.
Kaleb is a good baby...he is almost 3 weeks old now and loves to sleep. He feeds during the day every 2 hours like clockwork and every 3-4 hours at night which I am loving now. Last week, he had almost gained back his birth weight which makes me happy!! Doing really good and very healthy. We are just crazy about him and find that we just sit and stare at him all the time. God is so Good and his timing for our child was awesome!! We praise God for our blessing everyday and just thank him for a healthy baby.
I love my husband now more than ever...he really tried to take care of me during my recovery time. He did all the running out in the cold and all the household chores while I cared for the baby. I had a hard time letting Eric do everything and he had to fuss at me several times. On his first day back at work I found the sweetest card from my Eric and it just made me cry. We love our Papa Bear and miss him everyday!! I try to send him a picture of Kaleb everyday at work...just to let him know how much we miss him and look forward to seeing him.
Doctor said I am healing great and that he did some of his best work on me..ha ha Still sore at times and my belly is going down faster than I would have imagined but still sore. The entire experience has been like a wild dream and I haven't woke up yet. I can't believe that I am a mommy!!
Today (Jan 30th) I also became an Aunt to my little brother and his wife's little boy. Isaac Newton Smith was born at 9:45am and weighing 7 pounds and 1 oz. I can't wait to have the boys together and take lots of pictures..talk about sweet!! January has turned into a GREAT month!! From May 21st when I took the pregnancy test til January 13th...it's been quite the amazing adventure!!

I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.
~1 Samuel 1:27