Our little Paxton Owen (aka Ultimate Warrior) arrived on August 7, 2014 @621pm weighing in at 7lbs, 13oz and 20.25". He currently has light eyes (looking like they might turn blue). I was induced based on my choice (we had already planned on inducing August 12th). I was ready to meet the little one and really getting scared about how big he or she might have gotten had we waited any longer! This labor and delivery was a MILLION times better than Cade's (you can ready all about that HERE). We got to the hospital bright and early at 6am, filled out some paperwork, then went into our room. I got poked, prodded and hooked up to all the monitors and we waited for my doctor to come in. After she checked me, we started pitocin around 9am. Epidural was in by 11:30 and by noon, my water had broke on its own. The next few hours we just relaxed (YES, relaxed!) and waited for everything to take it's course. I still had part of my amniotic sac that didn't rupture, so the doctor cam in around 5 to do that. After that, we rested again and shortly after that we had a beautiful baby boy! After 2 pushes, he was out and screaming his lungs out :) It was truly the easiest labor ever and everyone seemed to be joking that I just giggled the baby right out. We are so incredibly lucky and blessed to have a healthy, happy baby to add to the Worthington gang.
I think I was still in denial that we had another little boy that it took us forever to come up with a name for this little guy. Nothing that we had picked out seemed right, so back to the drawing board we went. I cannot remember how we came up with Paxton, but we did and we love it and it fits him perfectly! He is a content little baby just like his brother, although he LOVES to eat and eat and eat and eat. We had no troubles breastfeeding and this kid is a champ. He was discharged at 7lbs 6oz, but was already back up to 7lbs 9oz at his 4 day visit (little chunker) which is unusual because they tend to still lose a little weight at that point.
For me, the second child has been much easier. I think I'm more relaxed and laid back than I was with Cade. Not to mention how easy it is to feed him, I just doze off when he eats at night, wake up and put him back down. I feel much more rested even chasing around a toddler! The only part has been not picking up Cade (not going to lie, I've had to pick him up several times). I have to wait 2 weeks to pick up anything heavier than 10lbs so my body can heal. Thank goodness I've had lots of help from friends and family, so Cade is being taken care of very well :) It's just hard when he cries out for Mama and I feel like there's nothing I can do :( Only one more week though and I should be good to go!
Cade has been an absolutely amazing big brother. I think I had played out every worst case scenario in my mind about how things could go, maybe to just prepare myself for the worst?! He adores his little brother and always wants to kiss him, love him, snuggle him, be with him. He is always very concerned of where the baby is especially after he wakes up from his naps. I tend to wear Paxton in a wrap a lot around the house and he always points to my chest looking for him when he's not with him. Hopefully the protective big brother will always be there for this little guy. The love that Cade has for his brother just melts my heart.
Our world feels so complete now with our two little men (although mama is severely outnumbered)! We are so excited to see what the future has in store for us and to watch these two little guys grow up (although not too fast)!
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