Seems like forever I was waiting for William to make his debut, and the waiting was killing me! Grant and I were anxious, excited, stressed, and nervous all in one. I think a lot of the stress was mostly because we kept hearing it'd be way sooner than it was so we were on edge literally all the time thinking labor was imminent when really it wasn't. I'm really happy with the way it went down, even if it wasn't my original birth plan. I was hoping to go into labor naturally and do with all without an epidural. Well, I ended up getting induced and getting the epidural. You know what? I think it was a better experience because of it. Looking back on it, if I were to go into labor at home, I think it would have really affected Isabelle. She's got so much heart and she has all the feels, and if I were to really start contracting and hurting, I think it would have really scared and stressed her out. I'm sure she would have gotten over it, but still. I'm glad my baby girl didn't see that. So getting induced at the hospital was a really good thing. I had heard that if you don't get an epidural, that your recovery time is faster. But after having contractions for a while, I decided that I would rather not feel them and enjoy the process. I guess that just wasn't meant to be because even though I did get the epidural, it didn't work all the way. I still felt a lot of the pain of the contractions and even couldn't hold back pushing when it came time. Not sure how much it actually blocked, but going through that, I'm really glad it at least blocked some! Grant almost missed the whole show! Once I started feeling the urge to push, it didn't take long for William to come out. Grant had gone to get something to eat quick before everything happened, and he was just on his way back up when I called him to get back upstairs NOW. Once he got there, and I started pushing, William was out in 20 minutes. That's an hour faster than Kensi and 3.5 hours faster than Isabelle. Had I not called him, he could have very well missed most of the birth. It all worked out in the end, and I'm really happy about that.
Now Grant went back to work today. It makes me really sad he didn't get more time with us, but with him having to take vacation so much, he just couldn't afford to take off any more right now. So today is the start of our "new normal". My day started roughly at 5am when William woke up to eat, and while I got him back to sleep about 6a, I was only able to lightly doze until the girls got up about 7a. If you know my girls, keeping their voices to a dull roar is pretty much impossible, so I knew that I was up whether I liked it or not. I think that's going to work to my advantage in the long run because right now William has his days and nights mixed up. He sleeps for 4 to 5 hours during the day, if we let him, and is up every 2ish at night. Grant and I made sure that were never extra quiet when the girls were asleep so that they'd get used to noise. I think with the girls being loud, since I'm not going to quiet them down unless they get excessive with it, it should help him wake up a bit more during the day. Then hopefully at night he'll be tired enough where he'll sleep through the night more. Granted, he was only up a few times last night, so at least it wasn't horrible. It never seems to take long for us to get into a rhythm, so I think we'll have a good one soon. I can already tell my morning, after waking up, routine. It'll be get downstairs, set up my pump in my little station, get Ace out to pottied, get Kensi's milk/Izzy's breakfast, wash out all the pump stuff/caps/nipples/bottles, then pump again while William sleeps and the girls play. The only thing I really "worry" about is errands. I should be able to hold off on going to Walmart or Target or grocery shopping until Grant gets home, but I'm sure at one point it'll have to happen. Hopefully by then it'll be summer and I can wear William with a wrap rather than have to use a carseat or something. I'll have to figure it out somehow, but hopefully not until it gets warm out.
I'm so excited to start this new chapter in our lives and now our little family is complete. It's been and still is an absolute joy to watch the girls grow and see how their personalities develop and I cant wait until William's does too. Now to start planning for his monthly pictures and whatnot.
For anyone wondering, I'll tell you where his name came from. It's basically all on Grant's side. Grant's middle name is William and Ellis is (as I understand it) an old family name that can be dated back to the ancestor that immigrated to the US. I was kind of hoping to include a Komanetz name too, but I love his name. It's a good, strong name and I think it's going to suit him perfectly!!
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