Colt William Tison

We welcomed our sweet son, Colt William, on Monday, Feb. 27. I had a feeling earlier in the month that he might be a February baby, but as the month began to dwindle, I have doubts. The Friday before he was born, I came home from work and was having contractions. After a few hours, I decided to walk around the house to see if they would stop or intensify. They stopped and I was so relieved. I was just too tired to think about labor at that point!

The next day, I took it easy and just stayed at home. I had no contractions that day, so on Sunday, I decided to go grocery shopping for a little stock-up just in case it was my last chance. I had contractions while in Meijer, but nothing too major. I came home and thought about taking a nap, but decided I needed to clean the house before we went out to dinner that night. 

We went to JR's in Brooklyn to celebrate Travis and Chad's birthdays and then everyone came over to our house for cake and ice cream. We went to bed later than we wanted, but it was a nice evening. Around 2:30 a.m., I woke up to use the bathroom (this had become routine in later weeks of my pregnancy). I thought I had had an accident, so I was prepping to put on some new cloths, but when I stood up, a gush came out. I knew it was my water! 

I woke up Denny right away because I knew I was already dilated 3 centimeters and I didn't want to chance anything. I took a quick shower and as soon as Debbie got to the house, we took off. We got to the hospital around 4 a.m., they started pitocin around 8 because I wasn't progressing at all ...that is how the day continued ... every 30-60 minutes, they increased the pitocin. I didn't dilate any more until around 4 p.m. ... it was a long wait, but once things happened, it was fast!

I asked for an epidural and got it around 7:45 p.m., within minutes I felt like I had to push, so the nurse checked and said I was ready ... she got everyone in the room (Denny wasn't even back yet after they kicked him out for the epidural). I pushed for 10-15 minutes and he was born! I never even got to feel the best of the epidural ... oh well! :) I certainly can't complain because I wasn't in pain until around 4:30 p.m. ... so really it was a pretty fast labor in the end!

 

He weighed 7 pounds, 14 oz, and wad 21 ½ inches long … and everyone who looks at him comments on how big his feet are! I think he looks a lot like Emma did as a newborn minus the dark eye brows and eyelashes … maybe he will be more of a blondie!

Emma loves Colt! She keeps trying to play with him and loves to gently rub his head. As soon as she got to the hospital, she had to hold him. I am so proud of how well she is doing!

Colt shares a birthday with his Uncle Chad (Denny’s brother) and Uncle Jeremy (my brother). Oh, and I stayed true to my word and let Denny pick the name - Colt William! It has really grown on me and fits our sweet boy so well. We came home Wednesday and are doing well.