Day 2 of Baby's Life...What's the baby's name???

Saturday September 5, 2009--spent in MO Baptist Hospital

The pressure was on since the moment we awoke the name this cute and adorable boy. We came into the hospital with a for sure girl name (which we are not sharing until we actually name a little girl that...but I am not sure if Ryan makes little girls...I guess we will wait and see). But the boy name was very difficult for us. We had been adding and subtacting names for 6 months and now we had to decide. We had 4 names that we liked and went around and around and kept coming up with 2 we both liked and then finally nailed it down....Kyle Ray it would be. We were relieved to have finally picked a name yet by accident have been calling him by the wrong name once in a while thoughout the day.

The rest of the day started off quiet with breakfast in bed with Ryan and Kyle and then we were off and running…Ped MD, OB MD, hearing test, Hep. B shot, Hospital pictures, etc. The good thing was was that everything with Kyle and Mom were ok.
 
 
 
 

Visitors:

Babka and Grandpa had Andrew for the night and slept at our house. They said Andrew was so well behaved and fun loving. What a blessing to have grandparents (Peterson side too) love their grandchildren soo much. They brought big brother Andrew to the hospital in the morning… We intentionally put Kyle in the nursery when Andrew arrived and sat Andrew down and discussed do’s and don’ts with baby. Andrew was still really excited to see baby, was wasn’t poking him in the eyes…well…as much. There was still so much going on and so many out of town visitors for Andrew for Andrew to take a lot of interest in baby, but he did start saying “my baby.”

To our surprise…Uncle Chris, Aunt Jenni, Noah, Annika, Auntie Lisa and Riana had arrived in St. Louis on Friday night and stayed the night at our house. They arrived mid-morning and made a little racket…with that many kids and adults in one room it was a party. What a nice surprise.





Nana and Papa left WI really early to get to the hospital. We were so excited that they could come. They had planned to travel to MN for a bike ride, but when they heard baby had arrived they decided to come to meet the little guy…and we were so glad they did! Kyle is their 7th grandchild and that gave them something to celebrate! Andrew was excited to see them too and spent the rest of the evening being spoiled by them. They took Ryan and Andrew out for dinner (while Mommy tried to rest), to our house for sleeping (Andrew told Papa where to turn to get to our house…”that way.”) and then to church Sunday morning and to the hospital for the last time. I think both Nana/Papa and Andrew enjoyed the one and one time they had together. (Oh, and Mac too).

Friend visitors:
Liz, Doug and Taylor came to visit after her MD appointment (due soon).
Alison, Brian, Jack and Faith: I was going to miss girls night that evening so Alison painted my toe nails and gave me a hand massage…how sweet.
Jen, JC and Connor came too that evening after a long day of travel, so it was nice to share our story with them.

Let’s just say….we slept well that night once all the visitors were gone. We are so thankful for the love and support of all of you!

PAIN:
Yes, sore, but recovery so far has been far better than the c-section. I think on day 2 of Andrew’s birth I was still in bed, starving because they wouldn’t feed me, had the epidural in, hadn’t showered yet (considering I couldn’t walk), etc. So sure, I probably over did myself a little…because I could. But the one motrin and one percecet really did me well. Oh, and I love the ice packs too.