Greyson Alan Rhodes is born!!

Happy Halloween! Our little boy, Greyson Alan, was born today, October 31st, 2006, at 7:30am. He was 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 19 inches long. Labor was pretty quick - starting at 3:30am; I like it that way though. It was the same length as the one with Madelyn. He is sleeping, nursing, and peeing/pooping wonderfully, at least so far. We'll see how tonight goes. My parents are in town and they are taking care of Madelyn while Ben stays with me. Madelyn visited tonight and didn't seemed to mind the idea of another baby in mom's arms. We'll have to see how it goes when we bring him home!!

On another note, I had no idea that afterpains in the uterus were worse with a second child. I have been miserable periodically today trying to deal with them. It is especially bad when Greyson nurses....of course. Hopefully the pain won't be this intense for very long.

By the way, Ben and I were hoping that Pipsqueak/Greyson wouldn't arrive on Halloween but he was insistent. Neither of us really appreciate this "holiday" very much. Ben mentioned last night that on a positive note, we can have a costume party for birthday parties.... does anyone else have any positive thoughts/ideas about having a Halloween baby?

UPDATE: If you think you saw this post spell our new baby boy's name like "Grayson", you are not going crazy. Yesterday, Ben and I agreed on the spelling "Greyson" and the middle name "Alan" (after my dad's middle name) - so Greyson Alan Rhodes is his name!

Still prego... and impatient!

Okay everyone, I'm officially ready to have this baby! Whatever it takes! I'm SO tired of being pregnant! My induction date is Nov 1st, but I really don't want to be induced.... I'm hoping that I will go naturely before then. Also, that is so far away! I don't want to wait that long! Enough complaining. I just thought I'd let my blog friends know that I don't have this baby in my arms yet. (I do have blog friends, don't I?)

GramBunny passed very peacfully...

It has been a sad day... My GramBunny passed away at about 8am this morning. She was surrounded by hers and my family and from what I understand, her passing was very peaceful. I praise God that she was able to go in such a peaceful and non-painful way. As I talked to my family today, I realized that they were in the "sigh of relief" stage. They had witnessed GramBunny's slow decline in the hospital. They were instead praying that she not linger. I, on the other hand, was not in that frame of mind this morning. Unfortunately, it was this morning that it hit me that I would never see her again. That she would not be there the next time I went to visit family in Alabama. That she and I would never get into it over whether or not she should help clear the table or not. That I would never be able to watch her with my children again. That she would never be able to meet Pipsqueak and Pipsqueak would never be able to meet her. Today was my day of grieving my grandmother. I miss you GramBunny!