James Michael Allen

WARNING!!! MASSIVE PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!!

Seriously, though. I have slacked putting up this post so now their are tons of pics. And I wished I could say they were great quality, but they are all done with Matt's phone or my Ipod. So they are kinda blurry.

After 6 months of bed rest and constant pain/contractions, James decided he didn't want to come on his own. We actually made it all the way to our scheduled c-section. 39 weeks! Being put on bed rest at 16 weeks made it a loooooong pregnancy!! But, it was ALL WORTH IT!!

James Michael Allen was born May 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm. It took almost an hour just to get him out due to my endometriosis on top of adhesions on top of scar tissue!! That's right. The dr's had to even use the vacuum to get him out! Then it took another hour to close me up because they had to cut out all those darn adhesions, scar tissue and endometriosis. But now I should be good to go in that area!! He said THAT was the reason for my CONSTANT pelvic pain!

James weighed in at a whopping 6 lbs 7 oz and 18 1/2 in long! He is a peanut!! So little! Only 1 lbs bigger than Joe who was born at 34 weeks. Crazy!! But he is a PERFECT baby!! No issues! He latched on right away and LOVES the binky! He sleeps MOST the night already. Wakes up maybe twice to eat. (for now anyway...I don't wanna jinx it!)

His big sissy and brothers LOVE him!! Seriously! They can't get enough!! Tyla constantly wants to hold him and if she's not holding him, she is rubbing his head, foot, or hands. Jack and Tyla both have to make sure he is still here in the mornings. And they think he is the greatest thing. Joe is still figuring it out, but he too loves to kiss him.

I am doing "ok". I got super sick right before I went in and had a horrific cough which went fabulously well with my incision!! OUCH@@!!! It was pretty rough the first 24 hours. But after TWO blessings and a couple Ambien the next night, I was able to sleep and feel MUCH better by Thurs! Everyday is a bit better, but I am still struggling with the cough and stuff but couldn't be happier. We are all so glad to be done and have our sweet angel here WITH us! FINALLY!!!

So now, here a bunch of pics in no order what so ever...

Waiting for Dr Seal...fashionably late as usual









Instant thumb sucker!!
Not sure at first, but he really loves him now!!


Tyla meeting James for the first time



He's in there somewhere...





She is such the big helper!! She is constantly bringing me EVERYTHING