Our sweet baby, Carson Robert Ganem is here!! We love him so much! Here is his little story....

I woke up Saturday morning around 5:30 with a consist ant cramping pain. Like one giant never ending contraction. The pain wasn't too bad so I didn't worry about it. I went back to bed and at about 10:30 I woke up with the same pain. I called the hospital and they told me to come in. I didn't want to yet so we waited about another hour. By this time I was having regular contractions about every 3 minutes so off to Overlake we went! We got to overlake and checked in to triage. They checked me and I was only dialated to a 2 so they had me walk around for a half an hour. After the walking they checked me again and I was just a 2 and a half so they sent us home and told us to come back when the contractions get stronger. We got home and I took a bath and tried to lay down...ya right! After being home for about 4 or 5 hours we heading back to the hospital. This time they checked me in for real. By the time I was checked in and hooked up to the monitors the contractions were coming every minute and each one was more painful. They checked me and I was just only a 3. The doctor came in and broke my water. It had meconium in it so they were worried. They told me that once he was born they didn't want him to cry so they could suction him out and make sure everything was okay. At 8:15 I got my epidural and life was great. The nurse told me once I got it I could take a nap and rest....uh ya no. They checked me an hour later and I was a 9!! Then all of the sudded there were tons of nurses in the room I had oxygen on and was on all fours. Apparently mister Carson's heart had dropped really low because of how fast everything had moved. It went back up though and everything was fine. I got checked me again and I was a 10! The nurse had me do some "practice pushing" but on the first practice push she could see his head! She had the doctor come in as well was nurses from the NICU to check him out because of the mec in his water. I started pushing at 10:00 and at 10:14 Carson was born!! 8 pounds 8 ounces 21 inches long. They took him away immediately to make sure he hadn't aspirated any meconium. I had to wait about 15 minutes to see my baby!! When they brought him too me it was AMAZING!! There was my baby. In my arms. He was so beautiful and perfect and smelled so good! I really can't describe the feeling but it was magical.

I LOVE my Carson. I love that he is something that Rob and I made. He is my baby and I have loved every minute of having him home. Even when he is up every hour to nurse. When he is sleeping I miss him! He is probably the best thing I have ever smelled and I LOVE when I can smell him on me. Rob has been a great dad. He is always there to change Carson and help me with everything. He is amazing and is taking such wonderful care of me and his son. He even makes sure that I get a nap during the day. I love that. I love that when I'm napping he and Carson are having that time together. My mom has been a HUGE help too. She came over and had baby so Rob and I could sleep. She made us dinner twice and she was there for me every step of the way when I was in labor and delivery.

Carson is doing wonderfully. He is a nursing champion and is already and ounce OVER his birth weight. He only cries when he is hungry or getting changed. I love him more and more each time I look at him. He mesmerizes me. Love my Rob and my Carson. My little eternal family.