Day 3

Last night was a very long night. Aiden is doing fine, just crying a lot and not wanting to sleep unless he is tucked up next to mommy. Daddy's hands and blue jeans are not that comfortable. 

The doctor came in this morning and gave us some good news. The heart murmur that was present yesterday has reduced in volume drastically and the doctor feels this is good news. So do we since he feels this way. We are anxiously awaiting tomorrows visit to Children's Hospital to confirm this.

Mommy experienced complications last night from surgery and had all the nurses in our room non-stop throughout the night. When they worry, we start worrying. There was a lot to worry about last night and daddy passed out from exhaustion around 1 am and didn't even hear little baby Aiden cry (yell) 10 feet away. Mommy came in from the hallway to see what was going on and there was daddy sleeping on a bed where his legs hanging off and little baby needing some attention. Mommy is doing better this afternoon but progress is slow going. Unless you are immediate family, you are not allowed to visit today.

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The above was wrote by noon. It is now 6:30 pm and everyone is just getting settled down. Kelly is going to try and get some sleep and that just leaves me up to watch baby Aiden. He is sleeping now as well.

Kelly's mom came and stayed the day with us and we want to thank her for that.

Day 2 with Aiden

This morning (Saturday) daddy thought it was Sunday afternoon. Daddy can't get a grasp of time since all the excitement has started.

This morning we received some news that was not good to hear. Our pediatrician came by and delivered the news that Aiden has a heart murmur. The doctor believes this to be a hole in his heart between the great pumping chambers, often called VSD. Monday morning the hospital is going to call and schedule an appointment to have an echo cardiogram at Children's Hospital performed. The staff at Children's who routinely schedules these appointments are not in. After that appointment, we are hoping to go straight to our pediatrician to get the results. THe doctor did say he believes this to be a small hole that closes up on its own. Let's pray he is correct.

Mommy is recovering and doing better every hour. Everyone is waiting anxiously for good news on Monday.

Aiden Reece Barger is here!

Right after making the post about deciding the name, Kelly went to bed. At ~10:30 pm Kelly let me know that something was wrong. I knew something was out of the ordinary but I was not expecting the next few minutes to transpire as they did. Kelly complained of two sharp pains right as she laid down to go to bed. After a brief two minute conversation, Kelly called her doctor. Keep an eye on it. Fifteen minutes later, Kelly says it is time and pack the bags.

 

We just took our time and showered, packed, and loaded the car. By the time I had the car loaded, Kelly was sure that we had to get moving or else. We drove to the hospital like normal people drive to the movies and entered the hospital. Upon arrival into the hospital, we learned that Kelly was very close to delivering the baby. Whoa! We got to skip all that stuff on the videos we had to watch in pre-birthing classes.

Aiden under the warming lamp 

After two hours of hard pushing and zero progress, Kelly went in for a C-Section. At 7:37 am I was holding my breathe waiting for someone to acknowledge our child was A-OK! 7 ponds, 3 ounces, and 20 inches later we were both hanging on every word.

The longest minutes of my life past by. At the sight of our child we both cried our eyes out like little girls. Aiden didn't say a word. He just went with the punches and I am pretty sure didn't mind the attention from all the females in the room. 

He has been fed, had his first bath, and was held by daddy for ~45 minutes while mommy had very important things to do. What a sight! We both are very thankful we have a healthy happy boy.

Aiden's first bath

Nieces bring over the coming home outfit

Tonight the girls came over to give Aunt Kelly and Uncle E the "outfit" that little Baby Boy Barger will go home. They went shopping after school today to find the outfit. They were supposed to wait until Saturday but I don't think they could wait until then. They love to shop.

After much debate in the store, an argument over coordinating the outfit between the girls, a decision was made. Little britches would get dibs on the baby suit and Lula Bell would have dibs on the baby suit. Put them together and you now have a well coordinated outfit for little baby to come home in.  

Below are photo's of the nights presentation.

It is official. We have a name!

It is official. It was decided on this day, January 22, 2009, the name of Baby Boy Barger. We are not telling the name, we are just telling you that we have a name. :-)