Brady Ryan Dean is here!!

I know, I know....this is 3 weeks overdue...but I can't figure out how to get anything done anymore! I'm lucky if I get to shower these days...life is officially crazy, but I love it. Well, I thought I would tell the birth story to anyone interested out there... Just a little background....when I went to the doc on Tuesday, Oct 12, I was already dilated to a 4. That weekend my mom was coming to town..just in case Brady decided to come. Saturday, I had a wonderful pregnancy massage and she hit some pressure points that are supposed to help encourage labor. I wasn't feeling much going on and didn't really think he was coming anytime soon. And I was scheduled for an induction on Friday, Oct 22, if he didn't come on his own. I really wanted him to come on his own since Jake was induced and I didn't get to experience real labor. Well, Sunday morning at 5am, I woke up to pretty intense contractions. I always wondered if I would know the difference btwn the Braxton Hicks and the real ones and now I did! I woke Phil up and let him know that it was time to head to the hospital. He asked if we should wait and time it out more and I said no b/c it was time to go! When we got to the hospital, I was already dilated to a 8! I was in a lot of pain from the contractions and wanted the epidural. Maybe I can't handle pain well, but there was no way I was going to make it without some pain relief!! I felt like I was dying. Once the epidural kicked in I was a happy camper and waiting patiently for our boy to arrive. I thought he would be born pretty quickly since I was already at an 8, but the epidural probably slowed things down. At around 11:30am, I was dilated to a 10 and it was time to start pushing! Finally, at 12:37 baby Brady made his way into the world. We were surprised to see that he was bigger than Jake! He weighed 6.13 and was 19.5 inches tall. He was beautiful and healthy and we couldn't be happier to finally meet him. We got to leave the hospital the very next day. Jake and Grandma Truitt came up to the hospital the first night to meet him. Jake did pretty good but mainly wanted to hug mama. I was so happy to see him and get hugs from him too. Brady is eating great and putting on weight very nicely. At his 2 week check in appt, he weighed 7.4 oz and was 20 inches tall! He seems to be really mellow and a laid back little fellow. Poor guy has so much to absorb with all the chaos in the house from his big brother, Jake and dog, Sammy thrashing around. Jake is handling the transition pretty well...considering. He is doing better now but we had a really hard time for the first couple of weeks with jealousy issues. Jake would actually try to scratch his brother and lay on him while I was nursing..not good. Now we are finding better ways to divert and include him in some way, such as reading books while I am nursing. Brady is now 3 weeks old and we are doing good!