Hayes is 1 week old!

Hayes Stanley Tommerup was born on September 20th at 10:07 pm. He weighed in at 8 pounds 12 ounces. At the time of his birth they told us that he was 20.25 inches, Dustin was adamant that the nurse told him a longer length, when the doctor remeasured on Wednesday they said he 21.25 inches.

We got to bring Hayes home on Saturday. I feel like we have already learned so much in the last week of how to take care of him. He still sleeps most of the day, and is pretty happy when he is awake. We have been lucky enough to have mom here to help us. Grandma Lou has been changing a ton of diapers, getting up at night to keep me company during feedings, cleaning, and cooking. We also have a lot of great friends in Midland who have either already brought us dinner, or have let us know they plan to very soon. We are very blessed. 

At last, we finally meet :)

First family photo

His going home outfit

About to leave the hospital

Lounging at the house

Sun bathing to help with slight Jaundice

Three generations

Pops, Lou and Hayes

First tummy time, he was not a fan!

Lou and Hayes

My sweet boy

Less than 3 weeks.....

Hayes will be here in less than three weeks! My due date is still September 17th, we have set up an induction date of September 20th just to be safe. My doctor won't let me go past 41 weeks, and Dustin wanted me to be induced on a Thursday if I was induced, so the 20th is the date. If we make it that far (which I think we will) Dustin and I are supposed to be at the hospital at 4:00 am. Really real now that we have a date - I hope that I go into labor before then, I think if I don't I will be really stressed/anxious/nervous as the 20th approaches.

Several of my really good friends hosted a baby shower for me in Midland. I didn't get as many pictures as I had hoped, so as soon as Tristan emails me some, I will post pictures from that shower. My office also had a baby shower for us - Dustin and I are truly blessed to have so many wonderful friends in our lives - to put it mildly, Hayes is already spoiled!