Peanut Has Arrived!!

on sunday, september 9th, our lives were changed forever when we welcomed our baby boy, sutton christopher, into the world! sutton was born at 8:22 pm weighing 9 lbs 4 ounces and measuring 21.5 inches long...a huge bundle of total cuteness! i never knew how much i could love this precious life God had blessed us with until the moment i saw his face. we have spent the past week getting to know the little sweet pea and falling even more in love every day with our son. we have been blessed with lots of love from our families being poured out on us and sutton as we begin this new journey as a family of three!

september 9th began for us at 3:30 am when my water broke. what an exciting feeling to know that was it...our little guy was on his way into the world! we gathered our stuff together, told tilly we'd bring her home a baby soon and headed to the hospital. we made a few early morning phone calls...i don't think anyone minded :) after checking into the hospital they decided to put me on pitocin to speed things up since my contractions weren't too strong yet. i won't go into all the details, but it was a very long and difficult day. sutton was a big boy and turned "sunny side up" (where he was facing out instead of into my tailbone, like he should have been) which made for difficult labor on top of the fact that my epidural wasn't working too well for me (to put it lightly!). about 7:30 that night it was decided that he wasn't coming out easily and it would be best for both of us to have a c-section. at 8:22 pm the new daddy and mommy were elated when we heard the cries of our sweet baby boy! i can't even describe what it's like to hear the sounds of a new life beginning and how greatful to God we are to be a part of this amazing miracle.

sutton christopher was named for his dad (steven christopher) and his granddaddy (steven sutton), just like his dad was named for his dad and granddaddy. chris and i love that it is a family name and that it means "a southern town". i still think peanut fits him better :)

welcome, little guy! mommy and daddy love you!!