Our newest addition to the Blackham household

Meet Henry William Blackham! Born 12/27, weighing 8 lb, 8 oz and 20 inches long. Henry decided to make his grand debut on his own timing, three days before his due date. Justin, Caleb and I were doing a little post-Christmas shopping at the mall and while we were on the opposite side of the mall from our car Henry decided he was ready to appear, my water broke! Justin scooped Caleb up in a dizzy and ran through the mall and what felt like forever later he picked me up and we were off... Well we weren't quite in agreement where we were headed. We weren't completely packed for the hospital and I hadn't gotten ready for the day yet so I wanted to go home and shower. Justin insisted we head straight to the hospital. Well my water continued to leak, or gush furiously, and one really strong contraction made it so Justin won out and we went straight to the hospital. We were in our room by 4:30 pm, epidural was given about an hour later, a small amount of pitocin around 6:30 and after pushing about 10 times, Henry was born at 9:29pm. He was immediately put on my chest and I thought he was so teeny. I was shocked when he ended up being bigger than Caleb was when born. We stayed in the hospital 1 1/2 days, we were rather anxious to be in our comfortable home and get Caleb acquainted with Henry.

So far I haven't had to spend a full 5 day week alone with my boys, how spoiled am I?! The first week Justin had paternity time, then my mom came out for a week, then Justin's mom for another week, Justin had a paid holiday the next week then my parents were out this last week to help Heather with her sweet boy that arrived almost a month after Henry. There are still two more weeks where Justin will only be in the office 4 days of the week so the adjustment period has been so easy this time around. I have received so much help with Henry and Caleb, it has been such a huge blessing.

Caleb is really starting to care for his little brother. When Henry cries he offers him his pacifier, when he is in his bouncer or swing Caleb is constantly monitoring him and trying to push the swing or bounce the bouncer so Henry will be happy. Speaking of being happy, I am sure it is because I am not holding Henry near as much as Caleb but Henry seems much less content so far. Things are getting better slowly though.

Henry loves to eat, he has reached the 12 lb mark and is in the 90th % for weight, so this is uncharted territory for us, Caleb was always on the small side.  He is in 3 month size clothes and quickly filling those up, almost makes me a little sad that he is growing so fast! But I am definitely excited for the time when he can sit up and interact with Caleb then eventually play with him!

This last Sunday Justin gave Henry a beautiful baby blessing. We named Henry after Justin's great great grandfathers (through the Allred side) and also my great-great grandfather (on the Froneberger side), and William is after my father's middle name and my dad's dad. We love the heritage behind these names and look forward to telling Henry about the special men he was named after. We love our little guy and seeing his personality already show through.