Being held by Booky and going home!!

Booky finally got to hold the boy!!!

Cute boy ;) passed his hearing test

There is something about baby toes- a ahhh 

Heading home!! 

He wasn't sure about his seat at first- but once it was buckled he loved it!

I want to eat him all up!

Cavan's First Bath and GOODBYE to the NICU

 some last little NICU pics-

 He woke up this morning and was feeling and breathing GREAT-- so that took him off the Cpap machine and made sure he could suck 10 ccs of milk-- he did amazingly- and was out of the NICU before he was 24 hrs old

 because he had some troubles- he didn't get a bath and he was GROSS!

 He HATED his bath at first

 and turned BRIGHT RED

 and then decided that he LOVED it-- I think it was the wires being gone--

 I can't stand this boy's adorableness!!!!

 stink eye

 the World's cutest bum

 i LOVE him!!!

 getting his hair washed-- it had to be washed twice- because he has a TON.

 here he is clean as a whistle- warming back up.

 oh. my. word.

 all dressed and ready to leave the NICU

 and waiting in our room was this amazing surprise! courtesy of the hospital-- my life is very happy!

Cavanaugh Jay's birth!

 We started our day at the hospital- started on PIT at 6:00 am and labor got underway ;)

 everyone came to visit once my epidural was in-- I was dilated to a 6 here and my water had been broken- Josh and Papa watched the kids through the whole ordeal and they had the time of their lives!

 My mom was there for the birth and I cant explain how thankful I am for her support

 here we are waiting-- I was at a 7 but really feeling it-- I had a very light epidural- the nurse put me on my side and in less than 10 minutes I was complete and Cavanaugh's heart rate was decelerating- a LOT-- chaos then ensued-- they did a quick vacuum suck and had me basically push my guts out with no contraction and no air-- but he was out in 3 pushes-- very intense pushes. He didn't cry right away = but grunted and cried after a few seconds...

 his Apgar was 9/9 meaning he was so very healthy- then about 10 minutes out he decided to have serious trouble breathing-- his oxygen level was great-- but his little chest was pulling so hard

 they worked on him for what seemed like forever-- I still hadn't seen him at this point...

 he was beautiful though ;)

 seriously?! cutest boy alive.

 gorgeous!

 they decided he needed to go to the NICU for " just a few hours" its been 10-- they are dirty liars.

 at this point I got to meet my boy and hold him for a whole 3 minutes before they took him away...

 to say it was hard doesn't even describe my feelings.

He is our first NICU baby and I'm very thankful that we haven't had to have this experience before...

 there he is in his little "sad baby box" as I call it with the girls.

 and here is in the NICU- he is such a little stud and is doing incredibly!

 his oxygen saturation is amazing and he only has ttn-- which means that the transition during labor was just too fast

 he is still breathing a little fast-- which means that he is on a c pap machine- with room air--

 so as soon as his little breathing is a tiny bit calmer- he is ours!

 yipee-- he couldn't be cuter- or more enjoyable-  I love him.

so all in all we have a LARGE- 8 POUNDS 15 OUNCES - 21 inches long- adorable, strong baby boy-- who is an excited breather ;) can't wait for his brother and sisters to meet him soon ;)