7 weeks ago

7 weeks ago I had just found out that my bag of amniotic fluid had ruptured. It started leaking at about 1:45 a.m. but it took until after 8 a.m. for my doctor to get into the hospital and confirm that it had indeed broken because every test the nurses did came back negative! I was sure I was getting sent home for a false alarm until my doctor walked in after examining a swab under the microscope and said that we were having a baby that day. Little did he know that my labor would last 30 hours and we wouldn't have our baby until the next day - Friday the 13th of course! It seems like ages ago and just yesterday all at the same time. Braylon changes every day and we just keep falling deeper in love with him.

As of Tuesday he weighs 9 pounds, 1 ounce and is 22 3/4 inches long. I just can't believe how fast he is growing. Apparently, breast milk does a body good! He is getting chubby little cheeks and a round little belly too - way too cute! I don't know how I lived before he was here.