We are so proud to welcome 2 new additions to the Ring family!! Emery and Oliver arrived on Wednesday, January 23rd making us a family of 5!
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| This is the best family portrait we've captured so far! |
We were scheduled for a cesarean on Monday the 28th, but Emery and Oliver had different plans. Tuesday the 22nd was Kirk's first day back in class since December, and we just knew that I was going to go into labor in the middle of one of his classes. Tuesday was a pretty rough day for me, as I was in a lot of pain and had Kaleb to care for all day long by myself. When Kirk returned home from work that evening, he could tell that something had changed. I had contractions all evening and through the night, but they were never consistent in timing enough for me to think I was in true labor. I had an extremely painful and sleepless night that night and by 8:00 in the morning, I decided it was time to head to the hospital. With the snap of a finger my contractions went from 6 minutes apart and mild to 2-3 minutes apart and BRUTAL! We had to wake Kaleb up, load the car, and bring him to our neighbor's house pretty quickly and rushed to the hospital. We got in a room, got me examined, and determined that we were indeed meeting our babies that day. We were in the OR in no time and by 10:55 our babies were entering the world.
We welcomed Oliver Joseph at 10:55 a.m. weighing 6 lbs 5 oz.
Emery Frances joined us at 10:57 a.m. weighing 5lbs 8 oz.
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| The proud daddy and our doctor! |
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| Maw maw and Paw paw meeting them |
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| Pops and Maw maw meeting them. |
We were in the hospital for 2 nights and were released on Friday to go home. We've had a few weight checks and are having to supplement feedings a bit to get them back to their birth weight, but other than that, we are doing great! We have an appointment in a few weeks in KC to check on Emery's feet. Thus far, the diagnosis looks good. The club feet seem to be positional, but we are not sure exactly what this means for treatment at this time.
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| Headed home! |
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| Kaleb and Paw paw racing home from the playground to see the babies! |
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| Already telling secrets! |
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| Sweet kisses from brother! |
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| Emery has quite an assortment of expressions! |
Big brother Kaleb is handling this as well as we can expect. He is very interested in them and keeps close tabs on them, but doesn't want to have pictures made with them, and he's not so excited about touching them. He is warming up slowly but surely, and I'm sure they'll be best friends in no time!
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| He wouldn't let us take his picture... so we waited until he was asleep! |
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| Our sweet friends Brandi and Ria were at the hospital visiting when Kaleb got to meet the babies for the first time. |
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| Kaleb, Oliver, and Emery exchanged gifts at the hospital! |
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| This boy has hands in his face or mouth at all times, even during our prenatal sonos. |
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| Kaleb keeps their seats bouncing and keeps a good eye on them! |
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| Being a big brother is tough! |
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Congrats!! We are so happy everyone is doing well. Cannot wait to meet Emery and Oliver and to see sweet Kaleb again.
ReplyDeleteThank you! We are excited for you all to meet them! Miss y'all!!
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