Thursday, April 1, 2010

Introducing William Patrick Henry Moran...

William Patrick Henry Moran

Born: March 23, 2010

Weight: 9lbs., 12oz

Length: 20 3/4 inches

All along this baby's name was going to be William Patrick Moran, William because we liked it and Patrick after his daddy. Well, after he was born, Dan was looking at what significant things happened on that day in history. As it turns out, Patrick Henry gave his "give me liberty or give me death speech" on March 23. Our children are the direct descendants of at least 7 men who fought in the American Revolution and because of these two facts, we added "Henry". I love the addition but still can't believe I agreed to it at the last minute.

As far as the birth goes, I started having contractions Monday afternoon around 3, they were regular, but not painful. After a couple of hours, I went to the hospital, but I was only 1 cm. It took me until Tuesday morning to get to three and then another couple of hours to get to 4. I was pretty worried that I would stall and end up needing a c-section, but all of a sudden, I was 9 and then 10 and after a few minutes, William was born. It was my longest labor for sure, but besides getting no sleep, the easiest!

William has been a perfect little baby, sleeping well (the last couple of nights, he has gone for 5 hour stretches, eaten, and then another 3-4!!!) and having a great little disposition. Here are some pictures from the hospital.

Daddy and William

Mommy and William
Poppy (Dan's Dad) and William
Abi (Dan's mom) and William
Mia (my mom) and William
Aunt Callie and William

Trey and Macy meeting their baby brother
Grandad (my dad) will William
I tried and couldn't turn this picture, but I love it
My brother, Tim, sister in law, Anne and nephews, Andrew, Sam and Luke
Dan dressed William up in his medals.
Dan took this picture of William flexing his muscles!

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Love the pictures of everyone. William is so precious!

Davis Family said...

He's just so little and so cute! I love all the pictures!

crazymom said...

i have been waiting for t his post! little william is amazing! i cant believe how much he weighed,,, you are deft. 1/6 hard sister! congrats to you and the family... we love you guys!

Lauren Christine said...

Yay! He's so handsome! :) And you look so gorgeous in those pictures!!

a day in frames said...

His absolutely adorable! All the pictures are so cute. Mama your looking FABULOUS! Congrats! Can't wait to meet him!
ps...(love the last minute name addition)

ellen said...

Wow! He's precious and you look great! My brother's middle name is Henry! Very cool name! Something about the 3rd child! Andrew has always been easy! So happy for you and glad for that sleep!

Amy said...

I've been waiting for these pictures :) Thank you so much for posting them. He just so beautiful, Teal! Congrats...