Monday, November 16, 2009

Introducing Baby Boy Burkinshaw

We are pleased to announce the safe arrival of Ewan Jeffrey Burkinshaw! He entered this world at 3:14pm on Friday the 13th. He weighed in at 7 lbs and 2 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. Here are a few pictures.

Just leaving for the hospital

Moments after...




He's a blondie!




Getting ready to go home



Aislee giving him kissess


Olivia giving kisses

Here is the story...I went in for my appointment on Thursday and was dilated to a 4+ and 70% effaced. Dr. Decker decided to schedule an induction for the next morning. I went home and got ready. I was having contractions all night and all the next morning. We got to the hospital at 9:15am. I was all hooked up by 9:30. Dr. Decker checked me and broke my water at about 10. I was a 5+ and having contractions every 6 minutes. Around 45 minutes later I was a 6 with contractions every 5 mins. They put me on pitocin, and 45 minutes later I was 7 and getting ready for my epidural. It was wonderful! He did a really good job. At 1:30 the nurse checked me and I was ready. We had to wait until about 2:00 for the Dr. Decker to be done with a C-section. He had me push with the nurse while he was delivering another woman without an epidural. He was crowning soon after and they had me stop pushing to wait for Dr. Decker to come in. The nurse told me to breathe through contractions. He came in at 3:00 and had me push through three contractions. Ewan arrived at 3:14pm. Paul was a very good counter!

10 comments:

Micah and Alison said...

Congratulations to you both and your beautiful family!!! I love his blond fuzz, its so cute... You guys are just amazing! :)

Miss B said...

I love the pictures of him with the girls. Congratulations!

Pam said...

Congratulations!! He is so cute! I also love the picture of the girls kissin' on him. :-)

Ben and Camille said...

CONGRATS!! We are happy for you guys. He's a handsome little man! Glad everything went so well.

Brook said...

congrats. I love his hair. your girls look like they are going to be great big sisters to him.

Burkinshaw Family said...

We looked up the name Ewan and it's Scottish for of the yew tree implying youth. Surely Ewan will keep you young and we hope he and the girls will do the same for their grandparents! We can hardly wait to see him this week!!

Dana and Michael said...

Congrats!! He is already a stud!

Jessica said...

Ok mom said you took a video of the girl's reaction to Ewan. We would really love to see it...when you have time. I have never seen a blond baby with so much hair, usually they are bald or dark. What a lucky boy. Give all 3 of your children kisses from us.

ThE WaRnEr'S said...

HE IS ADORABLE, CONGRATS! THAT IS SO AWESOME THAT YOU AND ARIANNE HAVE HAD YOUR BABIES SO CLOSE! THAT MAKES IT SO FUN FOR THE KIDS! :)YOU HAVE SUCH A CUTE LITTLE FAMILY!!!

Nicki said...

Congratulations!! I am so glad that everything went well and everyone is safe and sound! Love you!