Peyton's Arrival

Well, this is my first post on my blog and we have had a lot of very exciting things going on with us with the arrival of our second son Peyton last month so I thought I would start there. Peyton James Perkins was born on Feb 8, 2006 at 7:45am at Mid Michigan Regional Center in Midland, Michigan. He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. He was born by scheduled c-section and Brian and I had to be in the hospital by 6am to get preped for surgery and they wheeled me into the delivery room at about 7:15 am. I had a c-section when I had Jensen also but it was an emergency c-section so I don't remember too much about it besides the fact that I just wanted the pain to go away but this was a totally different experience this time. It was really neat to be awake and alert during the whole thing. They took just me in to start the anethesia and everything before they brought Brian in to be with me. He said it seemed like an eternity that he had to wait outside but it was probably about 10 minutes. He came in and of course at this point I am not feeling anything but hearing everything that is going on. The nurses and doctors were great, they talked me through the whole thing and soon enough we heard a cry and that is the most beautiful sound in the world. They brought him over to us and I couldn't believe how big he was for a newborn. Of course, he was adorable ( I am a little biased) and he had lots of dark hair! He looked very much like I had imagined him to look, unlike his brother who didn't have much hair at all when he was born. Anyways, after I was able to see him, Brian was able to go with Peyton to get his first bath and all that other stuff they do to newborns and I just had to lay there for awhile until it was time to wheel me back to my room.

On my way back to the room, I was feeling very emotional and I saw all of my family looking into the window at Peyton. I really started to tear up when I saw Jensen with a big grin on his face looking at his little brother for the first time! Also, seeing Peyton for the first time was his Grandma and Grandpa Mowat, Grandma Janet, Aunt Lynnette and Uncle Dave and Aunt Lara.

He is definitely another miracle sent from God!