Welcome to the world Maddox!

Well better late than never. It's 6:00 a.m. on a Monday morning but I am finally getting around to writing this little one's birth story. Maddox Walker Duncan was born on Friday, 12-21-12 at 7:53 in the morning weighing in at a whopping 9 pounds 1ounce and 20 inches long. He must have been comfortable in his home because he did NOT want to come out. That poor boy was wedged inside of me so tight that it took two doctors to finally rip him out of me. :) I mean these doctors literally had to huff and puff and grunt just to get him out. Dr. Bradford said she knew he was going to be hard one to get out due to the fact that he was laying in my transverse, which means across my body instead of up and down, but she didn't think it would be THAT hard. She said he was definitely in the top 10 of hard to get out babies. :) That's my boy! I was just shocked at the fact that I had been carrying around that much baby for so long. Now I know why I was always out of breath and so miserable that last month. I was huge! I grow big babies for my size I guess. Well I don't have to worry about that anymore because Maddox was our second and last baby. I opted to have my tubes tied with him. With no hesitation mind you. I think I was asked if I was sure a 100 times and never once was I not sure. :) We always only wanted two and that was never going to change no matter what we were having. No I did not want to try for a girl. God decided that I was to have two boys and I'm totally fine with that. :) Besides if I did try for a girl, God would give me another boy and I'm not ready to be the mom of 3 crazy little boys!

This C-section was different than the last one. I had more time to anticipate it and dwell on it which does not do good things for your psyche. I wasn't in pain when I got the spinal block this time and it was not fun. It wasn't awful but it felt a lot different than last time. My carpal tunnel bothered me the whole time I was lying on that operating table and I was more focused on that and the fact that my hands were asleep the whole time than anything else. My hands hurt worse than anything. The anesthesiologist probably thought I was crazy because I kept talking about my hands and I was worried that they would be permanently damaged being asleep that long. Which three weeks later, they feel like they might be a little bit. BUT they are MUCH better than they were before so I can live with a little bit of discomfort.

Recovery from this C-section has been much better than the first time. As well as breastfeeding. Maddox got then hang of it really quickly and I was much more comfortable this time around. I didn't need any help from anyone which was great. Last time I had no idea what I was doing and having 18 different nurses tell you 18 different ways to do it was not fun. At all. This whole experience was so much better. I only had to stay in the hospital 3 days and 2 nights this time which was awesome! It's hard to recover in a hospital with people coming in at all hours and it's not comfortable for the people who are staying with you either. So we were happy to get to go home early.

Maddox was only 3 days old Christmas day and he was already getting presents. :) His aunts and uncles all got him some really cute stuff and we appreciated all of it. We were sad to not get to spend time with anyone except my parents and Keith's parents but that is the life of just having a baby during flu season. We wouldn't want anything to happen to our sweet little boy because of something that could be prevented. Maddox still hasn't gotten to meet my side of the family or Keith's sisters due to people being sick but there will be plenty of time for that! :)

While we were in the hospital, Vince came to visit us several times to meet his little brother and to hang out with mommy and daddy. He did really good. He pretty much ignored Maddox, and still does for the most part, but he would always ask where he was and want to see him for a minute. Once we got home he didn't want to really have anything to do with me for a couple of days. He would see me feeding Maddox and yell No at me. He ignored me several times as well. He was not too happy but he got over it pretty quickly. We let him be the baby too. He likes to be rocked after baths in his turtle blanket that Grammy Dorothy got him. So we did that. If he wanted to sit in my lap I would hand the baby to Keith or someone and he would climb up in my lap like baby Maddox. :) We didn't want him to feel like he had been replaced and so far it has worked great. Now he asks about Maddox quite often and even gives him kisses and hugs before leaving or going night night. I think eventually they will be great friends. And great enemies at times. :) I'm just so happy that I was able to have two so they have each other. I never really had that growing up since everyone was so much older than me and I've really always wanted that bond so I am so glad that my children will have each other as well as us.

Maddox Walker Duncan, you have been nothing but a joy for the short 3 weeks that you've been in our lives. You fit in seamlessly with us and it's like you've always been here. We love you so very much and can't wait to see what kind of person you are going to be. Your brother is very independent and outgoing and I'm anxious to see if you will be that way too or more like your momma and daddy. We are both pretty reserved, except with each other, and like to stay in our own little bubble. We of course will love you no matter what! You do look like your brother sometimes but you also look just like you. Daddy and I will try to remember that you and your brother are two separate people and try not to compare you to each other all the time. Can't wait to see you grow up little man!