Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Saturday, July 10, 2010

One Week Later

It's amazing how life changes. . .


Liam Michael Hellwig ~ 7 Days

One week ago, I had no plans to have a baby. In fact, I was prepared to wait another week or two. But, shortly after Brian crawled into bed with us Saturday morning, my water broke and all plans flew out the window.

Three hours later I was started on pitocin due to my lack of contractions. Three and a half hours after that Liam Michael Hellwig was born (with no epidural, I might add -
I'm very proud of that fact)!

Can you tell I like his name? Liam Michael. It wasn't even on any of our lists.

Thank you for all the comments of love and well wishes. We love you all!

5 comments:

Tricia said...

girl, you get high-fives all around from me! giving birth with pitocin & withOUT an epidural is something that rarely happens! way to go! :) and congrats again! his name is really awesome....nice choice.

HeatherH said...

Thanks Tricia!

Kathy G said...

He's still as cute as can be :)

Kristy said...

Um, you're pretty much amazing! Pitocin without an epidural?! Hero for sure! :)

Natalie said...

Congrats! A little early is always a nice surprise. I can't believe I had 3 almost that size. Where did the name come from if it wasn't on your list?