Here He Is!!

Jaxtin Mala'e 'Aho

9lbs, 5oz.

21.5 in.

Fri, July 29 - 9:46 pm

(: Beautiful & Perfect in every way :)

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Leka is a good, sweet, helpful sister & loves holding her brother.

Austin was beside himself when he got to hold his baby brother for the first time!

I Love his head full of curly hair!!

(And a big head it is--99th percentile(!)...that was some Serious pushing to get him here!)

Precious Angel

Born w/some good cheeks & thighs on him :)

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Chunker!

(of course, then once he's in his carseat he looks tiny!)

Grampa drove all night to come see his grandson

My 3 Amigos

Took a lot to get him here & he was worth every second! We were trying to get pregnant for quite a while, then it was a fairly rough pregnancy, a fairly rough labor--went a week over & had to get induced, not my favorite way to go..felt like I had to push when I was only dilated to 7cm, but from his ultrasounds we knew he had a big head so I was definitely not trying to get him out til I was a full 10(!)...So I breathed through those contractions--fortunately it only took an hr. to get from 7-10 (took 8 hrs to get from 2-7). There is a reason it's called 'labor' - that was some hard work to get him out! (& yes, I now have some recovering to do!) -But he's beautiful, perfect, sweet & I just Love Him, Love Him, Love Him! (we all do!) :)

My mom was a Huge help--took care of the kids, house & meals. Also had Nase home for a week after Jaxtin was born...I was really glad to have all the help--I caught a bad cold the day after I got home from the hospital (from being run down probably), baby caught my cold a few days later :( :( ...but not a really bad cold, just a little one, but still--that is just not fair for a new, tiny baby! -And of course just like Leka & Austin he had jaundice. I was so relieved when the Dr. said he would come out of the jaundice w/out needing the bilibed (And that we wouldn't have to prick his precious little heel anymore to test his biliruben levels!) -He's pretty much recovered from his cold, but has lingering congestion, which is so sad when he's trying to nurse & gets frustrated from being stuffy :(

But he is a big, healthy, beautiful boy and we are so blessed to have this new addition to our family!

(a note on his name: Jaxtin wasn't even on our list, but we hadn't made a final decision on his name...when I was in labor the nurse brought in the birth certificate forms--as we mused on names Jaxtin came up & we Finally had a name we both liked best :)