I'm Back!!

When we first moved to AZ , we weren't sure if we were going to get internet. But after going a month without it, we decided to go for it. I am going to bed , but I just had to post a few pics of Elijah for those of you who still check in on me to see when I was going to post next. Elijah turns 3 months tomorrow. Here are 2 cute pics of him about 3 weeks ago.

This is Elijah and his Uncle Austin (my brother). We drove up to Northern AZ, about 2 hours North of our house, to get away for the weekend and enjoy cooler weather. It was between 60-70 degrees during the day.


I'll post more pics soon!!

My Side of the Story

I know it's been a month, but I wanted to get my first delivery experience down in writing at some point. Elijah has been alive for 4 weeks today, and it was kinda fun going through all the pictures remembering that crazy experience. I was telling someone that it brings a mix of emotions as I look back over the pictures. You would think it would be emotions of delight and bliss and pure wonder. It wasn't exactly that... I feel as if I watched this whole experience from a distance. I definitely don't feel as if I lived these pictures. Life is just now starting to sink in. And I love it. Finally. Recovering from a c section was harder than I imagined... but I actually never imagined I 'd go through it. I never really thought about it. But the bonding and figuring out what the heck to do with a newborn was also pretty challenging. Literally, from one moment, you are the one being taken care of, and within about fifteen minutes , you are responsible to take care of a fragile little life. And you hurt and you're completely drugged up so you can't even think straight. What a crazy ride!! But I'm so glad to have gone through it and I am proud to be a mom! I love my little son. It definitely changed my perspective on life. On God. On my purpose. On what I've been living for and what I should be living for. On how fragile life is. On how incredibly small I am and how great our God is. I left the hospital feeling an overwhelming sense of how helpless I am. I'm sure some leave an experience like that feeling empowered . But I felt like a little girl with quivering knees standing before my daddy asking for help. Some might say that sounds sad or a feeling I need to grow out of. But I think it's exactly what I needed and hopefully where I'll stay.

Here's the story of Elijah Watt...6:00pm Tuesday May 11th. Josh made reservations at Reata so that we could have a date before all this went down. The Reata is the same restaurant he took me to when he proposed, so obviously it means a lot to me. We sat on the roof top patio in the middle of downtown Fort Worth and enjoyed a wonderful meal.

I was really enjoying myself until we paid the bill and headed back to our apartment. I started to get really anxious and when I get anxious I get game face. Kinda serious. :) We went back to the apartment and changed clothes. Here I am getting in the car to first take Charlie to the Schrenks, and then off to the hospital. One final look at me pregnant...

9:00pm Tuesday night. Pretty stinkin nervous at this point.

Josh was in heaven. He had snacks, cable and wireless internet. He told me he didn't want to leave. I think I cried.
Wednesday May 12th. I was starting to settle down at this point and getting really excited. This was my nurse Dierdra. She was with me all day as I was on pitocin and she was there through the epidural. She was also there when I heard Dr. Kolar tell me that I needed a c section and that I'd have my son in about 45 minutes.

Prepped for surgery. I kept reminding the anesthesiologist not to forget to go get Josh! He was waiting in my room till right before they started the surgery. BTW, this is Josh. My mom was wondering.

Hi E.
What an interesting photograph, huh...



I guess this is kinda sweet, first family photo. I don't remember this at all. And I hate seeing Elijah like this... he's SO swollen. He was so far dropped that it was kinda difficult getting him out even with the c section. You can tell he was pretty beaten up.

Proud daddy.
Right after surgery. I don't even know how long I slept. I think they woke me up to nurse him, but I don't really remember.

Josh did the majority of the holding at this point. I was too weak and tired to hold Elijah. Josh didn't get any sleep. He was awesome. I thought I'd be overwhelmed with love for my baby once he was born... but what I remember is being overwhelmed with love for my husband. I saw sacrifice in him I'd never seen before. He was a rock for me as I was adjusting to all this. Thanks babe.

I had to walk a few times a day to help myself start recovering. I had to push his little cradle around so that I had something to hold onto. Funny now, but this was really hard to do the first couple times. I got dizzy, tired, and a little nauseous. And I was really slow.



Mark and Jessica Driggers visiting at the hospital. I'm sure she felt like Elijah was kinda her son too. She walked with me through this entire pregnancy. I still remember telling her I was pregnant.

Some pics from the past month...

Hello World!

So, this has been a crazy couple weeks. I wish I was able to sit down and blog the whole story so that you could hear my perspective, but right now I just can't. The recovery from the surgery was pretty tough for the first week, and then we've had family in town ever since. I will eventually get to blogging again, but for now, I'll just post a pic of Elijah.

Elijah Michael Watt

8lbs 4 oz

20.5 inches

Born @7:05 pm on May 12, 2010

Came in to get induced. Her water broke naturally. Doctor checked her when she was a 5, and said they needed to do a c section, because he was face presentation. C section at 6:45 and baby shortly after.

(Mom should be up and and ready to fill in the details of emotions and pictures soon hopefully. I don't want to steal her sunshine.)

Progressing Nicely

Aub Update

Water broke on its own at 11:30am, epidural 12:30am, and now we're waiting.

She is dilated to a 3, 95% effaced, baby is in perfect position.

She has her drugs, and she is napping peacefully.

Thanks for the prayers.

At The Hospital

Well we are here...

The hospital is nice and the nurses have been very helpful so far.

Aubrey is excited/scared/nervous/ready to do this. She is in bed getting all the medical stuff in order.

Father is doing well. I have had a few hand fulls of chocolate covered peanuts, 6 red vines, a brownie, and the box of pop tarts probably won't make it through the night.

I will do my best to keep people up-to-date, but I hate blogging; it takes me away from my treats and this very intriguing Baby Channel. Apparently we have to sign off on on each parent lesson that we watch on the Baby Channel. I want to watch the parent lesson that unpacks this little gem: "The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures." Proverbs 30:17

On a serious note. I am continually astonished at how faithful and good our God is to us. We have been blessed from day one with a healthy mom and baby. My prayer for Aubrey for the last few days has been that she would not let the circumstances overwhelm her but that these words would take root in her heart: "You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts towards us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told." Psalm 40:5

Pray for Aubrey. Pray for Elijah. Pray for the staff here.

Tomorrow, we start the party between 7 and 9am (Texas time).