Brennan Russell Bardolf

Brennan was born August 18, 2010 at 1:28pm, weighing in at a generous 9lbs 3 oz and 21 in long. Theresa and I checked in at the hospital around 7am for a scheduled induction that morning. She was measuring at 3cm when we got there, so the doctor broke her water and hooked her up to the petocin and commenced the waiting period. Around noon the doctor checked in, Theresa was around 5 cm, but Brennan's head hadn't come down, or "engaged" at all. We had a sonogram a few weeks ago that showed that Brennan was about 7.5 lbs, so there was always some concern over whether Theresa would be able to deliver "regularly", or would have to have a c-section. This particular doctor was a pretty big proponent of a c-section for Theresa all along, especially given Brennan's weight 3 weeks ago, and the fact that he hadn't started moving down at all made the decision easier. So at around 1pm they gave me my scrubs and wheeled Theresa into the operating room. About 15 minutes later they were pulling Brennan out and putting him on the scale. And he's been eating and sleeping ever since.

Two days later Theresa is up and moving around, walking up and down the hall, and in generally much better shape than she was on Wednesday and yesterday. Audrey is transitioning pretty well, dishing out hugs constantly and worrying like crazy when he cries (she's really not a fan - it bothers her the most so far, but she'll get the hang of it). Mommy and baby are scheduled for discharge tomorrow, so that's when all the fun really begins.