We are pleased to announce the birth of Sebastian McCartney Lee.

He blessed our lives with his arrival on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 5:10 AM, weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs. 10 oz. and measuring 21 inches in length with a head circumference of 14 inches.  He’s a very healthy boy with brown hair and blue eyes.

Mom was able to deliver naturally again, Dad got a chance at the “laughing gas” after the birth and big sister Stella is over the moon for her little brother.

After several days of trying to pick out a name for our BIG BOY we settled on Sebastian.  Sebastian is of Greek origin (we found out we were pregnant with him in Greece), and its meaning is “revered,” “venerable,” “majestic” – a very strong name for a very big and strong boy. 

The middle name McCartney is of course a nod to the Beatles and Liverpool.   

We hope you all will be able to meet Sebastian soon.

Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and love.

And the winners of the “baby naming” and “guess the gender and weight” contest are:

Nanna Lee for suggesting Sebastian

Nanette Jula for guessing boy, 9 lbs. 7 oz!

 

 

Well it is here and has been going on since 5AM.  Such a different experience this go round.

My water broke this AM at 5 AM and I thought, “OK, this is it.”  It’s now 7:30 pm and still no baby.

Because I tested postitive for Strep B I’ve had to go back and forth to the hospital every 4-6 hours for an antibiotic IV drip.  Not fun and can’t be helping me get this labor going.  But it’s protecting the baby from any infection and reducing the need for induction at this point.

Now we are just waiting.  It’s been an up and down day of contractions here and there but still nothing consistent.  We thought I was moving full steam ahead an hour ago but coordinating Stella and Grandparents for the night threw me back out of labor.

As I’ve said many times, it’s mental and physical preparation.

Justin and I now have the house to ourselves and hope things will get going again soon.

Is it weird that I feel like  I need a drink?:)

My last labor was so different.  Started labor the night before, labor picked up in the AM, water broke and Stella was born about 4 hours later.

Having my water break and then have to just sit here and wait with intermittent contractions is so agonizing!  I’m intermittently excited and then very nervous.  Trying to continue to think about this that hundreds of thousands of women have done this and so can I.  Just a bit nerve racking right now.

Contractions seem to be coming back so that’s it for now…