We are in love with our little man. Jaxon Tate (who will have nicknames of Jax and JT) was born yesterday at 10:12 a.m. He is 19 inches long, and weighed 6 pound 13 ounces. Many dramas surrounded his birthday, but he is here, he and I are doing very well, and life is great.
Hearing his first cry in the operating room brought tears to William's eyes as well as my own. What a very happy conclusion to an incredibly stressful pregnancy.
There have been so many differences between the Australian births of our other children and little Jax's yesterday. For now I will just say I am much more alert and am in much less pain (so far) than I was with the other kids. Levi, Ezrie, and Jaiden were all born at 38 weeks and weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces, 8 pounds 2 ounces and 8 pounds 1 ounces respectively. Our new little man beat out his siblings by one week, being born at just over 37 weeks, but is the runt of the family at this stage. It appears that he takes after the Levi/Ezrie/William side of the family. Jaiden is our only child with my genes.
One disappointment from yesterday is that there was so much scar tissue from my previous three c-sections that my doctor could not perform the tubal ligation - but we'll work something else out.
I am so so so so so so so so happy to have our little man here with us and that we are both doing well. It seems amazing; we are truly blessed.
