Joseph Taylor Choate arrived into our family Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 10:57 am. He was born 9 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long which was a big surprise for us (ok, bad joke, I know, but I'm going on little sleep here :)The labor was long and hard (7 1/2 hours), by far my hardest, but I did it natural again and both he and I are doing well.
Props to Ben for being such a good support: he helped coach me on breathing and didn't even mind when I told him to "stop being mean" during one of the contractions (he was, in reality, the furthest thing from mean- it was the pain talking not me).
Little Joseph is the sweetest baby. My heart feels so full to have him as my son. The Lord has blessed us greatly and I am so thankful to him for the honor of being this child's mother.
Big brother's Benjamin and Chance are "adjusting" (we hope) to the new baby. Chance likes to say "eyes" and poke Joseph's eyes and steal his pacifier which is so Chance, but he seems pretty happy. At the hospital, we asked Benjamin who the new baby was and he said, "Baby Joseph-- I found him."
So, Baby Joseph has been "found" and we are all a little tired, but very happy.
