LUCAS LANDON PITTINGER
BORN JUNE 21, 2012 at 11:24am
6 LBS 15 OUNCES, 19.1 INCHES
But let's back up a bit so I can take you on a journey of what my life has been the last 4 days...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20: Since today would be the last day to sleep in before the BIG day, my mom convinced me not to come to the shop but rather enjoy the day. Craig didn't get home from the hospital until about 3:30am and he didn't have to be at his training until about 1pm so we set no alarms, got out of bed at around 10:30, went to Starbucks and indulged in a delicious Mocha frappuccino and bagels from Panera and we talked a little about our excitement about the future!...that was about all the time we had before he had to go!....I decided to then head to the shop for a bit to hang out and then my mom took me to the mall to get my haircut (finally!!) before heading to 3 Amigos for dinner with the whole family! Craig and I had talked about watching a movie when he got home but he didn't make it back until almost 10:30pm so after eating a Twix Ice Cream bar with him, we decided to go to bed and watch TV from there....it took Craig about 10 seconds to fall asleep!!!!
THURSDAY, JUNE 21: It was a lllooonnnggg night!!! As expected, I couldn't sleep...but forget the back pain and reflux, I just couldn't believe this was it! The day that I think I had been waiting for my whole life was finally here. At 6:15 I got out of bed and took a shower, called the hospital to make sure we were still on the schedule and we headed to Norfolk shortly after 7:20am. We make it to the hospital and as we waited for our families to join us, the nurse got me ready for the operating room. I felt surprisingly calm the whole time and even until the point when I walked to "OR 1" and sat on the cold bed in the ready position for the spinal to go in. After I got numbed and the nurses finished up setting up the room, I was happy to see Craig walk through the doors. He sat by me and about a minute later, the anesthesist said "Get your camera ready daddy and get up and start clicking, Lucas is almost here!!" I held my breath, said a quick prayer, and after feeling a bit of pulling and pressure, Craig stood up and I heard "the cry". My eyes filled with tears as the doctors cheered and welcomed Lucas into the world, gave me a quick peak of him over the drape and then took him to get checked out!...he is absolutely PERFECT! Craig went over to the warmer and brought him over to me when he was ready...we were both overwhelmed with emotions and as tears rolled down our faces, we kissed and stared at OUR son! I fell in love with Craig ALL over again at that moment and feel so lucky and so complete...what an incredible feeling!
FRIDAY, JUNE 22: Shortly after being born and while I was in recovery, Lucas was taken to the nursery and spent his first 6 hours there doing his little best to regulate his own temperature! By the time he was able to prove to the doctors and nurses that it was ok to come see mommy and daddy (around 6:30pm), our parents had left for the day and since they only got to see him through the nursery window, they were eager to come today to get their first real look, steal their first kiss, and hold our little man for the first time in their arms! We spent most of today entertaining visitors and taking about a million pictures of our little miracle
SATURDAY, JUNE 23: Last night we were told that although our discharge date was set for Sunday, that we could opt to leave Saturday if we wanted to and after thinking about it, Craig and I decided that we were truly in no rush to get home. We wanted to make sure we took advantage of the help and knowledge we could get from all the nurses, get the hang of pain control, we didn't want to rush any procedure or test that was pending, so we spent the day today asking all the questions we could think of, resting, we watched a movie and the soccer game and just really taking it ALL in...we both agreed that Sunday would come soon enough so we truly enjoyed some good quality only the 3-of-us time today :)
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