Our sweet little Hadley

Well, he is finally here. After months of waiting and preparation we are able to hold him in our arms. Life could not be any sweeter!! He is perfect. I know, we are biased but so many people have commented on how cute of a newborn he is. Of course we agree:)

So, here is "the story"-
Saturday, I spent the day running some last errands that I wanted done before our sweet mister arrived. I just wanted to get things checked off the list and not have to worry about them any longer. After about 2 hours of running around, I was exhausted and felt a bit nauseous and just weird. I felt like my body was telling me to chill out and relax. Loren and I stayed home Saturday night and just laid low. We went to bed around 12:30pm. I woke up at 3:30am to what I thought was me peeing the bed. ha! Boy was I wrong. I was so confused and ran to the bathroom. I slipped on the bathroom floor and wiped out. Good thing I didn't smack my head on the bath tub and knock my self out! I went back into our room and Loren asked if I was okay(he heard me fall, but also heard me laughing so he figured I was okay. How could I not laugh? It was pretty funny). I told him what had happened and I called the Dr. and she told us to pack our bags and head into the hospital. As we were frantically running around the house, I realize my husband has a mustache. I made him shave it off before we left:)

I called my parents on our way to the hospital and they got out of bed and got on the road. We get to the hospital and I was already pretty far along. I was dilated to a 4 and was 100% effaced. So, I only needed to dilate 6 more centimeters. The nurse predicted I would deliver by 2pm. They regulated my contractions and by 1:15pm, all the hard work began. Seriously, the hardest work I have EVER done!! My doctor was out of town, so we had the doctor that was on call. We could not have hand picked a better doctor(besides our usual) and nurses. They did a wonderful job at taking care of us. After 3 hours of pushing, Mr. Hadley Douglas Ekart was placed on my chest. I was so overwhelmed and exhausted. It was such an amazing moment. All of the sudden Hadley was no longer "Franklin". He was here. Our first baby. Laying on my chest crying. Of course I was bawling. How could you not? My parents made it to the hospital about 45 minutes before he was born. So, they were able to be the first to meet Hadley. I am so glad they made it to be there right after he was born.

Enjoy the pictures of our sweet little Hadley. Every time I look at his face the rest of the world seems to fade away and nothing else matters. Life has become so simple and we are totally fine with that. God is so good and we praise him for giving us a perfectly healthy son. Thank you to all who have been praying for Loren and I as we began this new adventure 9 months ago.


PS- I will post pictures soon of his room.We still have a few finishing touches!!