Cousin Time

Cohan is so blessed to have two cousins.

Tayler is 6 and lives in Illinois. He came to visit and my mom was ready to take lots of pictures in their Mizzou gear. Here are a few of our favorites...

Avery is Cohan's other cousin. She lives here in Columbia. Cohan gets to see her more often. Avery is 7 months old. Here are a couple of our favorite pictures of the two of them (and the proud dads!).

Our New Arrival

Scott and I found out that I was going to be induced on March 1st. I was super excited because I was so ready to meet Cohan and not be pregnany anymore! =) By the end of my pregnancy I was really swollen and just uncomfortable. My mom came into town to help us prepare and finish up last minute things before we left for the hospital. Here is the last picture of me as we left for the hospital in Cohan's room.

Scott and I went into the hospital on Sunday night at 6:00 p.m. to check in and get the process started. When we checked in and they started checking me, I was already in labor. I had not idea what contractions felt like, so this was news to me. After a rough night of contractions and being uncomfortble, the doctor's came in a broke my water at 7:00 in the morning.

I wanted to try and be brave and not get medication to ease the pain. I thought that I could make it. I did for 20 hours... then I could not take it anymore. Scott was so helpful and knew exactly how to calm me down. After the epideral, I felt much better. Everything was going great until I had to start pushing. Everytime that I pushed, Cohan's heartrate dropped. Our doctor was worried about him.

After an hour, our doctor told us that I was going to have to have an emergency c-section. This was my biggest fear. I knew recovery was tough and I had already been in labor for 26 hours... but I knew this was what was best for Cohan. After a quick c-section and lots of emotions, we met our healthy (large) son, Cohan Schmidt Watson at 8:06 p.m. He was 21 1/2 inches long and weighed 8 lbs 11.7 oz. The doctors told us after, that we would have had to have had a c-section no matter what. Cohan was large, "sunny side up" and his head was turned.

Even though he did not come according to how we planned, we are so happy that he is here and healthy. We could not have asked for better nurses and doctors at the hospital. They made our stay easier. We got to come home on Thursday afternoon. We had lots of visitors and everyone was so excited to meet Cohan.

Cohan is the best little baby ever. He has now started to stay awake for longer and his little personality is starting to show. He is very easy going and pretty alert for being only a couple weeks old. I will continue to update the blog as often as possible!