Burton's First Weeks

3 days after Burton Lawrence arrived we drove to Ovalo to the Flying T to be with my family for Easter weekend! So thankful for family that takes care of me while I recover and helps us out as we adjust to being a family of four!

So far, minus Adalynn getting a stomach bug 5 days after Burton was born, the transition to having a second child has not been to rough. Burton has been sleeping 3 hours at a time at night and has been a very calm and content baby! We are so very very thankful for this tiny bundle of blessing.

Burton Lawrence

This not so little guy arrived! April 14, 2014. And, he is the 14th grandchild for my parents. He weighed 9 lb 2 oz and was 20 inches long. 

Saturday night I began having contractions around 10:30pm. By midnight they were pretty consistent and were becoming more painful. So, I texted Mama just to let her know. I told her I wasn't sure that I was in labor, but just wanted her and Papa to know I was having contractions. At around 2:45am my contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart, so I let Mama know. She said they would head my way. About 10 minutes later my contractions had all but stopped. So I told Mama and she said they would wait and to just keep them updated. At 5:30am Matthew and I heard a loud banging on the front door! Matt grabbed the gun and we went to the front door. It turned out to be Mama and Papa. They had decided to go ahead and come to Lubbock even though my contractions had pretty much subsided. We went to church that morning, still not having many contractions. Around 1:00pm I began having a few contractions again. I spend most of the day relaxing and counting contractions. They continued all afternoon and evening. By 7:45pm I was feeling like I should get to the hospital. When we got to the hospital I was dilated to 7cm! Praise God! Burton ended up being in a posterior position (meaning his face was up rather than down). I continued to labor all night, and finally at 4:49am he arrived, face up! Ouch :)  Because of his arrival position I have had some low back pain during my recovery. I had not idea that this was a symptom of delivering a baby in the posterior position. But it definitely is! We are so very thankful for this little miracle. Thankful that God saved his like back when we was just 22 weeks gestation. So thankful that God helped him arrive safe and healthy this day! We are in awe of God's miracle.