Dawson Jeffrey Routsong

Dawson Jeffrey Routsong entered this world at 6:54pm on Thursday September 13, 2012.  He was 7 lbs 15 oz, and 21.5 inches long.  He is our biggest baby yet!!  He has grey-blue eyes and his features resemble Cooper the most, but he shares the same look as all of his siblings.  He has 10 fingers and 10 toes, a perfect little turned up nose, and tiny little ears.  He is absolutely perfect.  His skin was pink and healthy the moment he arrived.  As much as I want my babies to come early, I am so grateful that he was able to develop fully inside me and come to us healthy and strong and ready for life.  His middle name is after his grandpa, Jeffrey Hutchinson, and his first name is a name that Nate and I loved.  

Nate was able to raise the flag outside the center to announce the arrival of a new little boy into this world.  A proud moment for him!!  

Stephanie Vanderhorst, my certified nurse midwife, was absolutely wonderful.  From beginning of pregnancy through to the end, I could not have asked for a kinder health professional who catered to our every need.  When Kaylee was born, since we don't have maternity benefit coverage, we bartered an alarm system in the brand new birthing center for my prenatal care with Stephanie.  This time around, Stephanie wanted to barter again, an alarm system for her personal home in return for my prenatal care.  Thank you Stephanie!!

 After Dawson was born, I felt pretty good.  He was super healthy, nursing well, and sleeping peacefully.  We just watched the rest of "What About Bob" till about 11:00 at night.  At that point, we were just hanging out, eating our homemade bread, and Stephanie suggested that we might as well just hang out at home and get a good nights' sleep.  So we did.  We headed home at 11:00, when Dawson was just 4 hours old.  I never would have imagined doing that before, but everything seemed ok about it.  It was really nice to take him home to an empty house and spend a couple peaceful days with just baby, mommy and daddy.  

Its amazing how our love grows.  We fell in love with this tiny little boy the moment he was here.  Our love for our kids doesn't seem to get divided between them, rather, it just multiplies somehow.  We love you Dawson so very much and are so glad to have you here in our family.  You are a precious son of God that has been entrusted to our care, and we will love you forever.