Nathaniel Jon

Well he is finally here! He has actually been here for 10 days, but it has been quite an eventful 10 days. On Jan. 31st I was joking at Thursday lunch (the lunch that local churches serve for HS students at no cost to the students) that I would have the baby that night. Little did I know that a mere 2-3 hours later my water would break. Just as I was getting ready to spend a calm evening by myself (Mike and Malachi had gone to the cities for the day) my water broke. I kept pretty calm, continued with my first project of the night only to get ready to head to the hospital. Once I was at the hospital they told me according to the test they do, that my water didn't seem to have broken (but the way I described it-it had) so they had me wait another hour or so to do the test again. This time it came back saying my water had in fact broken. Talk about anxiety-I hate being sent home! Well about 8p.m. Mike was able to get to the hospital, where he switched Malachi over to my mom-who took him home to watch him that night.
After what seemed like forever for me, I got an epidural. Easily a gift to all women who feel okay with it! It is so relaxing with that. But alas, it completely wore off! Can you believe it, going through with sticking something in your spine and it wears off! I am not normally a person who yells at someone but those poor nurses were told how unhappy I was in a louder tone than I normally use. I apologized later to which they said to not worry about it at all! Finally, after what seemed like an eternity for me, Nathaniel was born at 3:36a.m. on February 1st! He was a whole 2 lbs bigger than Malachi and towards the end was having a little of distress so they double checked him over really well when he was born.

Since coming home Malachi has started to adjust well. He calls him "Nanyel" or maybe better spelt Naniel. Malachi is really cute bringing the nuk whenever he cries and tries to lay next to him during tummy time. I have not adjusted quite as well as our little toddler. This past week I came down with a postpartum infection which caused me to have flu-like symptoms and want to be in the fetal position. After visiting the doctor, getting antibiotics and a strict rule of laying low-I am finally starting to feel better. Just a bit extra run-down as my body was healing and then fighting this new development. Mike is doing great with both boys! He is a natural! I am truly blessed to have him as my partner in crime when it comes to parenting. Please pray for us as we continue in this transition and learn how best to parent two boys who are already showing differences in their personalities.

The DuFrenes! Mike, Amy, Malachi, and Nathaniel!