Barrett Wayne Harris

That's that... the name... As I walked around the field outside the hospital tyring to get my labor going I told Levi it was all up to him :0) I was done naming and so without hesitation Levi said "Barrett Wayne Harris". Wayne is a family name (my dad's middle and grandpa's middle) and we hadn't really considered it but we both thought it would be really nice to have the middle names of our boys be family names and Levi made the decision for me, thanks hon!

Barrett was a piece of cake compared to my first labor. I went to my doctors appt. on Tuesday not having many contractions at all and they definitely weren't painful and Julie said "we're gonna' have a baby tonight!" I said "FANTASTIC... can I go eat?" :0) So off I went with my grandma (yes, of the napkin head fame) over to subway then we decided we needed ice cream so we went and got some awesome birthday cake ice cream. It seemed fitting, and off to the hospital we went. I couldn't get a hold of Levi so I finally had Levi's mom get a hold of dispatch and although I know how hard she tried to convey her point to dispatch without having "Levi call your mom" blurted out over airwaves everywhere that's what happened... it gave me a good chuckle :0) He called and came on over to the hospital. I had a small leak in the water bag and so they gave me only a couple of hours before they wanted to start pitocin. Unfortunately no matter how steep a hill I climbed or how many public parking lots I walked across in my hospital moo moo my labor still didn't progress fast enough and by 11:00 p.m. they had to start the pitocin. Well despite my disappointment in having to interfere with my body's plan of attack, the pitocin (or pertussis as Levi called it) worked just fine and I was feeling it and everything else really quickly. Julie checked me around 11:00 p.m. and I was 4 cm so she rushed off to do another mom's c-section thinking "Ah, Ashley's last labor was 23 hours, she won't be done before I get back this time" but unfortunately/fortunately she was wrong! By 12:30 I was 7cm and with in an fourty minutes Barrett was rockin and rollin right on down the birth canal! Julie just missed catching him by a minute or two but their was an amazing on stand by midwife who was able to catch Bear. He was born at 1:09 a.m. (God, I am putting in my request now... can I please labor during the day next time, pretty please!), weighed 7lbs, 2oz and is 20 inches long. He has a head of jet black hair and fuzz all over just like big brother had. He is super mellow so far but is completely backward on days and nights. He wakes up around 9:00 p.m. and goes to bed around 4 a.m. ... not so good :0) He eats amazingly and is doing just great. We just got home from the hospital this afternoon and were so happy to see Lincoln. He came and visited us each day at the hospital and oo-ed and ahh-ed over little brother. He really loves his baby brother. It was really hard to be away from Lincoln that long, we missed each other a lot. This afternoon was a wonderful reunion complete with a new family member! We are rejoicing SO much for an amazing pregnancy, labor, delivery and finally bringing home our happy, healthy baby boy Bear. He is so sweet!! I am a HAPPY CAMPER!!