The New Bryan

HEY ALL,

I added the pictures but forgot to even write a darn thing about Drew. So, here is the scoop that you all want to know. We made it to the hospital bright and early Tuesday morning. We got Tari and registered, down to L&D, hooked up to the monitors, IV's started, and the rest of the whole 9 yards.

We went into the operating room around 7:30am where our awesome anestheist started Tari's spinal. Aside from the initial lidocaine shot, it went in very smoothly without any discomfort to Tari. She was then laid down on the table and her belly was cleaned and prepped for the incision.

They proceded to start and shortly later after a few very big grunts by Margaret pushing on Tari's stomach Drew popped his head out of her belly!.....He was officially born at 7:57am on Tuesday the 29th of January. He weighed in at 6 lbs 10 ounces, 19 1/2 inches in length. Believe it or not, he made Avery (5 lbs 1 oz) and Kendal (5 lb 15 oz) look like peanuts....hence Tari has given him the nickname of MOOSE!

He has very little fuzz on his head, but he is definately an alert boy. He opens his eyes pretty wide and right now he has blue/gray eyes.

Drews' middle name, Benjamin, comes from his both sides of the family. Tari wanted me to mention, that her Grandpa Ben Burtenshaw's nickname was Fuzz, so she thought it was really awesome that Drew Ben came out with a head of Fuzz too!!

Tari is recovering very well from the surgery...after all we did GEL her incisions (want more information on that...ask me) hehe!! Dr. Oldroyd and Margaret did a very fine job removing Tari's old scar and helping revise it to ensure that she will still be able to land that contract with Bikini's R Us!!!

As for more on Tari, yesterday was a recovery day. She did hurt quite a bit, but today she has been up and moving around. Her incision looks great. She has some pain, but she tolerates it well. She is a definately a trooper. I will mention at this point that I am NOT carrying the next well since Tari does such a great job of it herself =)

Today, Drew lost 6 oz, but he is still a MOOSE! and Avery and Kendal both love to hold him and kiss his little head.