God is good....all the time

Here are some pictures that a woman from the hospital took of our little one. These are so precious to me cause they were taken the day after he was born. The one of him and Manny actually made me cry as she was taking it. I'm not emotional at all. Ha! Enjoy them...

Photo Debut

Here are a few photos of our journey up until this point...

Right after getting the epidural. Drugs are a good things! :)


Laying eyes on James for the first time upclose


Father and Son


Most amazing Doctor


First Family Photo


My sweet family who had all just pulled an all nighter waiting on James' arrival!


Me and Stella


My boys


I am now too tired to label the rest. So here they are! :)

First Dr. Appointment

Today we took James to his first doctors appointment. Everything check out great. His weight has maintained almost the same. The day we left the hospital he weighed 7lbs even and today he was 7lb 0.4oz. So he gained a little! :) He did so good though the whole time. Here's a pic from his appointment.

Last night was a rough night for Daddy and Mommy though. James just couldn't get settled so we were up from 11:45 till 3:15. Needless to say James wasn't the only one crying last night. Manny is so amazing though. Even at 2 in the morning he was there by my side encouraging me that we could do it! I sat today and thought about the fact that I COULD NOT do this without him. He has been my strength and support unlike I ever imagined. I feel beyond blessed to have him as my husband.
We having been trying to upload pictures, but are having a tough time. Soon we will get some up though.

Manuel James Rodrigues

We very proudly announce the arrival of our son James! He joined us early Thursday morning at 5:14am and weighed in at 7lbs 2oz 19 3/4in. He is just perfect. We are so in love with this little guy. We thank our sweet Heavenly Father for entrusting this sweet baby to us. It is an honor. Here are 2 pics for now, but don't worry, more will be coming!

And this is why I love this girl...

My good friend Haley posted this on her blog yesterday for me. I love this girl for so many reasons. But one of those reasons being that she just gets it and gets me! Thanks Hales!

Here is her post:

when the day comes that you have a dear friend/family member due, please resist the urge to check in every/every other day via text/email/facebook/phone calls.

Initially I was enjoying the baby countdown, but after you pass a few days of that still with no baby, it’s really irritating (even when…

This is being reblogged for my friend, my good friend, Graylynn. Graylynn and her cute, multi-lingual husband are due to meet their baby James in….a few days. Graylynn and I speak about once a week and we talk a lot about the annoyances of well meaning people “checking in” on mom, baby, and the progress - or, often times, the lack thereof.

Resist folks, try to resist.

hlt.

Updates

Back to the doctor we went today. The doctor was quite surprised to see me there. She had hoped I guess as much as I had that James would have come already. She told me that she had 4 of us girls that she needed to have their babies before she left town and as of today I am the only one that hasn't had mine. Go figure right? UGH! So after checking me and seeing that I was still at 1cm, she decided to strip my membranes. Not sure if any of you have ever had that done, but it was horrible. I don't think I would wish that on my worst enemy. It was extrememly painful and uncomfortable. But if it works and does its job then I should have this little one in about 24 hours or so. If it doesn't work then we just continue to wait. Since my appointment I have been getting lots of contractions, so the prayer now is that they continue and get stronger. So we'll just wait and see. Worst case scenario she said that she will induce me when she gets back which would be the 20th! AHHH. Please pray that we don't make it till then. The thought makes me want to cry.

We'll be sure to keep everyone posted on what is going on though!

Let the countdown begin

And so it begins. We went to the Doctor today and I am officially at 1cm. So though it's not much, I'll take it! They are very happy with his progression and he seems to be doing well. My Doctor did tell me that she needs me to have James before next Friday. Next Friday she will be leaving on a week long vacation and not returning till the 20th! I of course would have no problem having him by then. I told her to just tell me what I need to do and consider it done! She of course listed off the items that most people tell you. So without naming each one of those items, know that I will be doing all of them. I will do whatever it takes! Do not be alarmed if you are driving down the road and happen to see me doing squats or lungs...haha! :) Now we play the waiting game. At least I have my sweet husband who has been a saint through this whole process. He so kindly asked me the other night if his sweet wife was ever going to return to him. Bless him. I think this may or may not have been more tough on him than me! Soon my love you will have your wife back! I promise! So we'll see if this little one wants to come this weekend or not. It would be quite humorous to have a baby on Labor Day weekend. We'll see...