photos from carter's birth day - 04.16.2010

i debated about whether or not to post this one...since it shows his man parts, but it was one of the first photos of him and i just couldn't resist.
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daddy wearing his "life is good" tshirt, "cutting" carter's umbilical cord.
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our sweet boy, all cleaned off and bundled up.
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our happy little family of three. :)
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carter chillin' in his bassinet.
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daddy and carter
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the main players in carter's delivery--the midwife sally on my right, the doula hallie behind me, and of course, daddy, on my left.

{{although this is not the place in the blogosphere for me, i must say that i REALLY wanted to brush my hair, put on a headband, find my other earring in the sheets and put on some chapstick before it was time to push. obviously, THAT did NOT happen. ;) i don't think it would've made much difference, considering i'd been pumped with at least 5 bags of fluids and probably "gained" five pounds just from that, because i most certainly look like a porker in this (all of these) photo(s)}}.

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carter had SO MANY visitors while he was in the hospital:
Grandma and Grandpa H
Grandma and Grandpa Z
Aunt Chenelle
Aunt Nikki
Karl
Uncle Don
Aunt Cyndi
Cousin Erica
((Cousin Harrison))
((Cousin Drew))
*harrison and drew came to see him, but due to the mean, demanding day nurse, they didn't actually get to see him. :(