Baby Grafton is here!

So the morning of Aug 16th 2013, Joe and I went in at 6:30am to the hospital to get ready for surgery. I got prepped and ready to go. It was surprisingly very calm and we both felt so anxious to see our little boy. By the time I got in to the surgery room was when I started to get really nervous about the surgery. Once they let Joe in to be with me I became a little less nervous. It was a very  different experience going in for a scheduled C-section then ending up with an emergency one. As well as not going through all the labor. My pain only got to about a 4 at most with contracts that day. So I'm guess he was going to make his debut on that day or the next if I was not going to have a C-section. So we timed it pretty good. =)

So Aug 16th 2013 at 9:50am Joseph Grafton Hovey Jr. was born. 6.4 lbs and 19in long.  Once he came out -- Joe told me "yup it's a boy for sure!" Once they did his first check they laid him next to my head while they were sewing me back up. It was amazing to be able to see him and hear his first cry. Since with Isabel I did not get that experience.

We were at the hospital from Friday till Sunday afternoon. It was nice having someone take him during the night and hold him so we could sleep between feedings. The nurse told me he would just cry if he was put down so they all took turns holding him. Luckily there weren't to many baby's there that weekend.

Isabel loved Baby Grafton off the bat. She was all for holding him and talking to him and especially singing to him. It's amazing how well Isabel has taken to being a "Big Sister." She has been telling every stranger that says hi to her how she is a big sister and she is 4 years old. It's so cute. She is one proud sister.

So far Grafton has been one happy content baby. At first his cry sounded like a seagull or something and it was rather funny. He now has a cute newborn cry as I call it. He doesn't really cry much though. He just fusses and moves a lot and it's pretty easy to tell what he wants. So far he has been much easier to handle than Isabel ever was. Such a sweet little boy.

 I took off about a week and half of school and now starting up for the new semester. My teachers have been awesome with working with me with be absent and understanding about my work load being a little more hectic right now,

it's been really nice. Joe also last minute decided to start school as well. He finally decided on a Business degree and is doing online classes this semester so he can watch the kids while I'm at school. Joe is really excited about going back to school and so far they have put him as a junior only needing his upper divisional classes unlike Weber State where he was having to start all over. Isabel starts up preschool on tuesday and she is excited to go back and she will be starting up her ballet classes up again as well in a couple of weeks.

Things here at the Hovey house are going well and very busy!

August 2013

August is here!

Mom came out waiting for Baby Grafton to make his debut.. We did a lot of things around town and eating good food! Outside our apartment by Isabel's school was a little pond in the road. So Joe had Isabel go "fishing " in it. Isabel had a lot of fun!



































 One of the activities we did was going to the Alligator Farm. It was fun and interesting. Here are some picture.

Isabel for some reason wanted to take a picture with the tires. 

Isabel actually took this picture of Joe

Holding the alligator and this one signed a paper for Isabel too