Ben is 13 weeks old!

So Ben turned 13 weeks old yesterday. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. Now he's smiling and laughing and even beginning to try to roll over. Here's a slideshow of some pictures taken on his week 13th birthday.

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On our own!

So Jason and I ventured out on our own minus Ben today. We went to see the movie Transformers and Ben stayed with his grammy (my mom). This is only the second time that I've been out without Ben and it was tough! But it was good for me and Jason to have some time to ourselves and the movie was really good. Here are some pictures that we took of Ben today. The first is Ben in his very first Harley Davidson t-shirt that was bought for him by his Aunt Dar.

The next picture was also taken today because Ben rarley goes through a day without having to change outfits due to spit up, poop and other occurences! :) This outfit was the first baby gift we received for Ben when we were pregnant. It was given by my friend Morgan and the message on the shirt "I was worth the wait" is definately true!

Baby Shower

We went to my cousin Sarah's baby shower yesterday. Sarah is up from North Carolina and is expecting her baby in August. Ben and his cousin Jayna had a nice chat as you can see from the pictures. Jayna is a month older than Ben. They are both such happy babies. It was fun to see them together.

Benjamin's Introduction

Benjamin James was born on April 11th, 2007 at 1:57 p.m. by surprise c-section. I had woken up that morning with terrible back pain that wouldn't go away no matter what I did. I finally called the midwife and they had me come in to the hospital. After taken some blood, they discovered that I had preeclampsia. We were given the choice to either be induced and try to get Ben out within 24 hours or go with the c-section. We decided to go with the c-section because I was in so much pain already with my back and my upper abdomen due to the high enzyme levels in my liver. I didn't think I could deal with induced contractions on top of that. Before we went into surgery, they let me know that the latest blood test had shown that the preeclampsia had turned into the HELLP syndrome which causes trouble with blood clotting, the liver and the kidneys. My condition had become very serious and it was a good thing we had decided to go with the c-section. Ben was born shortly after and weighed in at 6 pounds 3 ounces. He was absolutely beautiful!

A lot has changed since Ben was born. He's now 12 weeks old and smiling and laughing. We wanted to do this blog so that we could keep our friends and family up to date with what Ben is doing. So I'm going to try to do my best to update frequently with pictures. I'm so proud of my little boy and want to share him with everyone. :)

* This was actually posted on 7/7/07 but it posted as May 23rd because that's when I began working on the post.