Meet Landon

Landon Dale Cutler

Born early Friday morning, May 23, 2014 at 1:54 a.m.
8 lbs. 1 oz.
21.5 inches



here is his story:

I had my last doctor appointment Thursday evening.  The whole family came along for this one.
2 cm along
I couldn't feel the contractions at this point, but we decided to head on over to the hospital to get things progressing.  We made a stop for dinner, then checked in at the hospital.

40 week belly bump

Cody and the kids headed home shortly after I changed into my hospital gown and got settled in.  He got the kids in bed and my amazing friend, BWade came to stay the night so Cody could return to the hospital.

 Once I was hooked up to the fetal monitor, we could see contractions were occurring regularly. 
We used the balloon like I had with Jaden's delivery to progress things to 4 cm.  This did the trick, and no pitocin or oxytocin dosage was necessary.

Because things progressed so stinkin' fast with Brielle, I knew if I wanted the epidural, sooner would be better.  So about an hour later, my angel anesthesiologist arrived.
They call him Dr. Keith and he is very good at what he does.  My nurse told me he is everyone's favorite, and all the nurses request him when they have their own deliveries.  Lucky me!



I tell ya, he did not disappoint.  In my mind, it was the perfect epidural.  My legs went numb, but I could still move and bend them to a degree and wiggle my toes.
Dr. Stall broke my water shortly after the epidural was administered.  I was between 4-5 cm at this point.
(side note: I have yet for my water to break on it's own... even crazy fast Brielle was born with her amniotic sac still intact!)
Dr. Stall said he'd return in two hours to see how things were coming along.  I tried to get somewhat comfortable as we waited things out. 

Well we never hit the 2 hour mark, because about an hour and a half later, this guy was SOOO ready to come!  I felt immense pressure and knew he was coming and coming right NOW.  I pushed the nurses call button and told Cody to wake himself up.  It was time people!  The nurse assumed I just felt bladder pressure and had to go to the bathroom or something, but sure enough baby was ready!  So she called for Dr. Stall to get in there PRONTO and to get everything prepared for delivery.  Suddenly a swarm of people came in getting this and that set and ready to go.  Dr. Stall rushed in from the break area, while trying to get his shoes back on.  I asked (rather begged really) if I could push... the nurse said we just needed doc with his gloves on and we would be good to go.  As soon as Dr. Stall was in view, I pretty much insisted I start pushing.  So that I did, and 2 or 3 pushes later Landon had arrived!!!  Perfect in every way:)

and straight to momma he came

After a nice long greeting, Landon was weighed, measured, etc.

then right back to snuggling

Dr. Stall has delivered all three of our babies.  He is fabulous!

We hung out with Landon for an hour or so longer.  Just taking it all in.  He nursed like a champ, we took some photos, and just adored all his cuteness.

checkin' out Daddy

At this point it was almost 4:00 in the morning and we needed to catch a little shut-eye.  So we let Landon go to the nursery to get cleaned up and such. 

He returned looking adorable and all snuggled up:)

Cody returned home in the morning to get kids ready and Jaden off to preschool, and surprised me with a little visit that afternoon.

Brielle was so excited to meet her little brother!

Jaden got to meet him later that night on their way to the airport to pick up Grammy.

He just sat and held him.  He is such a good big brother.  His baby talk cracks me up:)

Still hard to believe I'm a mom of 3!

some close-ups of Landon

love these 3 kiddos so much

Meeting Grammy!

So grateful to my MIL for being the awesome Grammy that she is.

She was such a lifesaver that first week home.

after the first sleepy couple of days, it was nice seeing his eyes again

ready to head on home!

Family of 5!!!

Welcome sweet Landon!