Welcome William James Buckingham

William James Buckingham was born at 1:08 am October 18, 2014.  8lb 5oz, 19.5 in long.  What a blessing!

I had been to the doctor Friday morning (the 17th).  She said everything was progressing, I just needed some steady contractions.  By Friday afternoon, I started feeling those contractions.  So close to the due date, and knowing I had already progressed quite a bit, I figured the hospital wouldn't turn me away for false labor.  We ordered pizza and Mom came over.  Robert and Judy went straight to bed to rest up (yeah right...I don't think they slept a wink!).  When we got to the hospital, I had had a good 15 minutes between contractions, so we decided to walk the mall.  As soon as I started walking, they'd come on fairly quickly.  As soon as I sat down, they stopped.  Ten minutes in the mall, and we decided to go to the hospital.  I thought the triage nurse would never believe me, but she finally checked me in as a patient.  Once we got a room, the set me up quickly.  Will could've been born the night of the 17th, but there was an emergency C-section, and I was comfortable with the epidural, so we waited, and we waited.  Shortly after midnight, the doctor broke my water.  A while later the nurse said, "Let's do a practice push.  1-2, oh wait, look at all that hair!  Let's get the doctor".  Since the doctor had forgotten to see if Ellie was a girl or boy, we prepped the staff, letting them know we wanted a big to-do.  The doctor, whom I'd never met since he was from another practice, was so nice and asked how I wanted him to tell.  We settled on holding the baby up for us to see.  Half a push later, here was William James!  He immediately peed all over the place!  What an entry to the world!  What a boy!  I was able to hold him right away, and of course, was immediately in love.

 Poor thing, he cried at the top of his lungs for what seemed like forever.

 

 One of the first things we noticed were his amazing monkey toes!

 Daddy finally got him to calm down.  Ever since he's been a really calm and happy baby.

 He's just perfect and beautiful.

 Oh wait, he did cry a lot during his bath, too.

 That made me sad.

But he did like having his hair washed.
The doctors and nurses immediately talked about how big he was.  Of course, after carrying Jake, he obviously seemed so small.  Actually, the smallest of the boys by 2 ounces.  At this point, we were still undecided on a name, so we decided to sleep on it until the real morning.  When I finally got feeling back in my legs (it took a really long time...must've had quite the epidural) and a shower, and Buck got a cup of coffee, we decided on William James (James is Buck's middle name), and prepared for everyone to come meet him.... William James.  What a precious blessing and joy!