CAB is here!!!!!!

Colton Alaka'i Barnett was born Friday, February 15th at 1:09pm. He was 7 lbs 7oz and 20 1/4 inches long. Alaka'i is Hawaiian and it means "leader". Colton's grandpa (my dad) picked that name but did not know we were going to use it until he was born! Colton seems to be a very cute, sweet-cheeked little guy. He has a bit of jaundice and had to be kept under lights all day Sunday before going home Sunday night. He may still need lights but we are waiting for more info from the doc. This is me and Colt's first picture. Despite the pain (yes, ladies, there is a great deal of pain regardless of the meds) I was overjoyed and actually in a bit of shock that I was a mom! Can you beleive it can happen like that - one second you are in labor and its all about you - next second it is all about you beautiful baby boy (or girl, make the story your own). Colton has a squeak in his voice when he cries but doc says he has a narrow trachea and it should develop more on its own. But Clark and I definitely agree that the squeak is adorable.

Amazingly enough we didn't have very many close up pics of Colton on our camera with his eyes open. This is the one where he has goopy stuff in his eyes that they gave him after birth. Oh, he's so cute!

Okay, not my best moment but I promise I wasn't using drugs. This is just the only picture of our little family of 3 and I wanted to share it with you all. Colton was induced because I had mild preeclampsia and so I had to have magnesium sulfate in my IV which makes you feel like you have been hit by a truck (or you have a really bad hangover). I'm going to post another cutie pie picture in the next post so look up!