Young Preston came home yesterday from the hospital. It was an exciting experience for everyone... especially Henry. I'll get to that in a minute. Preston was born on April 21st at 1:21pm. He weighed 9 pounds 5.8 ounces and was 21 inches long. He has a full head of strawberry blond hair. Preston was larger than anyone had anticipated, and so Kristen battled to get him out. She started pushing at 9:30am and he didn't come out for 4 more hours. On his way out he did some good damage to his Mommy. 10 stitches later she is still very tender, but well medicated. Kristen handled the whole thing like a champ. She was exhausted by the time Preston made his way out. For those who know Kristen well they will appreciate that at the height of the pain she was screaming at the top of her lungs etc... As soon as Preston got all the way out she said in a normal voice, "Sorry everyone, that was a bit dramatic.". All the doctors and nurses started laughing. I'm sure not many people who pass 9 pound babies apologize for screaming. After his birth Preston was very calm and cried very little. The hospital stay was extremely tiring, but it wasn't his fault. The staff at our hospital made good work of popping in periodically to wake us up for random crap. Apparently the time to get your morning blood work done is 2:30am. Overall the staff was very helpful and did a great job of trying to keep Kristen and Preston Comfortable.
Arriving home yesterday was an interesting experience. Henry was very excited to see his mama, so Kristen went in and gave him all sorts of attention before we brought in Preston. When I did bring him in, Henry was using all of his strength (which is a lot) to find out what was in that car seat. I literally had to drag him away and give him a chance to look for a minute before he crushed our kid. He has responded very well to having this little guy in our home. The only problem we've had is that he is a little overprotective. He goes nuts barking when cars drive by, or the neighbors come home etc... Thankfully Preston sleeps through the barking well. He gets very concerned when Preston cries and always goes into his room to see whats going on. He also "needs" to be in the room when Kristen is feeding the little monster. When Preston is in his crib sleeping, Henry goes into the room and watches the crib. After a while he starts crying and whimpering(Henry does), so I lift him up so he can see that Preston is still there. I think they are going to be great friends. There is a video clip of Preston at the bottom of this page.
