Welcome Benjamin Matthew!

Okay, so I know my child is 6 weeks old and I'm just now posting pictures of him, but please forgive this. There is just so much 1 person can do right after having her 4th child. Luckily, we're starting to find a rythym and all is well. Hope you enjoy these pictures, cuz we're sure enjoying Ben! (Sorry in advance for the TONS of pictures, but he's just so darn cute!)

Benjamin Matthew Wilson (Jeromy is trying to get Beamer to stick for his nickname due to his initials, I like Tex due to his size) was born at 12:55 pm on March 4th, 2010. He was 9 pounds 5 ounces, and 21 inches long. He has dark hair and dark eyes and looks very much like his Daddy, only without the red hair (for now).

The C-Section went pretty smoothly, although major surgery is always scary. My diabetes went away pretty much as soon as he came out, which was rather nice. But birth made Ben's blood sugar dip really low and he lost a ton of weight that first day (about 11%), which was a little scary, so he had to have a couple of formula feedings to regulate that. Luckily, it did, which we're very grateful for. By 2 weeks, he was almost a pound past his birth weight. And now, at almost 7 weeks old, he doesn't fit in hardly any of his 0-3 month clothing. Slow down, kiddo! We're in no hurry for you to grow up.

My mom stayed for another 2 weeks after he was born, which was an immense help. A week later we had a house full of company to bless the boy. It's so nice to have so much love and support! My recovery was pretty rapid at first, but at a few weeks, I was stupid and lifted when I shouldn't and strained/tore some muscles, so I wasn't much of a happy camper when our families visited. The week after the blessing, things at work got really crazy for Jeromy and he had to work till almost midnight some nights, and then go back in at 6am. So much for saving up his days off for when the baby came! It's gotten a bit better since, although he's gone all this week on a business trip. We miss him tons when he's gone. Now things are starting to get back to "normal," if there is such a thing ;) and we're absolutely loving this new little/big addition to our family. We feel so blessed, and a smidge guilty for being so blessed. But thankful all the same. Thanks to all who have helped us recently. We're so fortunate to have great friends and family in our lives.



We try to take a picture of my belly relatively close to delivery. So here's me the night before. Honestly, I think I've been bigger. How did a 9 pounder fit in there?

Seconds old.

Old man face:

Look at that hair!

Handsome Benjamin.

First mug shot. Look at the size of those hands! They were as big as his 3-month old neighbor, although she's a dainty little girl, so can't be justifiably compared.

This is a favorite Ben face of mine.

Me holding him for the first time. I think. Maybe the second time, I can't tell. Either way, I'm just out of recovery and getting to know my boy.

First bath.

Grandma C. holding him for the first time.

Benjamin and the girls. We just brought him home from the hospital.

Audrey holding him for the first time.

Kierra holding him for the first time.

Jacob holding his first brother for the first time.

He didn't know quite what to do at first, but quickly warmed up to his new baby.

They were so happy to finally have him home!

What a big sister! For awhile, they were all fighting over who had pacifier duty. Now I have to bribe them.

Except for Jacob. He LOVES putting that pacifier in. Sometimes I don't even need to ask.

What a fun little helper.

Grandma W. holding him for one of the first times (I think he's about a week and a half old here).

His first real bath at home, he's 2 1/2 weeks old here (it took that long for his cord to come off!).

Well, that's our Benjamin, the first couple weeks anyway. My neighbor took some really cute pictures of him when he was a month old, hopefully I'll be posting some of those shortly.