And with this post, the blog now becomes a place for us to record the happenings of our three Todd babies!
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| The last "BEFORE" shot. |
Levi John joined our family on Monday, May 13 at 3:11 p.m. weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. He was 20 inches long. Levi's birth story is certainly different from that of his brothers. In fact, his brothers picked his birth date! Mom had to have a C-section and it was scheduled. (We had thoughts that Levi would make his own entrance but that was not to be!)
Mommy and Daddy left home a little before noon, stopping to do a few errands along the way! Mommy commented on her way out the door that it was weird to know we were leaving home to have a baby and had scheduled it like that. Mommy found herself a bit more anxious with things happening this way!
Upon arriving at the hospital, the nurse put a baby monitor on mommy, put in an IV and generally prepped mom for surgery. Then, we just waited! At about 2:40, they took us back to the OR area. We left daddy in the recovery area for a few minutes while the doctors and nurses got mommy ready in the operating room. Mommy heard Dr. Dillard come in to the room and then say, "Let's have a baby!" Another doctor reminded someone to go get daddy and in just a few minutes, we heard a BIG OLE cry! Levi made a very loud entrance and pinked up right away after he was born because he was crying so vigorously. Apparently he was a little taken aback by the activities!
Daddy cut Levi's cord and then came to mommy to confirm what his name would be. He also got to have Levi's footprint on his hand and it took up most of the back of daddy's hand. Levi has big feet! Then, Levi got to come see Mommy for the first time! While the doctor finished with mommy, the nurses took Levi upstairs to get cleaned up. After about an hour in recovery, Levi joined mommy and daddy in a postpartum room. A short time later, his big brothers and grandma came to meet Levi.
Daddy sent out messages and made a few phone calls to family. Mommy was much more wiped out than she thought she would be but enjoyed getting to know Levi right away.
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| Meeting the Big Brothers! |
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| Going home! |
Mommy and Daddy left home a little before noon, stopping to do a few errands along the way! Mommy commented on her way out the door that it was weird to know we were leaving home to have a baby and had scheduled it like that. Mommy found herself a bit more anxious with things happening this way! 
Daddy cut Levi's cord and then came to mommy to confirm what his name would be. He also got to have Levi's footprint on his hand and it took up most of the back of daddy's hand. Levi has big feet! Then, Levi got to come see Mommy for the first time! While the doctor finished with mommy, the nurses took Levi upstairs to get cleaned up. After about an hour in recovery, Levi joined mommy and daddy in a postpartum room. A short time later, his big brothers and grandma came to meet Levi. 
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