How sweet to hold a newborn baby... to feel the joy and peace she brings!
Landry was born on August 30th at 6:38 p.m. She was 7 lbs. 9 oz and 20 1/2 inches long.
So, where did her name come from!? We've liked the name Landry since I was pregnant with Luke. He would've been Landry if he'd have been a girl. We looked at name after name seeing if we liked anything else better, but we still just liked it more than anything. Her middle name is something we just stumbled on one day. I had downloaded an app ad was looking up meanings of names when I came by Tayte.... it means "brings joy." It's significant to us, too. A good friend of Heath's passed away last year.. his middle name was Tate. Coincidentally, Landry's due date was based off of his birthday, and she was also born on his youngest son's birthday! We felt like it was fitting. Landry Tayte. It's still fun to say it out loud after keeping it a secret for so long.
We are thrilled to have her here. She just completes our family and has deepened our love. Crazy how it happened so fast! I feel like I love Luke more now that she's here.. just because the depth of my love has grown. She's (so far) one of the easiest babies I've ever known. PTL.
Getting her here was not all that easy! I think it took 18 or more hours. I was induced, but I was in pretty active labor when we got to the hospital the night of the 29th. I had contractions 3-5 minutes apart all night long. I had some pain meds and got a little spacey at about 3 a.m., and I can remember telling Heath, "All I can think about is pump jacks." Haha. If all had went as planned, I would've had her by 11 that morning (after an epidural at 9), but she was facing the wrong way. Her head was down, but her belly was up. They thought breaking my water would get her in to position, but that didn't work. All afternoon, they had me laying in different positions to try to get her turned. If she didn't turn, I was going in for a c-section to keep my uterus from rupturing. At the last minute, my doctor and nurse were able to force her to turn. Once they flipped her (no simple task), she was here in no time!
We were supposed to get to come home from the hospital the day after she was born, but some tests they ran on her 24 hours after birth kept us there another night. I was discharged, but I got to stay at the hospital with her while she slept on the jaundice bed. Staying that extra night kept her levels down and prevented us from having to bring the bed home. Thank goodness.
I think if Heath had any more kids, he'd be so soft I couldn't stand it. He's can be a pushover with these kids! He enforces boundaries, don't get me wrong, but I can just see him melt over them sometimes. The night we went into the hospital, we had taken Luke to my parents and came back home to load up. We were just having small talk, and he said, "I heard that song on the radio today, 'I Loved Her First'......" I looked at him and could see the knot in his throat. I said, "No. Not now." Haha. :)
Luke has been wonderful with her. I think he nested in his own way before she got here. He helped me get everything ready for her. He's freaked out in the past over me loving on other babies, but he's just fine with us loving on her! She sleeps so much, he hardly remembers she's here, I think. Her being such a good baby has helped him transition pretty smoothly. We just praise and praise her for how easy she is. Our first night home, I didn't set an alarm to wake up and feed her because I just expected she'd wake me up. I woke her after 5 1/2 hours! She's awesome. She sleeps better than her brother some nights!
So, here she is....Landry Tayte. We love her more than life itself. We look forward to watching her grow, loving on her, and making memories.
And last, this song reflects our hope for our kids... We pray He makes their hearts His home. We pour our best into them on a daily basis, but even then, we are human and lack the ability to give the gift offered to them through Christ.
