The King Family: Grady is born!!

We have a BOY!!!

We are so excited to share with you our little boy, Grayden Evan King, who will go by "Grady"!

The induction on Friday went so much better than I think any of us could have hoped for. I dilated on my own to 5cm (with the help of the misoprostalin pill). The doc broke my water and then I got my epidural around 1:30 with contractions around 3-5 min apart. Around 2pm they put me on the lowest dose of pitocin (I was on the highest dose last time, so this was MUCH better!) and by 5pm I was at 10cm and ready to have the baby. Thirty-five minutes of pushing later, and Grady was born! (If any of you know Scarlett's birth story, this time was MUCH smoother & easier to say the least.)

Grady was born at 5:54pm on Friday, March 16th, weighing 8lb 8oz and 22 inches long.

We have ourselves a BIG boy :)

We are so lucky again that my mom and Peg were able to be there for the birth and Cliffy and Scarlett came to celebrate and meet G shortly after.

We were able to get discharged around 10am this morning. Luckily Nonni was there still to help with Scarlett and they welcomed us home when we arrived, and were able to spend a relaxing afternoon & evening together.

Scarlett is VERY excited about baby Grady. She loves to touch him, watch him eat & watch diaper changes, and tell me when he is crying. She also burps her dolly, Dot, everytime I burp Grady. I love the mimicking :) No meltdowns yet, she is just particularly excited that mama is home! Our poor laborador Hazel seems a tad bit annoyed at her new roomate. She did give him a good sniff and lick though, but she seems to be rolling her eyes at us as to say, "Another one?!" :)
So far Grady has a loud, raspy cry just like his sis, although he seems a bit easier to soothe. He's just 2 days old, so I'm sure we'll be getting a little more "personality" coming through in the next few days.