Porter was born on September 16, at 4:30 pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and is 21 inches long.
We are so excited to have Porter join our family. Although Amanda (and Jodi) was hoping for a little girl, she is happy to have another little brother to "baby" and "spoil". She is so good with the kids. I don't know what we would do without her help. She is going to make a great mother one day. Dallin wasn't too sure about someone else taking up his time for attention, but he is adjusting well and he loves to hug and kiss his "Baby Korter".
Porter was initially due at the end of the month, but he was measuring large, so the doctors wanted to induce early. Jodi was having panic attacks when the doctor speculated that she could be having a 10 pound baby, so she was more than happy to comply with the inducing.
We got the call to report to the hospital at 6:15am, so we showed up right on time to find that they didn't have a room ready for us. So we waited around for nearly an hour before they could get us into a room. Once they got Jodi settled in and "hooked up" with all of there little gadgets and gizmos, the induction was started.
After several hours, Jodi was finally able to feel the contractions getting stronger, and at around 3:00pm, she was ready for the epidural.
Porters delivery was much harder on Jodi than Dallins delivery. When Dallin was born, the doctors had a hard time getting Jodi to "push" because she would start to laugh. They must have put something funny in her epidural because she laughed her way through the entire delivery. Not this time. Even with the epidural, she was in a great deal of pain, but she was a little trooper, and got the job done.
Porter is a typical baby.....sleeps all day, and is awake all night. But we are adapting to our new little addition to the family. It is hard to remember the sleepless, grouchy nights when you have a precious little miracle to hold in your arms.
