James Isaiah McEntire was born on November 26th, 2011. He weighed 6lbs and 4 ounces, 19 1/2 inches long. All was a wonderful experience. My due date was December 8th, then I convinced doctors that this was not possible and they compromised with December 2nd. Mark and I both knew he was not going to be a December baby. We were right. And I was glad. People with December birthdays are often times odd. No offense to anyone with a December birthday reading this, its just mine and Mark's experience that these "December People" have issues. Maybe something to do with astrology? Anyway I just went off on a tangent. So the week of Jame's birth was pretty busy. Before he was born I was hoping to accomplish four things: watch the new Twilight movie with my sister, attend cousin Reed's wedding, enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner, and of course black friday shopping. I should have known baby James would be such a good boy. He patiently waited to come and fulfilled my request. I did all of these things:) I went into labor Friday night at 1 am. Contractions went from nine minutes apart to seven minutes apart to two minutes apart! We checked in at about 2ish and he was born at 1pm Saturday. I had considered going "natraul" and opted out of the epidural but I was so exhaused and had not slept all night so I changed my mind. The pain didnt tickle either, so this "being tired" reason was just an excuse I think. We had not settled on a name beforehand but when he was born and we took one look at him Mark and I both knew he was a James. He is healthy and beautiful. He is a good sleeper too (for my record-by 3 weeks he did 3 hour stretches and by six he did 4-4 1/2 hour stretches and now at eight weeks he does up to six hours! Despite me having some post partum depression and anxiety all is well in the McEntire house. I have an amazing husband and wonderful mother in law who have helped me tremendously.
