Saturday, August 21, 2010

Introducing Matthew Alexander Kaplun

Alex's and I first child - Matthew Alexander Kaplun was born this past sunday (8/15) at 8:41pm.  I was 38 and 3/7 weeks.    He weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces and was 20 inches long at birth.  The labor was long but tolerable thanks to an epidural.   Both Alex and I are completely in love with the new addition to our family. 

But first one last pregnancy picture.  This was taken shortly before I went in to labor.  I was starting to swell already, but maybe is was from the ice cream sitting on my belly bump.  : )

Warning:  this is a long post with lots of pictures, but I didn't know when I would be able to post again.

I am now much happier that I have an epidural.  Little did I know I was about to start swelling up like the stage puff marshmallow man.  You won't see many more pictures of me until I look more normal. 

Alex holds Matthew for the first time.

matthew - 4 days old
Grandma flew back out right away and here she is holding her first grandchild.  Needless to say, she is ecstatic.

Matthew - 4 days old.


sleeping after a good breast feeding. 

Grandma helps give him a bath.  We are about to wash his hair.

3 days old

6 days old

Daddy and Matthew catch a few precious zzzzz.

He has eyes!

His favorite sleeping position is with his hands by his face and often with one over his face.

He actually slept for a few minutes so mom and dad could take a much needed shower.


5 comments:

Maddie, Betsy, Jorinda, and Petuina said...

Oh my goodness! He is so cute :) I am so excited for you guys! Congrats

Coreena said...

Welcome Matthew! He is adorable!

Megan and Orleans said...

Congrats!! Little Matthew is very cute!!

Raiser Erin said...

Oh, he's just the cutest thing! I dare say that he's cuter than those puppies we pick up (I know, I didn't think I'd ever say it either). He's just sooooooo adorable! I'm so happy that those contractions finally stopped and that you have your baby home. :) AH! I can't get over how cute he is!

Shelly :) said...

Congrats and welcome Matthew! :) What an adorable little baby!