Baby Eli

I was so happy Eli waited to come until his scheduled c-section day! This mommy was able to get last minute baby gear ready, a date with big brother Barrett, and even a little mani/pedi pampering before his arrival.

Travis and I headed to the hospital bright and early (5am)!  Check-in was a breeze and the nurses proceeded to get me hooked up to the monitors.  To my surprise, I was contracting fairly regularly yet not feeling a thing!  The nurse thought if we weren't scheduled today, that Eli would definitely come on his own anyway.  I guess this mamma had a hunch and picked the right day!  The rest of the morning was a lot of nervous waiting while getting prepped for surgery.  This was definitely a different experience than when Barrett made his arrival.  Everything was so calm and relaxed!

Around 8am Travis and I made our way to the operating room, and by 8:21am Eli was here!  It was so hard to wait for surgery to be complete to hold my sweet baby boy.  It is pretty sweet that Travis was the first to hold both our boys since mommy's always get the most snuggles the first few hours after a baby arrives.

After we got settled in our room, JoJo, Carly, and Papa came to meet our new bundle of joy!  Then Travis headed to get big brother to meet his new playmate.  When Barrett arrived, he was a little nervous to about his surroundings.  Things got a little better when he got to eat cupcakes and open his present from his new baby brother!

Eli Andersen Powell

January 21, 2016

8:16 am

7 pounds 8 ounces

21 inches

Papa, Carly, Daddy, and Eli

Meeting baby brother.

Singing Happy Birthday to Eli.

Big brother got to blow out the candle.

Opening the present from Baby Eli.

"To infinity and beyond!"

Showing baby brother his Buzz.

Getting ready for his first bath.

We are heading home!

We made it home and now a family of four.

Meeting Grandpa

Not quite sure what to do!
I think we will wait a little while before we try this again.