Fletcher Reeve

Our little baby boy, Fletcher Reeve, was born on October 14th! He is our fourth baby who came after a heartbreaking miscarriage, and has been pure joy for us since he arrived. Okay, okay…not every moment has been pure joy…but most of them have 🙂

He was born an hour and forty minutes after my water broke at 2:30 am. I actually woke up from a dream that I was being attacked (scary!) and heard a loud pop and then felt the gush. Immediately, I felt the first painful contraction. I knew we had to get to the hospital fast. My biggest fear was that he came in the car on the way there!

I was determined this time, to try and stay calm and work through every contraction without letting fear take control. My previous two deliveries were filled with fear because of how fast they went.

I had in my mind that I wanted to meet my baby boy before 4:30 and he came at 4:10. It went almost exactly as I had hoped and prayed and our little bundle was here.

life with fletcher

He is just over three months old now. It has been an adjustment with four kids and living on very little sleep. Balancing everything has proved to be difficult, so I am learning to let go and give myself grace. I want to be in the moment and enjoy this time as best I can. We have made the decision that Fletcher will be our last baby, so every first for him, is also a last for us. Makes it all a bit bittersweet.

Included here are some photos I snapped the second day in the hospital and at about two months old. The rest of the kids are all adjusting well to him and really love having a baby brother. He has started smiling, cooing and I’ve even heard a few giggles recently. The time is already going by so fast!

Till next time…