Jameson Jude Riley

He came out screaming! Definitely the most vocal baby out of the 3.

As soon as Chad brought him over to me he stopped crying and opened his eyes and starred at me.  It was amazing!

My pumpkin boys born 4 years and 3 days apart!

Elijah finally held his brother once we were home, he was not quite sure about him at first. 

He's here! Our newest addition was born October 18, 2014 at 9:20 a.m. weighing 7 lbs. even and 19 inches long.  He is our perfect peanut! He came early, my little 38 weeker, totally surprising us and taking us off guard. My c-section was scheduled for the 22nd, and we were planning on using every last minute to prepare ourselves and our house for his arrival.  Never did I think he would make an early appearance! Here is his birth story...

I woke up Friday the 17th with a bad migraine.  Sat around most of the day drinking water and trying to get my migraine to go away.  Tylenol wasn't helping and of course taking care of the boys probably only made things worse.  That evening after running errands in town Chad and I were watching our routine Friday night Dateline, and my headache was raging. Chad began to worry as the doctors told us anytime I had symptoms similar to before (headache, change of vision, swelling etc., numbness or tingling, slurred speech etc.) to come straight in to L&D.  We also noticed my feet were swollen, which is completely abnormal for me and was the first time since being pregnant with any of the kids that I was swollen.   He checked my pupils and noticed that they were not the same size. This freaked Chad out a bit and he demanded I call in and talk to the on call staff.  As soon as I talked to the midwife she had me come in and get checked out.  I was so reluctant to leave in the middle of tropical storm Ana hitting us, as well as leaving the boys who had planned on seeing us in the morning.  But, I learned my lesson hard the last time I decided not to go in with Kai.  So we woke my parents up so they could come over and stay with the boys and headed out in the middle of a downpour. We got checked in and labs drawn.  My BP was perfect as always and my labs started coming back normal.  They waited for the platelet count to come back as that is what I had been having issues with since the beginning of this pregnancy.  Sure enough, my platelets came back much lower then the test from 2 weeks before.  They kept me in L and D overnight, by this point it was already 1 in the morning and they told us we would most likely be having the baby the next day, so rest up! Ya right! No sleeping for me! I was experiencing crazy heartburn and contractions and they weren't able to give me anything by mouth and I refused to get an IV in case the OB wanted to send me home when he came in the morning. They retested my platelets at 6 am and they dropped from 114 to 96. In just a couple hour period.  My c-section was quickly prepared.  The anesthesiologist agreed to keep me awake for the section even though the spinal put me at a higher risk for bleeding (platelets affect your clotting factor, therefore low platelets mean I was at risk for not clotting properly).  They brought over platelets from the other side of the island in case they needed to transfuse me.  I was a little nervous and stressed because everything was happening so quickly and I knew my platelets were misbehaving the same way they had with Malakai.  But I trusted God and prayed like crazy going into surgery, and it was seriously the best experience I could have wished for.  The spinal took 30 seconds, and my rockstar anesthesiologist made sure I didn't feel any of it. The surgery went well, I had minimal blood loss and I was clotting great.  I even got to have skin on skin time while they sewed me up! 

The moment I saw Jameson I burst into tears and fell madly in love with him.  My first thoughts after looking at him was that "Wow, he is small!" and "Where's his hair?!" My littlest guy so far and the one with the least amount of hair.  He is also the fairest of my kids so far, and came out with blue eyes and blonde eyelashes.  But he also looks so much like his brothers.  He is such a good boy, we have enjoyed the last 12 days with him so much.  He sleeps wonderfully, nurses great, and puts up with his loud brothers who poke and prod and smoother him with kisses.  He seems to thrive in chaos and loudness, which is great for us because with 3 kids, there won't ever be a "normal, calm" environment.  His brothers love him! They want to touch him all the time and play with him like a doll.  It's so sweet.  Malakai asked us yesterday why he was so serious and never woke up.  :) Although I look forward to him interacting with his brothers, I am cherishing every moment of this tiny, cuddly age.  Chad was able to take a couple weeks off of work which has been amazing! I can't imagine him not being home with us, and I'm not looking forward to him going back to work.  

God has blessed us immensely, we love our boys so much and are so thankful for them.  And praise the Lord, my platelets 5 days post-op came back up to a normal persons level, 167.  No one really understands why this happens to me, but one thing that we have learned is the cure is to get the baby out! I thank God that Chad pushed me to call the Doctor and go get seen, had he not, my platelets would have been dropping at home without me knowing, and only God knows how bad that could have been.  Having 3 kids is overwhelming at times, but wow, the love in the house is bursting at the seams.  We appreciate any prayers thrown our way as we adjust to three boys in the house all at once.  Bring on the good times!