Well, it has been just over 7 months since I last updated my blog. On November 16th, I gave birth to an 8lb 15oz baby boy named Antonio LaVerl Johnson. He is named Antonio after my Grandpa Cuevas and LaVerl after Brevyn’s Grandpa Johnson, who I am sure, got the chance to send Tonio to earth!
It was probably about 4:15 in the morning on the 16th when I woke up to a painful contraction. I got up to go to the bathroom, and it was then that I was pretty sure that my water broke. About twenty minutes later it was pretty obvious it had broken and so Brevyn drove me to the hospital.
My whole pregnancy I was determined to go have him completely naturally, so I chose the room with the Jacuzzi, which I never actually used, and I tried to prepare myself for what was ahead. After ten hours of EXTREMELY intense labor, I decided I couldn’t handle it anymore, so I gave in and had an epidural…and that felt WONDERFUL! Well, actually getting it didn’t, but when it kicked in, the next four hours were a breeze. At 6:35, Antonio was born! I’m really glad I decided to have an epidural because he came out such a way that quite a bit of damage was done. I was oblivious to the almost hour long repairs being made by the Doctor and in heaven with my son in my arms and my husband at my side!
He’s been smiling since he was born and is now rolling all over the place and practicing his Army crawl in hopes to be like is Soldier Daddy. He loves to clap and yell “yaaay” as he does. Just yesterday he tried waving bye bye several times when leaving his Grandparents house.
He is so adorable and the greatest blessing in our lives!
