He is GINORMOUS

Here is a cute picture I had to include of my Dad and Midwife, the ones who helped deliver Mac. 

 Here is the obligatory homebirth photo with the dad weighing the baby with the fish scale. 

 Seriously, when Jen told me that he was 9lbs 6oz I laughed because I knew she was wrong. I said, don't you mean 8lbs 6oz? She laughed right back at me and even took a picture to prove it. 

Like I said before, I had NO IDEA that he was so much bigger than the girls. I always asks my patients if the baby is bigger or smaller than their previous ones. Most of them can tell if they are bigger or smaller. I knew he was bigger, but I didn't think he was that bigger.  Can you tell I am still in shock?

He dropped down to 8lbs 13oz at 2 days old, but then by 6 days he was back to 9lbs 2oz, and today we are going in to get his weight checked again to see how he is doing. 

After the Fact

 Both girls were pretty excited to be there for the birth of "Baby Mac"

 (Cara won't call him just Mac, it is always Baby Mac)

Ryann did tell me at one point she was a little scared when I said "I can't do this" but then she told me that she knew I could and it really wasn't scary after that.  

 His face was a little bruised because of how he was born, but it quickly resolved by the next day and when we took him into the pediatrician to check for jaundice, he came back clean and clear. Thankfully we didn't need to go back for a second heel stick. 

We are pretty happy to have this little man in our world. He has had a lot of visitors and we are being well fed and taken care of. 

We have only had 1 really rough night, but most haven't been that bad so far.