Overlake Hospital stay

We stayed in the hospital with Bryce for 2 nights and had some friends and family visit us. On the first day we had both Grandma's, Auntie Kerstin, Uncle Ryan, Cousin Dresden and his big sister Sierra all come over and welcome our newest addition!
On the second day we had some friends stop by as well as family. Mira and and Janna from my work started out the showing, then my Mom came by and brought her long time friend Jim. After that my boss Tony stopped in to make sure I wasn't fibbing on the whole maternity leave thing and that I really had a baby (just kidding). To end the day we had Grandma JoAnn, Sierra, Auntie Kerstin, and Cousin Dresden. It was a wonderful day and so nice to see my work buddies again. I also thoroughly enjoy watching Sierra interact with Bryce. She can't stop giving him kisses!
On the third day we pretty much packed our stuff and had visits with doctors to make sure we were in the clear to be released. As usual for babies he was born at 7 lbs 5 ounces but lost weight in the hospital and was down to 6 lbs 12 ounces but that was not low enough for them to be worried.
Here are some pictures from our stay:
Official first weighing.

Just after he got cleaned off in operating room.
Acting camera shy. It was pretty bright in operating room.
Meeting Grandma Meredyth for the 1st time
Auntie Kerstin and Bryce
Uncle Ryan sharing bad habits with his son Dresden. Toasting on our honor!
Grandma JoAnn gets to meet the new bundle of joy.

Girls just having fun!
All my little babes!
Aarestad family plus 1
Mira came to see the new munchkin that she would be obsessed with. She LOVES Sierra!
Janna has been hearing about Bryce from Day 1 of my pregnancy (both good and bad).

Group shot! Can I look anymore tired??
Even Tony came by to meet the lil'one!
One of many kisses Sierra has planted on her brother!
Peek a boo! Notice the bear that was given to Bryce.

Bryce Jackson Carlson: welcome to this world!

Bryce was born on Tuesday, August 24th at 12:59pm via scheduled C-section.
I am creating this blog to record all of his accomplishments, funny stories and pictures because lord knows his mother cannot keep anything in her head for longer than an hour let alone keep her 2 children straight!
Bryce was 7 pounds 3 ounces. 18.5 inches long with a head circumference of 13.5 inches.
This pregnancy was a lot different than Sierra's. I had a lot more energy throughout and up until that last month, I felt really good. In the last month though, I was a bit uncomfortable because he was all ready to go with his head down on my pelvis bone putting some incredible pressure down there when I sat down and walked. The only comfortable position I found was laying down. The last couple of weeks, I layed down a lot (even at work)! The frustrating part of it all, was that I knew I was having a repeat C-section so it didn't matter if he was in the proper position!
I wasn't sick at all during the pregnancy but very early on had a loss of appetite. Hence, I managed to keep the weight gain to a minimum and even gained 4 ponds less than I did for Sierra.
That was the pregnancy in a nutshell! Nothing too exciting happened.