Dru Benjamin Fullmer...HE'S HERE!!!

He's here!! Dru Benjamin Fullmer was has arrived! He was born Friday July 2nd at 11:24 p.m. He weighed 6lbs 15 ounces and was 19.5 in long. We love him so much and are enjoying our new bundle of joy. Here is his story!!

I knew throughout this whole pregnancy that I was going to have this little man early! It had been a pretty rough ride with this pregnancy and the last few weeks I knew he was on his way. I had been having contractions pretty strong a few days prior and when I went into my weekly appointment I was dilated to a three, the doc stripped my membranes and we crossed our fingers. A couple of days went by and nothing seemed to change, just the same contractions and getting more anxious. The night of the first I was up all night with contractions and knew I was close, Ben went into work the next morning and the contractions had stopped so the kids and I loaded up and went to Costco and Walmart and ran some errands. When i got home the contractions were off and on, so Ben called and said he wanted to take me in just to get checked. I told him over and over I didn't want to because I knew they would just send me home because i wasn't having any contractions, but he fought me on it so I gave in and took the kids to a friends and told her I would be back soon!

We went in, the nurse checked me, and I was at a 5! She told me she was going to monitor my contractions and watch me for an hour and then they would decide what we were going to do. Just by her checking me, the contractions started and were consistently 5 min. apart. Within a half hour I went from a 5 to a 6 and they decided to admit me and start the process! By then i was in some pain and decided to get my epidural. IT WAS WONDERFUL! I seriously could have taken a nap, it relaxed me so much! After that the dilation kind of slowed down so we just waited around for our little man to come. The doc came in a little bit later, broke my water, and Dru Benjamin Fullmer was born at 11:24 pm.

We had a little of scare when he first started coming, the cord was wrapped around his neck twice and his little heart rate was dropping drastically. The doc did a MAJOR episiotomy (yea for me! haha) and out he came. They got the cord off of his neck, but he was BRIGHT blue and scared me to death. He didn't cry for a little while, so once he did it was the best sound in the world! They gave him some oxygen and watched him for awhile, but everything looked great and he was one healthy boy! As you can see in some of the pictures though, he is so so blue and completely bruised!

He has been such a good baby even though he is only five days old!! Brooklyn, Austin, and Talon are loving him. Brooklyn of course is quite the little ma-ma and wants him ALL DAY. She doesn't love it when someone else gets him and makes sure to let them know that he is HER brother. Austin is sweet to him and pays some attention to him, and Talon doesn't know what to quite think. He looks at him like he's from another planet and doesn't say much to him, but he is slowly coming around and today he even kissed him on the head so that's improvement!

Life as we know it is kind of crazy, but a fun crazy. Give me a couple of weeks and I'm sure I'll be on here in tears because of lack of sleep and insanity..ha ha. So far we are hanging in there though and feel very blessed to have such an amazing healthy baby boy. We love you all and can't thank you enough for the overwhelming support already. If I'm not on top of the thank you cards or returning phone calls right away, please know that some days we are in survival mode and just trying to get through the moment...but that I love you all and am very grateful for all of your thoughts and prayers!! Keep them coming!!!

Awaiting our baby boy!!

Right after he came!!...see, very blue and swollen, poor guy!

I only got to see him for a little bit and then

they took him away to make sure he was ok

after being without oxygen for awhile..I pretty

much bawled when they made me kiss him

and say bye..as you can see! So happy he was

ok.

My parents went out of town the day before I

had Dru so couldn't make it for the birth. I was

super sad, but thankfully my in-laws jumped

in the care as soon as they heard I was in labor

and made it just in time. Thank you SO SO much

Fullmer family, I love you all!

He has A TON of black hair!! I have never had

a baby with remotely this much hair before. I AM
lOVING IT!!!

Proud Pa-Pa! Ben was amazing, I love him

so much!

Hello there my little man, wow how I love you

so much already

My doctor obviously wasn't in when I went into

labor, so here is Dr. Cloward. She was new to the

staff and was AMAZING! I seriously am so

grateful for her!

Brooklyn meeting her new little brother, she

is head over hills!

Brother and sister meeting Dru for the first time.

First family picture

A couple of ours later, so sweet

Yes he sleeps alot...during the day... haha

Headed home!! Wish us luck!

Yes, we are all a little tired these days!!!