He has arrived!

Joseph Andrew Ramirez has arrived!
He was born on November 11, 2009 weighing 8 lbs 3 oz and 20in. in length!

The labor and delivery went very well and only lasted about 15 hours. I started out wanting to do the whole thing natural but after about 10 hours I gave in and got an epidural. I had no idea how much it would do. I took a 20 min. nap during labor.....it's a miracle drug let me tell you! We were discharged on Friday afternoon and were so happy to get him home.
I always thought women were so funny when they became moms and thinking that their child is the most perfect child and most beautiful child born to this earth. Well I now know what they are feeling because I am now one of those women! I am obsessed with our little man! He makes me so incredibly happy. I can't stop staring at him.
On Sunday we had to go back into the hospital because Joseph had jaundice pretty bad. It broke our hearts to see our baby boy go through so much. They were trying to start an IV and ended up sticking him 4 times and still never being able to get a vein. It wore us out! Then he had to lay in a "Bili Bassinet"....basically his first tanning bed...for 24 hours. The only time I could take him out was to change him. It was very hard looking over at him and not being able to hold him! But he was a trooper and we made it through and are back home now!

He was being such a good boy!