Baby Landon Arrives!

Our son, Landon Thomas McEachran, was born Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at noon. He was 4 lbs, 14 oz. and 17 inches. It was an easy labor-thank goodness!! I went from 2cm to 10cm in 1 hour and he was born in 7 minutes with only 3 pushes!! Thank goodness I had an epidural, so I didn't feel any pain. But poor little Landon has had a rough start though. He's only 9 days old and is still in the NICU. Most of you know the emotional roller coaster we've been on lately, so I'll only give the most current update. He's no longer in an incubator and his IV FINALLY came out today! I'm so glad the poor little guy doesn't have to be poked anymore. He has had his IV moved in at least 7 different places-including his head!! He's bruised all over his body, but it's such a relief that his IV is out! He only has his feeding tube in him. His only hurdle left is to be able to nipple feed 40cc's without any help from his feeding tube. Today, he did finish 37cc's from the bottle once, but the other feedings he's had to rely on the feeding tube to get the rest. So we just take it day by day. So hopefully he'll be able to come home soon. We'll keep you posted. Here are some photos of him and believe me, there will be many more to come!

Just born:




Landon & Grandma!







Auntie Katie & Landon! (note: the lame beanie he's wearing was not mom's choice! the hospital put it on him!)


Check out his faux hawk!!