Shaun Cayden Anderson

HI everyone! yeah its been a bit, but as you may have guessed by now, we've been busy with a new little blessing!! he chose to come on Wednesday the 24th of June at 6:46 in the evening! and what an event that was.. it all started when Sherry woke up at about 6:30 in the morning in some major pain.. so after she made herself calm down and try to relax we decided that maybe this was it, and we decided to go in. we dropped the girls off at the finches (THANK YOU FINCHES!!) and headed to the hospital. when we arrived they hooked sherry up to the no-stress machines that monitor the baby, and sherry's contractions, and after almost an hour the nurses decided sherry wasn't progressing as much as they would like so they went to talk to the doctor about sending us home, (which would have been cruel because of how much pain sherry was in..) well the doctor came in and saw how much pain she was in and decided to watch her for a bit longer, well the contractions progressed a little and the doctors noticed something wrong.. with the big contractions the baby's heart rate dropped drastically...where his normal heart rate was around 130, when sherry had a contraction it dropped to the mid 90's... so the doctor decided there was definitely something wrong, and they went ahead and admitted us in the hopes of getting this baby here safe and sound the old fashioned way (no C-sections. Sherry DID NOT want a C-section..) so with the help of some pitosin, and a much needed epidural things got rolling! we knew we had a few hours so we watched the "pink panther 2" which was quite funny, and thankfully helped pass the time. well they came in and checked sherry around 6:25 ish and we were happy to hear she was dilated to a 7! so we figured another hour and a half maybe 2 hours tops! so Cory went ahead and went to get him some dinner, and at about 6:30ish Sherry had to call the nurse in to tell her she felt strange.. the nurse came in and checked on her, and sure enough in the 5 minutes Cory had been gone sherry had completely dilated and baby was ready to come! so Sherry had them page Cory back and thankfully he got there in time!! well things happened, (we wont go into the gory detail..:D) and at 6:46 Shaun Cayden Anderson made his appearance, and the doctor announced that he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck three times, and he was very VERY pale. so they cut the cord and took him away to get him breathing, and to see if they could get him to be a little more alert! he hadn't cried, hadn't screamed, not even a squeak, and sherry was terrified. the nurses decided he needed fluids and some intensive care so he was taken to the NICU for an IV and some observation, sherry made Cory go with them because she knew as long as Cory was there nothing could go wrong.. so after about 3 hours recovering, and a bit of panicking (sherry REALLY needed to see her baby..) she finally got to hold him and get a bit of good news, the fluids helped bring his color back, and when they gave him his vitamin shot he screamed like a banshee!! and thank goodness he'd passed all the little tests they'd done to make sure there was no brain damage, he was now considered a happy healthy newborn!! we also finally learned that he was 6 pounds 10 ounces! not the "over 7" the ultrasound told us. and he was 21 inches long!

this is him before he got taken to the NICU, he was so pale, it scared us to death! because the cord was wrapped so tight he wasn't getting the oxygen and blood flow he needed, so he was a bit anemic..


him giving daddy a reassuring hand hug...


on the way to the NICU he opened his eyes for a minute.. this is Sherry's favie pic of him..


Our poor baby, minutes old and already getting poked full of holes!! his hand is all wrapped up for the IV...see he's already getting color back!! after all the drama and Sherry finally got to hold her son, they moved her into the mother baby unit and Cory left her and the baby to go get the girls, it was too late to bring them in to meet their brother, so he just took them home and put them to bed. the next day however they got to come in after Kaylee's dental appointment, which we are proud to say the dentists were very happy with how strong her teeth are!
anyways, the girls arrived and were ecstatic to finally meet baby brother!


they waited a long time to meet this little man, and he was a hit! the girls instantly fell in love with him!! Nikoy loves to hold him and help feed him!

Kaylee couldn't resist his charms and had to give him a kiss!

she was as excited to meet him as Cory and sherry were!! she loves holding him as well, Nikoy and Kaylee are forever fighting over who gets to hold him first...

unfortunately because of the triple cord around his neck they made Sherry and the baby stay 2 nights, but they got to come home Friday afternoon, the nurses were all sad to see them go, and they got stopped by 3 or 4 nurses who had to say goodbye..

so we got Baby brother home and settled. this is him in his bouncer, he does have a swing but we decided that because we'll be going back to the states in a month, and our belongings will be packed up and shipped off in about 2 weeks, there's really no point to putting it together, so we'll be using the bouncer until we get settled in the states. either way he LOVES it! it plays 10 different songs from lullaby's to classical music, and it even has a noise maker, so baby boy can sit and listen to the ocean, or the rain, or even a heartbeat! and it vibrates! he loves that.

these are his toes,, aren't they the cutest most kissable toes in the world???

well, that's about all we have to report on so far, we are all doing great! we're happy to finally have the baby here, we are already getting started with the packing and de-junking of our house. getting ready for the movers to come. sherry is insisting on packaging up all her willow tree figurines, she doesn't trust the Germans to understand the importance of them, everyone of her figurines hold sentimental value, and she knows if they were to break in the move the company would replace them, but they cant replace the significant value.. so she's doing it herself. the movers can pack up the packages....Cory is also having to box up his collections of corvettes and superman figurines.. for the same reasons as sherry..we don't trust the movers.. we are also having to throw away a lot of junk and clutter, so we're digging through closets and cupboards and what not. Monday the 29th is baby Shaun's first appointment we'll let you all know how that goes. we also get to go back to the hospital to take care of his birth certificate and get his passport stuff rolling.. so wish us luck on that!! any who, we gotta go.. everyone take care and be safe!! we love you all!

Isnt he precious??!?!?

so precious....