Thursday, March 19, 2009

Welcome Joseph Anthony Manzella

Our new nephew (our first) was born today at 2:41am in St. Louis at St. John's Mercy Hospital.











I was lucky to have been able to make the delivery. I left around 6pm on Wednesday and arrived at the hospital at 10pm. Michelle (my sister) did great. When I arrived she had already received the epidural but was still in a lot of pain. They finally increased her medication and after that she was feeling wonderful. We all (my dad, her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and her friend Heather) went into the waiting area and waited and waited......it was a long evening. Finally Ben came out and told us that we could come into the room. He was 8lbs 4oz and 19 1/2 in long. He is such a cute and healthy baby!!!





I finally left the hospital around 3:30am and went to my sister's to sleep for a few hours. I did go back to the hospital for a couple of hours before driving home. I wish that I could have stayed longer but I have a 13 hour work day on Friday.






Baby Joe's nursery:






Congratulations Ben and Michelle!!!! You have a beautiful baby boy!!!




1 comment:

Michelle M. said...

thanks Tanya for the blog on Joe. :) Those videos wow, I sound like I am really drugged up. lol Well... I guess I was a little. :) I cant believe how much weight I gained with him, Im so glad to have lost a majority of it already. Joe sure was well worth all the pain and everything I went through. It was actually a very good Pregnancy and can not wait to do it again. :) Maybe get a girl next time. :) We both Love Joe to death, he is going to one handsome man.