Brotherly Love

Of course we've been taking a bunch of pictures of our sweet little boy and Oliver really seems to enjoy his new brother so here are pictures of them together.





He's already showing Owen his toys and willing to share.



He likes to help out by giving Owen his paci when he gets fussy, which is rare.



And after Owen eats, Oliver loves to climb up in the recliner with Mom and point out Owen's nose, fingers, ears, mouth and comment on how small they are compared to his own.



Followed by more kisses...



....and hugs!!



Oliver truly loves his little brother and we couldn't be happier with our new addition.

Introducing our newest addition

Rachel's due date came and went on November 12th, so the next day we went to church and Monday morning she woke up and made breakfast and started feeling contractions. After about an hour and a half we decided we should head to the midwives office to get checked out. After dropping Oliver with a friend, we arrived at the hospital and Rachel's water broke as soon as we got to the office. Then the midwife informed us she was 9cm dilated and practically ran her up to labor and delivery. A little over 3 hours later, Owen Rees Bryant, entered the world through a successful VBAC.



Born at 2:11 pm he weighed 7lbs, 11oz and measured 20 1/2in long. He is absolutely perfect and beautiful.





Oliver met his new little brother later that evening.



Nathan stayed the night in the hospital with Rachel and enjoyed bonding with his new son.



Since we've been home we've had to bring Owen back to the hospital twice to recheck his bilirubin count which has been high and have had to keep him on a lighted UV blanket to help bring it down.



Other than that he is doing great and we are so enjoying getting to know our little boy. He is happy, sleeps a lot, and very alert when he's awake.