Thursday, February 25, 2010

Long Overdue Update

Well it has been a LONG LONG LONG time. A lot has changed since my last post. Noah is now a big brother. Mike and I are the parents of two! We moved to the burbs. Mike is working full time at his soccer business, Elite Soccer and I am working part-time. Lots of exciting, loving, stressful and challenging changes.

So the most important one first. Gabriel Edward Steele was born September 24, 2009. He is exactly 25 months younger than Noah. Gabriel entered this world ten days late. But full of energy and gusto.

If you remember when I was pregnant with Noah I was preparing for natural childbirth. That did not happen and I ended up having a c-section with Noah because he was breech (so coincides with his personality as we know it now). So my doctors told me I did not have to have a mandatory c-section with #2 since breech is not considered a reproducible condition. I figured there was no way and took the whole thing in stride (read: did no birthing prep at all this time around).

Low and behold Steele #2 was born naturally!!!! Thanks to some very talented acupuncturists at The Nest I went into labor at home around 10 pm and delivered Gabriel at 1:01 pm the following day (at the hospital). It was PAINFUL, beautiful, painful, exhilarating, painful, empowering, painful, rewarding and I don't want to forget - painful. And would I do it over again - ABSOLUTELY!

Here are some pictures of my wonderful boys.

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