Brennan Maxwell Tyson

My heart is overwhelmed with the feeling of being completely blessed and loved.  Suddenly I look at my family of four and I feel like we are a complete family and I’m so excited about the future I could just burst.

Before Brennan was born I worried how I could love another baby.  My love for John David couldn’t be duplicated and how could my heart share?  It’s amazing what the heart is capable of.  It can actually double in size!

We went into the hospital for our scheduled c-section at 5am on August 3rd.  By 5:30 we were in the room waiting for our turn in the operating room.  Ryan paced the floor and talked a million miles an hour about everything.  He was nervous and excited and it was obvious.  I laid in the bed listening to him talk and laughing at his jokes.  Finally at 8:00 they were ready to take me into the room and suddenly I got nervous.

The room where you the c-section takes place is a little intimidating to those of us not in the medical field but there wasn’t time to think about it.  Soon everything below my chest was numb and Ryan was standing over me…  it was go time!  After a few pulls and tugs we heard the sound we have been waiting to hear for 9 months!  Our beautiful baby boy was here to greet us and he wasn’t happy about it!  The first word out of the Doctor’s mouth were “Whoa! Where were you hiding this boy!” 9 pounds 1 ounce and 21 inches long.  At first glance all of my fears of complications and the unknown disappeared.  He was perfectly healthy!

Images courtesy of Mr. Ryan Tyson!

Everyone rushed over to him to clean him off and the next thing I knew Ryan was standing there next to me with our healthy baby boy.  He was beautiful!  To my surprise my genes kicked butt this time and he had my family’s features!

Because I had a c-section I had to wait until I was ready to go to recovery so Ryan and Brennan left the room and what seemed like an eternity away from them I was put back together.

The following pictures were taken over the course of that day and then our final day as we left the hospital.  Ryan did a fantastic job taking these for me knowing that I would miss it all.  I’m excited to talk about the first days at home with both our boys!

My very dear friend Inga Finch came to the hospital to shoot the before and after pictures of the delivery.  You can see her images by clicking here.

Check out his muscles in the next picture!

Ryan was excited about ringing the bell that plays music throughout the hospital when a baby is born.  Don’t we look excited!?!

Brennan has a pretty intense look and looks this way most of the time.

Going home!

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