Colton Brian Nicklaus was born on September 2nd, 2014 at 9:02 pm. He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 20 inches long.
I was in labor for about 17.5 hours but was only at the hospital for 8.5 hours of it. By God's grace I was able to have a pain medication-free birth. After a while, I had to receive Pitocin to keep labor going, and it worked a little too well- the doctor almost didn't make it to the hospital in time!
Today Colton is one week old!
His Name
A lot of people have asked us how we chose his name, so here you are! Brian and I didn't "officially" decide on his name until after he was born. We had narrowed it down to a couple options and decided to finalize his name after he arrived.
Colton: We just really liked it! :) It doesn't necessarily have a special meaning, we just really loved the name. It seems to fit him and I just "felt" like he was a Colton while pregnant.
Brian : We chose Brian as the middle name for two reasons:
1. To honor Brian (obviously) and the Nicklaus family. There has been a multi-generational tradition of giving the father's name as the son's middle name for the first-born son.
2. To honor my dad, Brian Wake. Lucky for us it was easy to celebrate both sides of the family!
Photos
The rest of this post is pictures of our adorable baby. To see even more, you can go to my Facebook album: Baby Colton. (You should be able to see the pictures even if you don't have Facebook.)
You can also view the newborn photos they took at the hospital by going here: Bella Baby
Newborn Baby Colton
Our first photo as a family of three:
This little man has quickly stolen our hearts!
Colton and Mom:
Colton and Dad:
Colton and Grandpa Brian:
Colton and Grandma Candi:
There will be many more pictures to come as Colton meets even more family and friends. We just love him so much!!
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