Welcome Thatcher Blayne

On Monday, November 24, Michael and I went to Baptist West Hospital at 6:00am and they started to induce my labor. After a fairly simple labor (compared to labor with Brenton), at 4:50pm, Thatcher Blayne entered our world. He weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz and was 20 inches long (1 oz bigger and 1/2 inch shorter than Brenton). At first, he looked very much like Brenton, but he has changed a little over the last few days but still looks like Brenton a lot. We came home from the hospital yesterday and are doing well, except that Thatcher seems to want to be awake and fussing from about 12:00am until about 4 or 5am. Hopefully, we can work on being awake some this evening and be able to get a little more nighttime sleep, so we can keep up with Brenton during the day. Brenton loves Thatcher and kisses him all the time. Nursing Thatcher is the hardest part at this point, but we are working out ways to keep Brenton busy. Thanks to all those who have been praying for us! We have much to be thankful for this year!