We are surprised when we found out I'm pregnant with our second child and this time it's a boy, and he is the first grandson on my husband's side of the family.  And we named him Quentin Matthew Clevenger, my hubby likes the name Quentin since he was still in Kindergarten and I remember vividly when we are still chatting online and talking about future and one of them is naming his son Quentin.

It was a planned C-Section since I had my daughter via C-Section. When we went to have it scheduled I like the idea of 11/11/11 but the nurse said that it would be too late to do it and I may end up going into labor just like my daughter and so the next date I was toying around is 11/1/11 and the nurse remind me that it would be a little bit early, since my older brother is born the 11/4 so I kinda like the idea but my OB-Gyne is not on call on that date so we look for another date and we settled on 11/3/11.

My in-laws came to our place to watch our kids.  My hubby and I went to the hospital around 5:00am and got all ready after a while my very good friend Whitney came by to see until they wheeled me to the OR and before I got to the door I got a glimpsed of Beatrice with her Lola and Lolo getting inside the hospital and every went smooth and the first thing I asked when they got the baby out is how big is he and the anesthesiologist told us that we have a toddler :-) and I said is he like 8 1/2 pounds baby and she said no more likely a 9 pounds baby so I was surprise since my OB-Gyne told me that I may just have an 8-81/2 pounds baby this time, and so we have Quentin on 11/3/11 at 7:30am, 9 pound 6 ounce and 21 1/2 inches long, delivered by the same doctor who delivered my oldest Dr. Robert Hix and delivered in Willow Creek Women's Hospital in Johnson, AR.

Quentin with his big sister Beatrice.

 Quentin @ 1 week old

One of our BEST Christmas present ever!

The game is on!

Beatrice is always interested on what daddy is doing, right here she is watching daddy play some computer games.

 

 

She was so engrossed that I have to get her attention.

Quentin at 2 weeks old

I'll let the picture tell some stories...

Of course Manang should have a picture of her own

I think Lola is having a great time with Quentin

Mad while trying to catch some zzz... 

Got to smile as well when catching some zzz... 

Baby in basket 

our lil' elf

Daddy and Beatrice give Quentin some dodo

Beatrice always want to help around especially with her little brother, here she is holding the bottle for Quentin while daddy is assisting her and holding Quentin.

1 week old Quentin

I can't believe he is so big for a 1 week old baby, but of course he is a 9 pound baby at birth.

Quentin's 1st Well-child appointment

We take Quentin for his well-child appointment at NWA Pediatric Clinic by MANA.

Quentin's Vital Signs from 11/09/11

Weight: 9.33 lbs/4.23 kgs

Height:20.71 in/52.60 cm

Head circ: 14.33 in/36.40cm

While waiting for the doctor, mama is holding Quentin

 Daddy what's that face for?

Quentin getting his height measured

 Daddy is making sure Quentin got measured accurately

 And of course Manang has to make sure the weighing scale is working properly

Instead he is placed on a different weighing scale ;-)

Quentin's 1st sponge bath at home

November 7, 2011 - Beatrice was a little helper when I gave Quentin his first sponge bath at home.

Quentin's is finally got to go home with us

It took us a while to be cleared from the doctor since I was running a low temp fever and at some point they may even want me to stay for another day just to make sure everything was fine, good thing the fever subside and we got to go home, which I prefer where I wanted to be.

Manang Beatrice keep herself occupied by reading/looking at some books that daddy packed for her while waiting for Nanay and Quentin to be checked out from the hospital.

Quentin is buckled and ready for the journey home.

Daddy is making sure everyone in the car is buckled up including Manang.

Quentin's arrival!

We went to the hospital on the 31st of October to have my labwork and paperworks done and have Nanay seen with her OB-Gyne since she had a contractions that night and so far you are not ready to come out so we waited for the date that we planned to have you on the 3rd of November.  

Lola Cathy and Lolo James came to the house on the 2nd of November to watch Beatrice while we are in the hospital.   Nanay can't hardly sleep that night so she is up by 4am and started getting ready because our check in time is 5:30am at Willow Creek Woman's Hospital in Johnson, AR. 

You were delivered via schedule C-Section since I deliver your Big Sister Beatrician through C-Section.  We arrived just barely 5:30AM and we check-in at the Peri-Op to have Nanay ready for the surgery schedule at 7:30AM.  After hooking me to all the apparatus needed the anesthesiologist came in to talk to me about the procedure and then Dr. Robert Hix who is going to deliver you came and talk more about the procedure and offer a prayer.  Then Whitney Lewis Nanay's good friend from her previous work at the Bank of Fayetteville came to visit and of course wanted to be the the first one to see you when you get out from the OR.

I was wheeled to the OR at 7:21AM and dada came in when they are already started working on me and you were born at 7:45AM and you were 9 pounds and 2 ounces, 21 inches long and 14 1/14 inches is your head circumference.  And dada took you to the nursery along with the nurses.  Whitney, Lolo, Lola and Beatrice were already waiting for you around the nursery room which they can see you through a glass window.  While Nanay is still being treated at the OR and watched in the Post-Op before she got to see you.

With Ninang Whitney

Daddy is always there

Quentin is getting ready to see the world!

And there he is!

Ninang Whitney, Manang Beatrice, Lola and Lolo watching Quentin in the nursery

Ninang Whitney is quiet a photographer.

The nurse is cleaning you up

more cleaning up...

Lolo, Lola and Beatrice are just waiting

And now Lola get to hold you and look at her face lit up.

And Manang got her fair share of her little brother.

And Lolo got a turn to hold his first grandson

And of course it's daddy's turn.