Hurst Family: All About Maddox Gray: Part 1

We have been home since Saturday, but there are so many pictures and so much news, I am going to break this into a couple of different posts.
Maddox was born on Wed., Feb. 9 at 11:46 am at Plano Presby. He weighed 7lb 3oz and was 19 inches long. He first measured much shorter, but I asked for a re-measure because I didn't think they got him very stretched out :) . From the moment I heard his cry I knew I would love him as much as Channing and Jaxson, and when I saw his face I was immediately in tears. He is beautiful, has a head full of soft, light brown hair, and everything about him is just perfect. Or, at least, perfect to me. Our delivery nurses, and of course my doctor (Doctor Garner), were all AWESOME, and made the entire experience even better. Everything went according to plan, except for the snow and ice that came in the night before, causing lots of problems for lots of our family getting to the hospital. My Dad and Deb came in and stayed with us the night before, so they were there, and Mack and MA came with Channing and Jaxson. Then we had some of our amazing friends and family visit us throughout, an it was perfect. I have to say, it was nice not having such a busy hospital room this time making much more time for rest and enjoying one another. I cannot believe how quickly Channing and Jaxson bonded with Maddox. They kept telling him how much they love him and how cute he is. Paxton and I just kept smiling at one another. Maddox was so laid back in the hospital, and still is now. He nurses well, and OFTEN, but in between feedings is perfectly content so far. Our nurses in recovery were wonderful as well, and it was almost sad to leave the hospital because they took such good care of us. We got to leave as planned on Saturday- no jaundice, passed all of his tests, had plenty of dirty and wet diapers, etc. Paxton brought the kids up to pick us up on Saturday morning, we stopped and got chick filet, picked up my prescriptions, and headed home. More in the next post about our first few days at home.