Keleni Golden Pahulu

Our little guy is officially two weeks old so I thought it was about time I blogged about him! His was definitely the easiest and least eventful birth I've had so far! After a lot of consideration, I decided to get induced on Sept. 6. Mostly I was just ready for him to come, but I also justified it because Annie's birth was so crazy and I did not want to do it like that again.

So we went in at 6:30 am, filled out some paperwork, got admitted, got my IV, got my epidural and had our baby boy by 10:45 am. After the pitocin started and they broke my water the contractions started going really fast. The epidural had a hard time keeping up and they ended up giving me the most powerful stuff they have. I really really loved my nurse and the anesthesiologist, they took such good care of me. They really tried to make sure I wasn't feeling any pain. At about 9:45 the nurse checked me and I was at 7 cm, then she checked me 30 min. later and I was at a 10. Thankfully she had already called my doctor to come. When he got there, the baby was crowning, so I pushed a total of three times and out he came. The doctor said it was possibly the easiest delivery he had ever had. So then I asked if that qualified me for a discount. Just kidding, I wasn't even thinking of money, I was totally consumed with this squirmy little black haired boy they had just given me. He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and was measured at 19 inches, but I'm pretty sure that was wrong. At the doctors office 2 days later he was 20.5 inches. As you can tell from the title, we named him Keleni Golden Pahulu. Keleni is a Tongan family name from Paul's side. His brother is named Keleni and an uncle who passed away is also Keleni. Golden was my Grandpa Farnsworth's name.

A little about his personality, he is pretty much an angel. He sleeps a ton and eats like a champ. He didn't lose any weight in the hospital and at 10 days he was already 9 lbs 4 oz. He never had any trouble nursing from day 1. I don't know if this excellent behavior will last, but we'll take it while we have it! We all just adore him, especially his big sisters. Here are some pictures of our little guy from the last two weeks.

Paul's Aunt Kalo came to visit us after Kelen was born and brought him this tapa. It is a cloth made out of bark that is dyed.Keleni with Keleni