Thursday, August 6, 2009

Introducing Blake Robert Bingham

Todd and I checked into the hospital the night of July 5th for an induction. By 3:00 pm on July 6th there was still no baby. There wasn't even any progress to indicate the possibility of a baby coming soon. Realizing that the little guy wasn't budging and we were already overdue, we decided to do a c-section. That could easily be the best decision we ever made...

Todd and I welcomed Blake Robert Bingham into the world at 4:25pm weighing 10 lbs, 2 oz and measuring 21.5 inches! Our big guy was perfectly healthy and adorable. We couldn't have been happier.





He was greeted by a sea of family members and friends the night he was born and in the following days. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in Blake's life! He even had some of his own "buddies" come visit at the hospital.



For the past month we have had a wonderful time getting to know eachother. He has the sweetest disposition and is happiest snuggling someone's arms or riding in the car. At our 2 week appointment we found out that Blake is in the 95th percentile for his head and height (he is already 23.5 inches!) and the 75th percentile for his weight.

I am very lucky because I have 2 dear friends that are fantastic photographers so Blake has become quite the model. He was very sweet for both sessions and actually slept through a lot of being curled up and put in funny positions.

Melissa Zihlman- www.melissazihlman.com






Brandi Luig






The past month has been a whirlwind. He is already changing so much... I can't wait to see what the future brings!

4 comments:

Ashley and Matt Sheehan said...

whitney told me about your blog, so I added yours to mine - I hope you don't think I'm blog stalking you! Just wanted to say congratulations - the first few months are a big blur! i'm so happy he's here and hope to meet him at whit's shower on saturday.. hope you all are also getting sleep, as big babies make great sleepers : ) oh and c-sections are the best - i'm a huge fan! : )

The Binghams said...

I am so glad you are blog stalking me and now I can stalk you! Mia is absolutely adorable! This first month flew by. I can't bring him Saturday because we are going to be outside too long setting up and cleaning up. It is just too hot for the little guy... but I can't wait to meet Mia!
He has actually had a couple of nights that he slept through the night already! I wake up freaked out, but it is wonderful.

The Robertson Family said...

yay! you made a blog update! awesome. Love the header picture, too. we love baby blake!!

Lorrie Butts said...

I love the new header picture. He is so adorable. Plus I can not wait for all the Blakeisms you put in this blog.
Go look at Angela's and My blogs.
lorrie-b.blogspot.com
angela-c-hall.blogspot.com
Now we are trying to get Renee on board. Valerie rolled over today and she was at my house. Bad for Renee Good for me.