benedict harris meyers.

the meyers family is very happy to announce that our son, benedict harris meyers was born on july 4th at 4:39 pm. benedict made his arrival a bit earlier than expected, but still weighed in at a healthy 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 20.5 inches long. and as you can clearly see, he is absolutely perfect: 

i hope you dont mind, but im going to spare you (and me) the long, dramatic, gory, detailed birth story and go with the short version instead: 

benedicts birth didnt go exactly as planned, after a scheduled cesarean with alice we had hoped for a VBAC, naturally if possible. i did go into labor on my own and well, labor was very long and slow and unproductive. so we still got the VBAC, just a very augmented and medicated one. which i am totally 100% ok with because, i mean: 

benedict is an absolutely delightful baby. he eats and sleeps like a champ and is very content to just go along with whatever the rest of us are doing. everyone (alice and cats included) is adjusting nicely to life as a family of four, and i still cant get over how much faster and easier my recovery has been this time around. 
now, as far as blog things are concerned, i had scheduled myself a few weeks of "maternity leave" so that i could work on the finishing touches of my rebrand/relaunch in september. since my due date was the 13th i had big plans for getting everything for july and august scheduled before anything baby-related started to happen. but since benedict came so early (and technically my labor process started at the end of june...) i only got most of the way there. so while the next few weeks might have a post or two missing, i do have some great guest posts coming up, as well as some big exciting things happening in september when i come back from my break. 
we spent our fourth of july weekend in the hospital, what did you do over your holiday?