Introducing Jonathan Paul Giosa

Our little miracle boy, Jonathan Paul, arrived on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 1:53pm. He made his arrival very quickly which made Mommy happy. He weighed in at 6lbs, 11 oz and was 20 inches long. He's our little peanut. We can't believe how tiny he is! His big brother, Aiden, was so excited to meet him and has been doing great with him so far.

Jonathan has gotten a clean bill of health and all looks well. He didn't need to spend any time in the NICU and we were able to keep him in the room with us. For those who didn't know, he does have a limb deformity called Fibular Hemimilia. Jonathan's right leg is shorter and missing a bone and he only has 3 toes on his right foot. He also has clubbed left foot. We weren't sure how his birth and delivery would play out, but in the end it was perfect. His leg doesn't look as bad as we thought and we start our ortho visits on Weds. We're excited to be going with some of the best ortho doctors to handle this, but saddened by the long road ahead our sweet baby boy will have to endure.

As for his delivery, it was such a different story than Aiden (thankfully). I went in Thursday morning to get induced (about 4 days before my due date to try to avoid a complicated deliver this time) and again it went quickly. The contractions didn't seem as bad this time around. I pushed for 20 mins (although I don't remember feeling as exhausted last time as I did this time), and had no tearing at all. I was so thankful as I did get a bit nervous history could repeat itself. Once he was born, they did take him to the baby isolate to evaluate him right away. So, I didn't get to hold him for about 15 mins or so after he was born, but luckily they allowed Keith to be there. He did beautiful with 8 and 9 scores on his Apgar test and passing all the rest! After that he was all ours to enjoy.

We feel so blessed to have two beautiful and health boys and wonderful friends and family for all their love, support, and well wishes.