AJ's Online Journal

The Poop Effect

Julie and I have a subscription to blockbusters movie mail service and a few weeks ago they sent us The Butterfly Effect. Now this is a movie that most of my friends liked and also had an old friend of mines sister in it so I figured I would check it out. Like a lot of the movies we receive in the mail they sit around for a while until we get the chance to watch them. Luckily we didn't get to watch this before Ella was delivered because it probably would have really scared me. Now before I go any further I must say that I loved the movie... a lot... but at the end of the film there is a scene that deals with still born babies. Maybe because we just went through the labor process but this scene well...ummm... sort of made me cry. I think because it was a manifestation of all my fears that I had during Julie's pregnancy but nonetheless was very upsetting. Now I must come clean, when Ella came out and I saw that she was ok, I cried a bit. Now when I say I cried, I don't mean I was huddled in the corner balling my eyes out. It was more of a rush or wave of emotions that swept through my body and made me tear up. I guess it truly is a moving experience. The whole experience thus far has been very moving... well except the experience I had with projectile poop. I was changing her diaper and I swear it shot like 4 feet across the room. I was very fortunate that with my grace and quickness I was able to duck out of the way. The night before Julie wasn't as lucky and got exploded upon. I would have never guessed that I could love something that would try and poop on me but well... I do. Go figure! Well, that's all I have for now... off to watch the Super Bowl! Talk to you again soon. Oh, and I have been adding photo's to Ella's web site and now you can use www.ellamcever.com so please continue to check for updates.

At home...

Julie and Ella came home from the hospital yesterday. We all have been hanging out at home relaxing/sleeping. So everything is good. I don't think I gave everyone the details about the hospital? We checked in at 8:00am on Monday morning and sat in an observation ward until 7:00pm that night when they finally moved us into the labor ward and began inducing Julie. They gave Julie the "drugs" at about 11:00pm and then we all crashed out a bit until 3:00am or so. She began to experience true pain at that time and dealt with it like a trooper until about 4:30am when they decided that she was ready to push. And needless to say... 1 and a half hours of grueling pain later Ella came into the world as I cut the umbilical cord. They kept them both on the labor ward until about 4:00pm and then moved them to the maternity ward where they would spend the next 23 hours before they could come home. That should get everyone caught up now. All I can say about the whole process is that it truly gives you respect for what the female body can go through. I tip my hat a thousand times over to Julie for what she endured. Well, as requested, I posted some more photos on Ella's page. Click HERE to see. I hope everyone is well and thank you soooo much for all of the encouraging emails.

Ella Rylee McEver

Ella Rylee came into this world at 5:59am on February 1st weighing 7 lbs 3 oz. Baby and Mother are both doing well and still in the hospital until probably tomorrow. Ella thus far has been very mellow and doing all the things that a new born is suppose to do... like eat and sleep and stuff. I will tell more later and post more photos.... so so very tired now.

Click HERE for more photos!