A baby book moment

Hunter saw his baby book sitting on the counter and started looking through it. He is very into me a talking about things he did when he was a baby and was very into looking through his baby book. I was making dinner in the room next to him and I heard him say "Oh, this is not a good picture." I knew at that moment what picture he was talking about.

This picture is not one of my finest....although I am glad I have it to show the moment as it was. The picture is a Polaroid that the hospital staff took, because it was in the NICU and our family wasn't allowed back in the area yet with their cameras.

Having had a C-section and Hunter being born 10 weeks early they whisked him away after he was born. I didn't get to hold him right away as the Dr. and nurses were trying to make sure his breathing and air way was ok. I had to go into a room after the surgery so they could monitor me for a little while. I don't know if it was a combination of the drugs for the c-section or the drugs I was receiving all week at the hospital, I was for lack of better words...stoned. It took quite a while for the drugs to wear off after Hunter was born. In this above picture I was so happy to finally hold Hunter, but a little bummed that I couldn't fully enjoy meeting him for the first time because I was so out of it....

I knew in my mind why it wasn't a good picture, but wanted to see from a 4 year old perspective.

Me- "Why do you think it's not a good picture?"

Hunter asks - "Are you dead?"

Oh my, I knew it wasn't good....Matt looks all chipper and I look dead.