Introducing the new addition to our family

After 5 long and very hot days of being over due, Ryan Andrew finally decided to join us!  The timing could not have worked out better actually.  We were definitely playing the waiting game and I was the most anxious about making sure Emmy was okay and taken care of should I go into labor.  Well, my mom arrived by train Friday afternoon and we all enjoyed a great dinner at C-Level, little did I know that would be my last meal out for a while!

We spent the evening watching the Olympics (of course) and listening to Josh claim once again that he is confident he can run 100 meters in 15 seconds, just 5 seconds longer than the fastest man in the world.  This debate had been going on since the Olympics started and every time I think about him even moving his arms that fast I laugh uncontrollably.  I mean I am pretty sure that is what caused me to go into labor I was laughing so hard.  Lucky for him he got out of actually proving it because we were all set to head over to the school track the next day to watch this guy attempt to move that fast. 

Anyway, I woke up at 2a with what I thought were  contractions.  By 2:35 we were at the hospital and I was 7 cm dilated.  Note to self: if I ever have another baby pre-register at the hospital!  Luckily I was still able to get an epidural even though by the time we filled out the paperwork I was fully dilated.  I have all the respect in the world for the women I know who could deliver without drugs.  I am not one of them, especially when vacuums are involved...  Ryan entered this world at 4:29a that night.  He weighed significantly more than anyone had anticipated - 8lbs 9oz and 20.25" long!  Big kid! :)  Thank God my mom was in town or Emmy may just have witnessed the birth of her brother, things went that quickly.  

More pictures to come in blog post #2!

Dinner!

That is what an 8 1/2 lb baby looks like!!

 Looking just a little tired :)