April Rose...April 28th

Wow.  Emotional day.  Looks like baby girl wants to come on my birthday.

 Here are the tears...it was just something that just threw me for a loop.  I really thought that she would come on Mother's Day, so I was really taken by surprise.  Drip, Drip....it was emotional.

 Here is my attempt at trying to be brave.

Pushing...thinking...pushing...and Scott Praying!~~

 More emotion...it is the real thing.  My heart is full, my heart is overwhelmed, and she is here.  It is a very spiritual experience for me.  It is the closest thing to heaven that there is.  It is a powerful testimony that I have a Heavenly Father and that he knows me, and knows the children who he sends to me.  I feel so blessed to have this experience to been granted to me 8 of 9 times.

Tired, but happy that she is here.  I had to push and push and PUSH!

 Cleaning time!  She was pretty white and her eyes were goopy.  But once she was checked out, we just held and held her.

This is a quick capture of the birthing story:  Sleepy, a little sore, but good. Long labor, 6 hours at home, then 12 hours at the hospital. At one time she started to change her mind: we went from a 5 back to a 3+. Ouchy. After the doctor broke my water we progressed back to. 5...then we stalled again. More pit was added. I had to be on an I've drip for 6 hours for strep b...a lot of burning...ouchy on the arm. Everyone said that I would fly through it....yeah, not so much. Anyway, after a better contraction monitor where we could see the strength of each contraction, then we knew what to do next. Another 2 hours, and finally, I was ready to push.
We really had to push! She was sunny side up and couldn't get passed the public bone, so with the help of. Little suctioning, out she popped! Literally! She smiled at the dr, the nurses, and finally me. Long night....went into a little shock episode: I needed o2, fluid push, warm blankets, and some epi to boost my blood pressure. I was at 54/22, but pulled through with the help of a Great team. They think the cause was: long labor, low blood sugar, loss of a lot of fluids all in a short time....so I want to say thank you to all of you for your prayers. I couldn't have made it with out you.
April Rose is very sweet. She is being watched for her sugars, her bruise on her head, belly-rubins that are climbing, and for signs of strep B infection. We will be here till Tuesday evening if all goes well. Thanks again for your prayers.

Ah, all clean!

Sharing the news with everyone.  10:35pm, 6lbs 5oz, 19 1/2 inches long.  Blue eyes, light brown hair, and beautiful hands.

Happy dad!!

We are all here.  FINALLY!!!

Mom and me talking....

And....talking.....

And....talking!  I'm telling her how much I love her.  She is loving it!