Welcome to Itty Bitty!!!

Our son is finally here!!! Okay, so we still haven't finalized his name, so we titled this post with what we've been calling him in the mean time:)

For a couple days prior to his delivery, Kristi suspected that her water was slowly leaking. We couldn't get in touch with anyone on Saturday (thanks a lot, Pioneer Day) so we waited till Monday. So off to the hospital we went on Monday afternoon to have Kristi examined.

As it turned out, Kristi was right, and she was leaking amniotic fluid. This meant we weren't going anywhere until the baby came (this is where we tell family about our secret trip to the hospital to get examined).

Kristi wasn't in labor. Because Luke came by Cesarean Section, inducing this second labor with drugs would be risky, though, we very much wanted to try a normal, vaginal birth. We had an option to induce without drugs by fully breaking Kristi's water, but her cervix was so far back the doctor couldn't reach it, which was, in his words, very rare.

It was obvious to everyone that c-section was the best option for mommy and baby. We felt really good, enthusiastic even, about our decision to simply move ahead with the c-section and not put Kristi or our son at risk, even though it meant giving up the possibility of ever having a vaginal birth.

Thirty minutes later...













I love this last picture. Kristi being spunky on her way to the operating room!


P.S. - Our little guy was born at about 9:30 p.m. Monday, July 26, 2010. He was 21 inches long and weighed in at 7 lbs. 14 ounces.

P.P.S. - If you want to come and meet our little boy we're happy to have visitors at the hospital. Give me (Andrew) a call and I'll get you the info you need.