Baby Stocking is here!

Emily's water broke at 3:33am (yesterday 11/12/11).  I woke up to her informing me she was dripping all over and I immediately started running around everywhere.  We headed into the hospital soon there after.

Then our baby boy was born at 6:35pm (yesterday 11/12/11).  He is 8 lbs 11 oz. He is 20.5 inches long. He has chubby cheeks and quite a bit of hair (he even has a little rats tail). Emily got to hold him skin to skin when he was born and he was crying good, but then started panting a little so they put him on a CPAP machine to help him. They took him to NICU and found he has a bit of air that is stuck in the wall of his lungs (not the part where air should be). Emily is doing very well.

6 seconds after birth.  Isn't his mom good looking?

Babies used to all look the same to me when they were born...not now.

We like this pic.  We wonder how many times in our lifetime we will look at it.

Helping him breathe a little better

Official weigh-in. (8 lbs, 11 oz.)

In NICU getting skin to skin time (at midnight).

We are very happy to have him here.  The staff was great.  Our doctor (Blackett) wasn't available so we had Dr. Kirkham deliver him.  We feel very blessed to have him here.