He's Here!!

9 days early and almost a Halloween baby, Oliver Thomas decided to join the world at 12:35am, October 30th! He weighed in at 7lbs, 9oz and measured 20 inches long.

I woke up on the 29th around 7am and felt like I was having contractions. They were fairly light for most of the day, but never let up. I stayed home from work and Brian and I timed them for most of the day. We packed up the car and just went about normal business for the most part. Stopped at the dentist for Brian's appointment, took a nap (or at least I attempted to) and then about 6pm I thought they were getting stronger and Brian said that they were about 3.5 to 4 minutes apart. I still wasn't sure if they'd send us home, but thought we'd better check it out and be on the safe side. Good thing too! At the hospital I was already dialated to 4cm and 80-90% effaced. We took a 30 minute walk around the hospital, got checked again and I was at a 5! Went for another 10 minute walk and then my water broke IN the hallway. By the time we got back to triage and they wheeled me down to our room I was at an 8 already! At this point, there was not doubt in my mind that I wanted the epidural. Got hooked up with the good stuff and was feeling MUCH better in no time. I started pushing at 12:05 and by 12:35 he was here!

We've spent the last couple days enjoying all of the wonderful family time and are just loving our new little boy. Here are a few much anticipated pictures of him :)

You can also view his hospital picture at the following link:

www.chandlerregional.org , going to the online nursery and finding our little Oliver Thomas, born on 10/30/09 :)