He's Here, Finally!

Well, as the people of the old days said it. It's Done. Katherine delivered Dryver on Jan. 27, 2008. He was born at 2:42 am, weighed 7 lbs and 4 oz and was 20 in. long. Just take my word for it. The boy liked his mama and her belly. He did not want to come out.

Katherine started pushing at about 10 pm on the 26th. After pushing for about an hour the nurse noticed that he wasn't completely ready to deliver. The cervix still had a lip covering some of his head. So what happened after that was, well we'll just say it was tough. Katherine's meds were running out, so she spent the next hour to hour and a half in "VERY MUCH" pain. The anesthesiologist came in and gave more meds. She had to labor more to get Dryver ready. So that lasted until about 12:45. Then she started pushing again.

So when we got done with all of that, there was still a lot to go. They cleaned him up and then Katherine got to hold him. So that is the 2nd picture. We are SOOOOO happy. He is a good looking baby, with a lot of my features. We are pretty sure that Katherine is the mom, but you probably can't tell from Dryver's looks, yet.


This is the morning after. He is definitely already changed so much. He looks so cute. We are truly blessed. Thanks for all your prayers, and Dryver is looking forward to meeting all of you.