It's a BOY!

We wanted to let you know that we have welcomed our little boy Kaleb Garrison! Kaleb was born on January 6, 2010 at 8:56 a.m. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 ozs. and was 20 inches long. He is absolutely adorable if I do say so myself! He has the chunkiest cheeks that jiggle every time I burp him! His eyes are a gorgeous blue-ish color that I know won't last but I sure am enjoying them right now!

For those of you who care about the labor:
I went into labor about 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning and did really well with it. At about 8:00 I realized I probably wasn't going to make it to my 9:30 Doctor's appointment! I let Colin know we needed to get ready to go and we got things set...slowly. It took us another 35 minutes or so to get out the door and into the car to drop Gideon off at my friend Delia's while we went to the hospital. Once in the car, I'm freaking out because the baby is coming and I feel like I need to push and Colin and Gideon are taking their sweet time! (Please note: several exaggerations will be used in this story!) As we're pulling out of the complex, a garbage truck blocks our way! So we have to turn around and go the long way around the complex and drive to Delia's. Once we get to Delia's, Colin takes Gideon out and says he's going to take the car seat out too. YEAH, RIGHT! I tell him there is absolutely NO time, the baby is coming NOW and he better just drop Gideon off and get his cute little butt back in the car. So as they are WALKING to Delia's door, I have another contraction and my water EXPLODES (not an exaggeration) in the car! I roll the window down and try to act calm (so I don't scare Gideon) but yell out, MY WATER JUST BROKE (so Colin would pick up the pace...)!!! Well, we finally get to the hospital and then realize we have no idea where we are going! We had Gideon in Delta so we've never been to the Logan Labor and Delivery. Colin parks in a parking spot and then I have to walk all the way to the hospital entrance, get in a wheelchair, take the elevator to labor and delivery and then make our way through the hospital until we get to check in... When we get to Registration, the nurse looks at me and asks Colin, "Is she in labor?" DUUUUHHHH! I basically told her that yes I was in labor and could she please open the door so I can go and have a beautiful little baby when she got the time (this is an exaggeration, I basically yelled, "I'm having this baby NOW!"). So the staff at Logan Regional is amazing! They got me in there undressed and in a hospital gown and had everything set up for me. Besides the fact that they kept telling me not to push, they were spot on with my care! So the entire time, which actually only amounts to about ten minutes, I'm pushing while they are telling me not to push and my OB gets there just in time to watch Kaleb make his way into the world! Dr. Olsen and I were the first to see that it was a boy and I immediately got to hold him (the baby, not Dr. Olsen)!

Kaleb's 1 minute Apgar was an 8 and his five minute was a 9. He still has a pretty high bilirubin count, but it isn't too bad so he won't have to do the lights...hopefully.

We are home and doing well and we appreciate all of your warm wishes and congratulations!