New Addition

He arrived!!
Part of the excitement of having a baby is you are never 100% sure when they will get here, but I was positive that our baby would not be coming until after May 11th, so when my contractions started on Friday I was a little unsure what to do. At 7:00 pm my contractions were coming every 3 min and at 9:00 pm I could not wait any longer so we went into the hospital. Once there we had to walk the halls because I was not very far along, this is the most painful thing I have ever had to do. Finally at 11:30 they gave me an epidural and we could go to sleep. We were told that our baby would most likely be arriving at 6:00 pm the next day (we soon learned that these predictions don't mean anything). By the next morning I had progressed more than they were expecting and we were told that at about 2:00 pm we would have our baby. The problem with me having all of these times is that I start to mentally prepare for them and then at 9:30 am they started telling me to push. I guess I never really thought that through all the pregnancy and the labor that I would actually get to have a baby so on Saturday May 3rd at 10:15 when they placed Tanner Bradley on my stomach I was in heaven. I am not sure that anyone can ever put into words what it feels like to hold your baby for the first time, but I am sure that all would agree it is love at first sight. Overall the labor and delivery were the best experience and the end result makes the whole 9 months worth it.