Finally home

We have made it home. We are not a full family yet. Lucas is still resting at Grandma and Poppa's but should be home soon. It is nice to be able to sit on a comfy couch and watch tv where you know the channels. Before we left the hospital they took photos of the little man. Here is the website and password.

www.bellababyphotography.com

Password: 0329mitchellholder

Long awaited Photos

He is here!!!!!!!!!!

I know that I have not posted in almost 7 hours but he is finally here. Mitchell David entered the world early this morning at 12:32 am. He finally decided to come naturally and all went well with mommy. He was 7lbs, 10oz. The nursery will come in and measure him in a little bit. Christina and I are tired and happy. I will post some pictures first thing in the morning. Thank you for all your thoughts, prayers, well wishes. We felt them all.

6:00 Update

WELL....

The doctor had to go do a c-section for another mother so the nurse came in and checked Christina. She is at 5cm, so no significant progress. I'm getting a little tired, but we are all in good spirits still. I am hoping this kid decides to come tonight. Doesn't look like he is going to be here before Lucas has to go to bed so that's a bummer. I was really looking forward to his reaction when he got to meet his little brother. I guess i will just have to wait until in the morning. I will keep posting into the night as things move along. So much for a quick process!!!

Nothing to write home about

No baby yet. Christina received an epidural about an hour and half ago. She is now resting letting the contractions do there job. I am waiting impatiently in the "dad" chair. We can not find anything on tv so its been the gameshow network for the last 3 hours. The nurse expects the doctor to come by between 5:30 and 6:00 and check the progress. Hopefully (fingers crossed) we will be getting close to pushing. That's all for now. Check back later for more information!!!!

3:00 update

Well, the doctor just came in and checked Christina. She is 4 cm dilated and progressing along. The doctor broke her water and everything went well with that. The baby has looked great on the monitor all day long and they do not have any worries about him. Christina has decided to take an epidural to ease the pain and hopefully make things a little less stressful on her. She decided that since Lucas will be coming up here later that she would like to have some energy when he gets here. That's it for now, I will keep everyone up to date as things move along.

Here's to a save labor and delivery.

Contractions

Things have started to pick up with the contractions. They are starting to come every 3-4 minutes with some pretty good strength now. We are waiting on the doctor to come in and check how dilated Christina is and possibly break her water. We hope to know more with in the hour. Keep your fingers crossed that things go quickly and smoothly!!