Introducing Sawyer William

Our baby boy is finally here! Sawyer William was born on Thursday, October 30 at 4:11 pm. He weighs 8 lbs, 2 oz and is 21 inches long (our heaviest and longest baby yet). He has a little bit of dark brown hair, blue eyes, and a face that is somewhat reminiscent of the girls, but all his own.

The labor went much more quickly then my previous ones - so quickly that we thought we had much more time than we actually had. By the time I realized that contractions were 3 and 2 minutes apart, Kevin was throwing last minute things in bags and running them out to the car. We raced through rush hour traffic to the hospital, and my water broke as I was kneeling on the concrete in front of the emergency room having contractions (much to the surprise of people waiting on the bench outside). A nurse came out with a wheelchair, and helped me onto a gurney. Kevin and two of the nurses ran pushing the gurney up to Labor and Delivery (much like one of those crazy birth movies), and we got into the room at 3:50. I started pushing and Sawyer was born at 4:11. Very intense but very exciting!

The girls are completely in love with Sawyer and are squabbling over who gets to hold him and how long. We came home on Saturday and are settling in to our new routines. He's figured out that night is a time for sleeping - so we are getting much less tired! Fortunately, the girls are still sleeping well and up to their usual antics. We're having fun welcoming Sawyer into our family!