Welcome Nolan Robert!!

March 7th has been a long awaited day. Over that last few months, all of the pieces have fallen into place to get us here, just in time.

We started the day doing one of our favorite things - snuggling in bed with Lauren, just the three of us. After breakfast Kimberly and I drove Lauren to school to drop her off for the day. We went home from there to some last minute packing, final instructions to Grandma, and then we were off to the hospital to get checked in and started.

At about 10:30am, we were shown to our birthing suite (complete with jacuzzi, flat screen TV, DVD player, and stereo system) and the nurse began preparing Kimberly for the C-Section. An IV in the arm, some Pepcid AC for her stomach, and then we got to sit and wait. A couple from our Sunday School class happened to have delivered by C-Section the day before and were 4 rooms down from us, so they came to visit with their son Ethan (10 lbs 7 oz - good thing they went the surgical route).

12:30 was magic time, and after a brief prayer time together, they took Kimberly off to get her spinal. I was asked to stay out of the OR for that, but once she was stable and on the operating table, they brought me in to sit up near her head. I talked with her and reassured her as the surgeons did their work. After about 10 minutes I heard, "Dad, go ahead and look over. You are going to want to see this!" I peeked up and watched as they pulled Nolan up and out. To be honest, he was a little angry! There was a flurry of activity as they did all their checks, then they held him up over the screen for Kimberly to see. He looked great!!

I stayed with her for another few minutes until the nurses invited me over to where they were performing the APGAR tests and taking his temprature. Born at 12:50pm (EST), he weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and measured 21 inches in length. He didn't cry much, really, but he did pee all over the nurse who brought him over to the warmer. That's my boy!