The Big Day

Well the day started this morning at about 6:15 am when we woke up to head to the hospital for the induction. Got there and settled in the room by 7:30 and then waited until 10:15 for the doctor to come and break Jenise's water. Apparently she had a C-Section that she had to do that took longer than expected. Funny how impatient we were. I mean we know it may take some time to have a baby but we almost had to wait longer to break the water than we did for labor.

Landon Tate was born at 1:56 pm this afternoon and greeted by Caleb and Kietlyn who were both excited. Kietlyn was enthralled. But not with Landon. She was wondering what Jenise's IV was all about. Then she wanted to hide in the curtain and then she went to go play with the big doll house in the waiting room. Grandma, Nana, Poppy, Uncle Jon, Aunt Haverlee, B-dog, Lil' D and Uncle Adam all visited today. I was so proud of Adam, as he held his little nephew. Funny to see a former body builder hold a 7 pound baby.

As we were basking in the glow of our newborn we got a phone call from Grandma (at home with Caleb and Kiet). All at once, I could tell by Jenise's voices something wasn't right. Apparently Kiet had coughed (and she doesn't have a petite cough, picture smoker's cough for a 2 year old) a couple of times and then her nose started bleeding. Not a trickle, more like a landslide. Grandma called a little frantic as it bled for 5 minutes or so as I very quickly broke all driving laws and got from the hospital to the house just in time to have Kietlyn tell me the "blood went back into her nose". Her way of saying it was done.

So it's been a great day. Landon is doing great. Everything is checking out fine. Jenise did awesome as usual and is just tired. I know we'll sleep good tonight (at least for a few hours at a time).

Thanks for all the well wishes and the prayers and congrats to those that voted for a boy. You were right!

Here's some pics for your enjoyment...