Baby Noah

Okay, I am going to make this short because I am exhausted and I still have some school work to do.

On the night of the 12th, I put Lea to bed and took Roscoe for a walk. About midway, I had a healthy little contraction and I was starting to feel a bit off by the end. When I got inside, I had another contraction and decided to start timing them. Within 45 min, I went from one every 10 min to every 2 or 3. Within an hour, we were off to the hospital. Upon arrival, I was told that I was 8cm dilated. A few minutes after that, I felt like I needed to push, so I did. Noah came into the world to the sounds of my totally unrestrained screaming (umm. . . oops?) at 1248am on January 13th after about three hours of labor. He was 7lbs 11 oz, 21 inches long, 9/10 Apgar, with Freddy Cougar nails and a big voice. I wanted to go natural and am infinitely grateful for the quick labor that made it impossible for me to cave in. How different it was this time around!! Miles was a great coach. He managed to hold my hand and not look outwardly nervous by my repeated claims that I was going to die. Noah is an awesome nurser. Post labor contractions have been awful, but they are getting better.

That about sums things up!!

Miles has Noah's photos saved in his Aperture library and for the life of me, I cannot figure out how the heck to download them on here. Grrr. Friend me on facebook and I have a few on there.