Lincoln is here!!

Well, for those of you who have not heard....Lincoln Miles Calhoun arrived at 3:52 p.m. on Thursday February 11, 2010 weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches long!

I know there are some of you who read the post prior to this one and you are confused as to why he arrived on Thursday instead of Friday when the induction was scheduled. Well, the reason is that Lincoln had a plan all his own of arriving.

Wednesday night (soon after I wrote that post) my stomach started to have an occassional pain -- nothing serious just a little bothersome. Cory and I had stayed up late that night hanging out playing Phase 10 dice and having a good time -- enjoying what we thought would be our second to last night as a childless couple. About 11:00 p.m. we decided it was time to head to bed. Right before we turned the lights out, I decided to go get a piece of cheese to eat (which has been my staple snack throughout pregnancy). As I was walking back to the bedroom eating my piece of cheese -- I felt it. Yes, my water had broken. It was 11:45 p.m. I'll be honest -- I freaked. This was not the PLAN!! I had my mind set on this occuring Friday and not right now! I told Cory what I thought had happened. He wasn't convinced. So, I went to wake up my mom (who has been staying with us in preparation for Lincoln's arrival) and finally convinced everyone that I was in LABOR! Off we headed to the ER.

Once there, I was admitted about 1:00 a.m. and put in a room! Soon after that I received my epidural and told to rest and they would be in to check me in the coming hours. From about that time till 8:00 a.m. or so it was all a blur. I do remember that at one point they came to check me and I was at 5 cm. The next time they came to check I was at 9 cm. The next note-worthy moment throughout the process was that by about 10:00 a.m. my body was 100% ready to deliver but Lincoln was too cozy and not wanting to come! The doctor (who was another doctor from my clinic that I had not met before) told me that they were going to let me "labor down" (sit up in my bed and let gravity move Lincoln down) for another hour or so. This process ended up lasting 4 hours till 2:00 p.m. when he had moved down some and the doctor was ready for me to start pushing. I ended up having to push for 2 hours! And Lincoln finally decided to give up and enter the world at 3:52 p.m. Wow. What a moment that will forever be etched our minds! We were instantly in love!

We were fortunate to have all of our parents, Cory's brothers family and the next day my aunt came up to help us celebrat his arrival.

Cory's dad with Lincoln

Cory's mom with Lincoln

Aunt Jessica and Cousin Mady meeting Lincoln

Uncle Cody with Lincoln

Lincoln with Cory's stepdad

Papa (my dad) holding Lincoln as we were getting ready to go home.

Gigi (my mom) lovin' on Lincoln

My Aunt Karen (Lincoln's great aunt)

One day old

Daddy loves me a lot!

Mommy snugglin' up to me!

Time to go home!
Let's go home!!

All in all, the way that this event occurred was perfect and we would not have wanted it any other way. I believe that the Lord placed that doctor there that day because he was willing to take on the challenge of the delievery and work with me to bring Lincoln safely into this world. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with our new little guy. We think he is perfect and quite the snuggle-bug! Our first night home was definitely rough but each day and night has gotten better! I hope now that we are home and settled to get in some new posts about what life is like as a family of three.