Nathan James Clark

We had our little boy! He is an angel! Seriously, such a good baby. I will try and get all the details, but its 2 pm and I still haven't showered today or put in my contacts so I'm running at a slower pace! So on Thursday I had my dr.'s appointment and I asked if and when she would be willing to strip my membranes. It worked with Ethan with no real problems, so I thought I would give it a try! She said she was on call that night so she would do it right then! So I went home contracting and all that and thought my water broke at about 8 30 pm. My water never broke with ethan so I had no idea what it was supposed to be like. We had one of the new med students that moved in come over while Ethan was in bed (thanks Dave!!). Well I went to hospital and they checked, water still in tact and hadn't dilated any further then that afternoon. They sent me home with an ambien so I could sleep through the cramping. Then I woke up at about 5:45 with some real hard contractions and my water really broke, this time there was no question haha. We called Dave back over, he was so helful! So we got to the hospital about 6:30 am and delivered at 11 am. I was unsure if I wanted an epidural this time because last time my epidural was terrible and i couldn't move ANYTHING. But this time my contractions were so so hard and I was completely miserable, there was no question that I wanted an epidural. It was a perfect epidural though, I could feel my legs and toes and the pressure with contractions, but no pain. It was awesome. It was a great delivery! He was 8 lbs. 10 oz and 20 1/2 inches...he is our chunky monkey! Oh and we picked Nathan because it just fit him, so it was a pretty easy decision!

Ethan has been really patient with all this new transitioning, he is definitely having times were he starts acting up because he needs attention though. I hope I can keep up with him!

So these are just camera phone pictures, but I wanted to get something up and if I wait to upload pictures from our real camera you might not have seen anything for a week or so. I will put some better ones up when I get a chance!