The Beginning, 6 months ago......

It was early in the morning on March 27. I decided that today was going to be my debut. Tia Coley and Grandpa didn't have anything special planned for today (They had blocked out certain days and asked Mommy to ask me not to come on that day. Grandpa planned them around his hockey games and Tia Coley asked not on her birthday, March 20). So at 4:00 am I decided to wake up Mommy and let her know it was time, only she didn't listen to me! She got up and went back to sleep. No matter how hard I tried she kept ignoring me for 45 minutes! Finally at around 5:00 am Daddy woke up because Mommy kept getting in and out of bed. She told him that she was having sharp pains every few minutes. Daddy got up and got dressed while Mommy called Abuelo, who was working at the hospital that night. She also called the doctor. The doctor told her to wait about 15-30 minutes and if the contractions continued to come in. I made Mommy wait 5 minutes before she told Daddy to get the car started. Daddy went and told Grandpa & Grandma that they were leaving and gave big brother, Andrew, a kiss and off we went. Mommy called Abuelo and let him know that we were on our way. He met Mommy outside with a wheelchair while Daddy went and parked the car and brought up Mommy's hospital bag (she packed it 3 days before).

So Abuelo wheeled Mommy up to the L&D floor at UNC and got her all signed in. Then Mommy had to wait to be checked to make sure she was in active labor. They checked and she was admitted. As soon as she got into the room Mommy asked for an epidural and they were there within 5 minutes. Mommy's doctor, Dr. Lisa just happened to be on call all day. Mima arrived at around 7:00 am. Dr Lisa said that everything was going along great and fast and that I should arrive by noon. Mommy let Tia Coley and Tia Tori know (They had been texting all day :) ) Little did they know that I had other plans. Noon came and went. At around 5:00 pm Tia Coley and Tia Tori arrived along with our good friends the Moores. They all waited in the waiting room and Mommy tried pushing but my heart rate kept dropping. Dr Lisa decided that it would be best if Mommy had a C-Section. At around 8:00 pm they wheeled Mommy back to the Operating Room. I was so excited! It was almost time for me to make my debut! Mommy ended up falling asleep because they couldn't numb her fast enough. I was born at 8:18 pm, 7lbs 10 ozs. My Daddy was there to see me and hear me yelling. Daddy woke up Mommy and she heard me crying. Dr Lisa went to the waiting room to let everyone know that Mommy and I were OK and that I was a healthy baby boy!!

What a day!!