Elizabeth was doing well on Monday the 30th. We were scheduled to induce at 6am. After Elizabeth got settled in and got her IV, she was feeling well enough to do a little work! Well, OK she was just imputing her vacation time into th HR website but obviously she was doing well. Actually too well. James didn't want to come out on that day so after 10hrs of Pitosin, the nurses called it quits for that day.

So the next day, Halloween, we tried again. Notice Elizabeth is still in a fairly good mood, but has settled in a bit.

And then we had a little baby James. OK so there was some stuff in between, but this is a public website. Elizabeth did get an epidural and waseven able to nap through a good portion of the labor. At 5pm she called in the midwife and a few minutes later we had James. Way to go Elizabeth! These pictures were taken when James was 3 or 4 hours old. Since the hospital had wifi, the Grandparents got to see pictures right away.

After a relitivley good nights sleep, James is fairly good to us at night though Mom does have more duties than Dad, we got some time to take pictures with Mom and James.

Erika Hagan stopped by in the morning to bring Elizabeth some things that she would need. Erika and Andrew were in the same situation a year prior. The Hagans have really been a great help and good friends. Thanks guys! Erika took this, our first family portrait.

James needed some IV antibiotics at the hospital but they were mostly a precaution and there was nothing serious the matter. We left the hospital at 6:30 pm on Thursday the 2nd and were home by 7. I stayed home from school on Friday, and helped everyone get settled. On Saturday Grandma Karen came down to help out around the house.

James loves his Mom. The rest of us are tolerated for short periods of time. Grandma Karen did finally get James in a better mood in the last picture! The first picture is the first time Karen held James on Saturday night.

Dad did get some time with James too. The first is in the hospital. James will tolerate me for about 20-30 minutes before he gets hungry. I do most of the Diaper duties, no big deal with 4 younger sisters whom I changed. As the days have gone by, he has let me hold him for longer and longer times.

GO BROWNS!!!!!!!

James got a chance to chatch some rays this week. He also got a chance to swing in the swing. I wonder what ever happened to those wind-up swings that you coulf get going really, really fast?

OK one last qute picture before you go.