I Had a Baby!

Yes, that's right! Samuel Nathan Richardson was born on 4/6 (only two days past his due date). He was 7 lbs. 6 oz., and 19 1/2 inches long. To see photos, go to:

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I'll be posting photos on the next post (as I'm a little preoccupied at the moment trying to catch up on some sleep).

The Story
Nathan's alarm went off at 6:15 that morning and I realized I was having contractions. Samuel was nice enough to let me have time to shower and pack a hospital bag and be on our way. He was born a little before noon.

I was able to walk into the hospital, check in, and they gave me an epidural shortly afterward. Gosh, I love those things. I was ready to have him at 10:30 or so, but they let me sit for a while so the baby could descend a little more, and so the pushing would go more quickly...which it did! I only had to push through two contractions and he was out! It was fast and painless. :)


Personalities
He's a cutie. He likes to be awake at night, and take his sweet time feeding, but I really have nothing to complain about as he is healthy and happy!

Avery loves to hold baby. In fact that's her new favorite sentence: "I want to hold/see baby." She loves to help out with everything and has been a great big sister.

Coming Soon
Next on the list of to-do's: get ready for another interfaith dialogue at our house with students from Azusa Pacific University in LA. That'll happen this coming Monday, and I hope to be able to participate, so hopefully Sam's and Avery's schedule allow me to get some conversation time with them! If you haven't heard of what they are, see this post about what dialogues are: Interfaith Dialogues.

Til next post!