IT'S A BOY!!!!

Hello everyone,

Isaiah Bradley Christian was born on November 20, 2008 at 9:05 p.m. When he was born he weighed in at 7 lbs., and 19 1/2 inches long.

The day didn't go exactly as planned, but the results were still the same. As most of you know our birth plan was to have the baby naturally. Everything stated at good, as good as you can be at 6 in the morning. Dr. Moon had decided to induce Cheryl because her blood pressure was a little too high. They induce pregnancy by using a drug called Pitocin. The drawback with pitocin is that, it can be very rough on the mom, because the labor pains get more intense more quickly. The first few hours were fine, and then they broke Cheryl's water. Suddenly the pains went from being one every five or so minutes, to being one right after another and more intense. Cheryl braved thru 12 hours of labor without an epidural. Unfortunately, after all that time she was only 3 cm dilated. So we decided that Cheryl needed an epidural. After the epidural was administered her pain got better, and she was actually able to take a nap for about a hour and a half. So to our surprise, the doctor announced, that only a couple of hours after the epidural, that she was 10 cm dilated. Long story short, after another hour and a half of pushing, we had our little baby boy. I was in shock for the next few hours with a big goofy smile on my face.

Let me just say that I am a very lucky man to be married to such a strong, passionate, and loving woman. I am so proud of all the hard work that Cheryl did, not only giving birth to our child, but of all the hard work throughout the pregnancy. She's a natural and is going to be a great mother.