Colin Arrives!
Colin arrived 4 hours short of being a "4th of July baby!" but just in time to share the same birthday as my dear friend Kira... and he came with little warning and in a hurry!
Around 1:30 am I felt some light cramping... I didn't think it was the start of labor, rather a rumble in my stomach from something I had eaten at the 4th of July parade...I got out of bed, and noticed that they were coming about every 20 minutes... I woke Erik up, who had just gone to sleep one hour prior, and told him we may need to go to the hospital. He gave me a look of panic and disbelief. I went back and fourth on whether this was labor or indigestion... I decided to play it safe and head to the hospital. We woke Finnly up, packed him in the car and started on our way to the hospital. I called my mom to arrange for her to pick Finnly up... and then decided that I wasn't in labor... called my mom's pick up off, had Erik turn the car around and we headed home. AND then, a painful contraction came... by now it was around 1:45... I told Erik to turn around and go to the hospital, I called my mom back and she agreed.
2.5 hours later...Colin arrived. He was 7 lbs 13 oz and 19 inches long. And like Finnly, the labor was so fast, I didn't get an epidural until 9 cm...The nurses told me they wished I had videotaped the birth because it was "perfect" Exactly how you want every baby to arrive... We are very lucky.
Finnly arrived with my dad later in the day... I was nervous and excited to see how Finnly would react to seeing Colin. He was adorable. He said "hi baby" and gave him a pet on the head. We had bought a Fire truck for him and said it was from the baby... he was much more interested in that then anything else..
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