DW was born at 7:39am on Sept 29th, 2004.  I went into labor the night before, well about 11:30pm.  Ben was sleeping and I wasn’t sure what was going on.  By about 2-3am we knew it was time to get to the birth center.  They checked me and I was at 4cm and that was when I realized we really were going to have a baby that day.  We walked around the parking lot for a bit to get labor moving and then I was able to get into the tub.  I really wanted to have a water birth.  Well my contractions came on very strong and one after another.   The midwife checked me and I was at 9 but I had to get out of that tub.  Just something about it annoyed me at that moment.  I got out, went to the bed and she checked me again.  I was complete!  The act of moving from the tub to the bed helped it move along.  I pushed for about 30 minutes and then he was born.  My husband, sister-in-law, Midwife and the owner of the birth center (another midwife who was also a family friend) were in the room with us.

Since most of Ben’s family lived in the same city they came to see us.  My mom had taken the first flight she could out of Southern California to come see us too.  She got in at about noon and got to meet her very first grandson hours after he was born.

It is amazing how well I remember that day.  I remember talking on my cell phone to my friends about the birth as the midwife stitched me up.  I remember the food I ordered, a mint chocolate chip shake.  I remember Ben and I sitting on the bed watching our little boy suck his finger.  I remember coming home at 4ish in the afternoon and working very hard to get him to breastfeed.  I remember camping out in the living room that first week or two.  I remember all of it.  There is just something so special about becoming a mom for the first time.  Memories I hope I never forget.

I look at him now and think 6!  Wow 6!  He has to hold up 2 hands to tell how old he is now.  He becomes more and more independent as the years go by.  He is learning to read & write.  He is so excited about having a baby brother and is such a sweet big brother to AJ (most of the time.) 

He loves his dinosaurs & other little animals.  He loves to play on the playground, with his little friends and watch Scooby Doo movies.  He is learning how to play the Wii and his speech just keeps getting better and better. 

Happy Birthday little boy