9 Days Late, But We'll Still Take 'Em

Owen has finally arrived weighing in at 7 lbs 14 ozs and 22 in long! Patty is once again a champion in my eyes!! She tried the natural route again even though she was being induced. We started at around 10:15 am when she had her water broken by the doctor. They gave her increasing amounts of oxycosin (Sp?) which the nurses called, "contraction juice," to get the ball rolling. The contractions grew stronger and stronger and about 3-4 hours into it, it just became too unbearable, especially since Patty didn't have the luxury of a jacuzzi tub like she did in New Mexico. (1 point New Mexico) So at that point she opted for the epidural and it helped take the edge off the pain.

Because Patty was induced she was confined to her bed the whole time. She delivered Owen at 4:15 pm making it a total of 6 hrs-2 hours longer than Malan. Needless to say Patty had already declared Malan her favorite child.

Owen got beat up a bit in the delivery process hence the bruising on the right side of his face. He seems to like his dad because he stops crying when he holds him! (We'll see how long that lasts)

We are still trying to comprehend doubling our child population and we are excited to see Malan's reaction tomorrow when she meets her brother for the first time.

For me, I see a lot of potential in the boy....possibly a professional baseball player, or even live out my dream and be a professional snowboarder. (We definately cannot stay in Maryland if that is going to happen)