Introducing.........

Michael William Greer

May 27, 2008 1:50am

6lbs.15oz. 19in.

Our baby boy is finally here! Sorry I've been busy but I wanted to post pictures and tell everyone about our new baby.

After waiting for what seems like forever I finally went into labor on Monday (Memorial Day). I was having contractions most of the day but after laying down for a nap and waking up around 3:30, the contractions really seemed to set in. We were invited to spend some time with friends at a BBQ so we went and enjoyed tons of food and fun.

After getting home I realized that I was in real labor. I decided we needed to get ready to go to the hospital. After running around the house like a nut and getting everything ready, I decided to rest for awhile and see what happens. At this point my contractions were painful but not really consistent. At about 10pm we decided to drop of Marley and head to the hospital. When we arrived at the hospital, I was afraid that I was going to be sent home but after being checked I was already dilated to a 7.

Before the epidural.

After the epidural.

My Dr. came in and decided she was going to break my water and get things moving. At this point I was dilated to an 8. The Dr. wanted to make sure the baby was head down- I know this seems silly but she thought his head felt kind of squishy and wanted to be sure before I had to push. She ordered an ultrasound and decided to break my water and then the chaos began. The baby's heartbeat completely dropped and panic set in. The nurses were trying everything to find the baby's heartbeat. After a quick ultrasound, my Dr found that the baby was head down and I was told to push like crazy. I don't even think I was pushing during contractions but the Dr. was really concerned about me delivering as fast as possible. After pushing for only 10 minutes, Michael was born.

My Dr. found that the cord was wrapped around his neck. When she broke my water it basically was choking him- that's why everything was crazy. Michael was crying before he was completely delivered and I'm so excited that he's finally here.

Big sister Marley is so proud of her new baby brother and loves him so much. She's constantly smothering him with kisses. She's also very protective and tells people "no" when others are holding him.

Here's some more pictures:

This is where the magic happened.

Proud Daddy.

We're so excited he's finally here!

Going Home!

Still no baby!

Okay so I'm STILL waiting for this baby to come.

I was scheduled to be induced tomorrow, but we came to find out that my Dr. is out of town for the holiday weekend. So we decided to just wait and see what happens instead.

I did have a little scare yesterday when I started having a lot of back pain and contractions. I frantically called Mike to have him come home from work and by the time he got home they had stopped. We did some shopping to see if the walking would help and to take care of some last minute things, but still no baby.

Here's a picture of my stubborn little guy! I'm so anxious to meet him.

Marleys Sick :(

Well Sunday night Marley woke up sick. She's finally started to perk up today but she's still pretty tired. Yesterday she laid in our bed and watched movies and TV. She thought she was in heaven since this is something she normally doesn't do. I thought it was too cute how she just laid in our bed with her monkey and her blankie. Hopefully tomorrow we'll be back to normal.

Visiting Grandma & Grandpa

My parents recently moved to Nogales- yes Nogales. My dad took a job there as the city Utilities Director. After finding a home and settling in they love it. We really wanted to visit earlier but it's been hard to with Mike's calling and being pregnant. We decided now or never, so we went there this weekend.

I have to say that its definately not what I expected. My dad loved showing us around the whole city- which is nicer than what I thought it would be. I especially love my parents home. Its in a quiet neighborhood, but ironically you can see the acutal border from thier front door. While we were there we often saw border patrol in the neighborhood and heard choppers flying around. My parents house also has a pool, which Marley was excited to see, but wasn't as excited to swim in- it was really cold. We spent most of the time just hanging out and not having to do anything- which is really what I like to do.