He's here!!!

Wow. What a day this has been. What a week this has been. What a pregnancy this has been. And here we are enjoying the company of this beautiful new boy! What an experience. Lots of waiting. A little frusterating at times at the lack of progress. But with the support of family and friends and our AMAZING nurse Kathleen, we made it through. What a miracle!

In the coming days and weeks, you may notice the "Sears Nick" (come see the softer side of Nick. ). I'll probably be all cheesy and sugary over my baby boy. But, you can't blame me! He's so damn cute!!

I'll be posting some high quality pics soon for all to see. For now, Trisha and I are waiting for his first tubby and then off to bed.

Ladies and gentlemen start your engines!!

They are starting the pitocen drip in her IV now. They put a scalp monitor on the baby's head and her water broke. That's right. She has been popped!

Waiting for our little miracle...

Here we are at the hospital. Trisha's blood pressure has been pretty elevated so far, only 1 of the readings came back in the normal range. I don't know why I expected this to go any quicker. I guess that there are other more pressing deliveries happening right now. It's looking more and more like he won't be born until tomorrow. Well. Here's to waiting.

It's a BOY!

That's right... We're having a little baby boy! We picked out a name, although it's not set in stone. We're going with Ryan Nicholas Fielding. I know, vein, right? ;)

We're so excited. I'll scan the ultrasound as soon as I get a minute.

Mekenzie Marie Belshe

My neice has finally arrived!

It has been a long 9 months for my sister-in-law, Amanda, but come yesterday evening, Mekenzie decided that enough was enough.
Amanda had a few contractions through out the day, 20 or more minutes apart, and not consistant. During the evening hours, in fact, she wasn't having any, and thought it would be another night before the little one would arrive. Then, out of the blue, the contractions hit.
By the time they could get her out to the car, they were already at 4 minutes apart. They got her to the hospital and broke her water within the hour.
Little Mekenzie Marie Belshe joined us at 1:55 AM July 25, 2008. 7 lbs 9 oz and 21 inches long. Quite tall, but otherwise average and healthy. Welcome, Mekenzie!