Caleb Michael Call was born August 22, 2007 at noon exactly. He is the light of our life. We love watching him learn and grow.
Luckily, I had the easiest pregnancy. I continued to play Ultimate Frisbee once a week until I was 6 months (and Matt banished me from the playing field afraid I would get hurt). My actual due date was August 19, so the whole week prior I took up some light jogging again to encourage Caleb to come early...didn't happen.
We got to the hospital at about 12:30 am because my contractions were coming every 5 minutes. They almost sent me home because the nurse said the contractions should be coming 2-3 minutes apart for the first baby. I would not have been a happy camper had they sent me home as I was in a lot of pain! Luckily I was already dilated to a 5 so they let me stay. The epidural came finally at 2:30, which I consider God's gift to women who have to go through labor! I can't believe women would choose to give birth naturally.
There were a few complications, but at noon Caleb finally arrived. When they placed him on my belly, I was very emotional and would have bawled had Matt not been cracking jokes throughout the final stages of labor. We couldn't believe what a perfect little boy he was. 7 lbs. 11 oz. 20 1/2 inches long.
2 comments:
Haley, you look great! I love your blog, too. I didn't know that you were building a home in Houston...how fun! We're hoping to buy a home in Houston next year. Kevin is planning to teach secondary science down there. We won't buy a home until he has a job and we won't know about a job for a couple more months. We would be near Katy. I don't know how far that is from Woodlands. It's nice to see you're doing well.
I'm so glad you're starting a blog, it's so much easier to keep up with people that way!
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