Oh Henry

Introducing Sir Henry Edward Knutson
Born 10:05 on 10/29/07
Weight 10 lbs. 4 oz (for some reason I keep typing ox instead of oz.)
Length 22 and 1/2 inches

Well, apparently the word "induction" worried him so much that he decided to get things going on his own. Sunday night Becky started having contractions at 7:30 pm, and we went into the hospital around midnight. Becky got an epidural at 4 am so we slept for a while.

Before epidural After epidural

At around 9:30 am we were just sitting around calling people to let them know we were in the hospital when the nurse checked Becky and stated that she was at 10 cm! (which is why I married her, of course). This same nurse also stated to us that she predicted that Becky would only be pushing for a 1/2 hour. Of course we laughed (she had pushed for 2 hours with Madeline and 1/2 didn't seem likely). One series of pushes from Becky and the nurse said to stop pushing so she could get the doctors here for the delivery. Becky and I both couldn't believe it. Four more contractions later he literally popped out and into the resident's hands...it was hilarous (maybe you had to be there and maybe you had to be me, I guess the doctor laughed too).

We had a very special visitor yesterday - BIG SISTER MADELINE. She opened the door, walked over to Mommy and Henry, and proceeded to toss a present she bought for him onto him. It was cute. She still doesn't quite get the situation. She really hit the nail on the head with Henry when she was holding him and then said "he's heavy."

This is just a quick update, need to head back.