Baby Boy Tristan!

So, little baby boy Tristan is here! To our surprise, he decided to come 5 days early, two days after our doctor told us to expect up to two more weeks -- up to our induction date of March 17. But it seems that Tristan already has a mind of his own, and he was ready to come into this world! I went to work on Thursday with some back pain and cramping and several co-workers told me that I was probably in pre-labor, but I was still expecting several more days, at least. However, Friday morning, 1 am, I woke up with contractions, although they were about 6-7 minutes apart. By 5, we decided to head to the hospital, just to get checked out, and stopped at IHOP for breakfast -- I wanted a good meal before going into labor! At the hospital, I had not dilated anymore and my contractions were irregular, so they said we could go home and wait or spend the day walking around town. So, since we live 45 minutes from the hospital, we decided to stay in town. We went to a park and walked, went to an estate sale (got some baking dishes!), then went to Nate's sister's apartment to rest and continue tracking contractions. We rested, got some lunch, went outside and walked some more, and by 2:00, decided to try once more with the hospital -- by this time, the contractions were more around 4 minutes apart. Stopped by Wendy's and got a frosty (again -- want that energy!) and went to the hospital. By this time, I was dilated to a 3-4, so they decided to keep me, but told us to walk around the hospital for about 2 hours first. They didn't have a room for us yet. 2 hours later, I was at a 6-7 and ready for an epidural, but the epidural guy was in a c-section...so waited another 2 hours for my epidural :( Anyways, long story short -- he came just about 3 hours later (and an hour's worth of pushing!) at 10:16. Exactly 7 lbs (much smaller than I was expecting, but so glad for it now!) and 20 inches (and not as tall as I was expecting!). We have been here two nights now, hoping to go home in a few hours. Little guy is getting his little surgery now, so I had a few minutes to do this blog. Here are some pictures :)


Taken Thursday -- 39 weeks!