Oh, What A Night...

Last night was pretty remarkable. Considering it started at 6:00 with a Temple Session to do some family name sealings. I was able to arrange a sealing session that included all my married kids and most of their spouses to help with some sealings I've needed to take care of for quite some time. Dinner was planned afterward, thinking we would be out by 7:00. There were some name pronounciation issues and it took longer to do the names than we expected, so it was 8:00 before we actually left the Temple. We changed our dinner plans from Macaroni Grill to Pei Wei because Mohlers and Garrards had to get home and relieve sitters.

Sarah called her doctor (a previously arranged plan) and met her at her office where she stripped Sarah's membranes and told her she would be seeing her "in a couple of hours" at the hospital. Sarah went home, got her stuff together, got with Tyler (who hadn't been at the Temple with us) and sure enough, went to the hospital, in labor. Dodie, Erin and I all arrived between 12:00 and 1:00. Sarah got to 6cm. by around 2:30-3:00 and we're all thinking, by 4:30-5:00 we'll have us a baby. Imagine our (very sleepy & tired) surprise when, at 4:30, she was still @ 6 cm. The epidural she got (the best one, EVER, according to Sarah) really slowed down her contractions and it took a while for the nurse to call Dr. Lewis for orders for pitocin. ANYway...we had a bit of a scare because the little guy's heart rate started dropping with every contraction and there was a very tense 45 minutes while we waited for Dr. Lewis to come and assess the situation. She arrived and said we would absolutely NOT be doing a C-Section, and after working some cervical magic, announced it was time to have a baby. What good news that was! So, at 7:08, Briggs Lavell Barlow made it into the world. He's pretty adorable, as newborns are. I can't wait to see him tonight, because newborn's looks change so much in those first 12 hours or so. I'll post pictures later. He is only 6.5 # and 19.5 inches long. A little peanut of a guy. Looks a lot like Brevin, I think. Handsome.

What a joy and a blessing it is to have another healthy baby in our family!