Our little bundle of joy...

Braylon Thomas has finally arrived!  My water broke Thursday, March 3rd at 3 o'clock in the morning.  Labor was going slow, so the doctor gave me some pitocin to speed things up.  Once the epidural kicked in, I couldn't feel a thing.  We did have a little scare though, because after every contraction, Braylon's heart rate would drop.  Once it was time to push, the doctor told me I had to give it all I had, because they weren't sure if Braylon would be able to handle the stress of labor.  Sure enough, when I started to push with each contraction, his heart rate would drop.  At one point, it seemed like 30 seconds before we heard his heart start beating again, and we were concerned we might have to have an emergency C-section.  Then, all of a sudden, the power went out!  Crazy!  We stopped pushing for 20-30 minutes, which seemed to work out well, because the second time around with pushing, Braylon's heart rate did not drop.  After about 20 minutes of pushing, our beautiful baby boy was born at 1:35 pm.  He was 7lbs 8oz and 20 inches long.  He has a full head of hair and looks like his Daddy :)

Braylon had jaundice so we had to stay at the hospital until Sunday morning.   Then, his jaundice peaked at a 20.7,  so we were readmitted to the hospital Tuesday morning.  We finally got to go back home Wednesday night around 8pm.  Here he is under the photo therapy lights.  It looks like he's in a little tanning bed.  The poor thing had his little heel pricked for blood so many times that I lost count.