It's a Boy!!

Kelsey and I would like to introduce you to our son, Landon Chase.  He was born Wednesday, March 11, at 7:17 am.  Landon weighed 8 pounds 5 oz and is 20 inches long.

On Tuesday at school, Kelsey had her first contraction around 7:45.  She continued to have them throughout the day; about every 40 minutes.  We started timing them at 8:20 Tuesday night, and then at 11 they began to come between 5 and 7 minutes apart, and were becoming more intense.  We arrived at the hospital just after midnight.  After the nurses confirmed that yes, Kelsey truly was in labor (7.5 cm dilated), they checked us into our private birthing room.  The contractions were causing Kelsey a lot of discomfort in her back, and she opted to have an epidural.  This allowed us both to get some sleep on and off between 3 and 6.  At 6:30, Kelsey began to push, the dr. arrived around 7, and then at 7:17 Landon was here.  Kelsey is currently sleeping since she was up for 27 hours, and hadn't eaten anything for 15 of them.  Landon is in the nursery right now enjoying the heating lamp.  He's just chilling there in just his diaper with both arms spread out (catching some rays).  We'll keep everyone updated. 

My parents got to our house around 3 am this morning and slept for a few hours before coming up to see their new Grandson/Nephew.  Kelsey's parents should be here around 2:30 this afternoon and are looking forward to meeting Landon.