Today is the Day

...and this time I mean it. At about 2:10am this morning, Shawna and I woke up to quite the surprise. Shawna's water had broken. Saying it was a surprise is not as silly as it sounds for a man married to a woman 40 weeks pregnant. When Shawna went into the doctor on Wednesday, she was told that her labor would likely not progress naturally, so they would induce her on Tuesday, the 17th. As a result, we totally discounted the possibility of her going into labor beforehand.

At 2:10am, we learned very quickly that God had different plans. It's interesting how you can spend 9 months preparing for something and still have no idea what to do when it actually happens. Shawna and I spent about 10 minutes staring at each other blankly and wondering what to do before we packed up the car and headed to the hospital.

We got here around 3:00am, and everything went slowly for a long while. Shawna's contractions didn't quicken until she received some pitocin around 9am. Afterward, she progressed very well, and Rylie made her way down the route to freedom.

She finished that journey at 3:22 pm at an official weight of 7lbs. 12oz. and measuring at 20.5 inches long. She is beautiful and awesome, and almost totally content.

It's been a long day, and Rylie's watching some college football with us. We'll bring some more info in the morning. God is faithful and today was absolutely the most incredible day of my life, next to our wedding. I couldn't be happier to be a daddy.