We're seeing blue!

Ty Bringhurst was born 12-18-08 at 10:13 PM.

He weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and measures 20 inches long.

We were induced bright and early Thursday morning, expecting to have our little boy by early afternoon. Our plans, however, did not go as we thought. After laboring for 12 hours with an epidural that worked everywhere but in one spot, dialating to a 9.5 and stalling , and the baby was still kicking me in the ribs, meaning he had not dropped a bit, the doctor decided on a c -section. We sure are glad she did because the cord was wrapped around Ty 3 times. The doctor told us that I could have labored for days and he would never have come naturally. We are all doing well. Melissa is sore, tired and in love with her new baby boy, Eric is happy for a boy and can't wait to take him hunting, Olivia is full of kisses for her new baby brother, and Carley is not sure what to think, but will give him a kiss if you ask her to. We are so blessed to be able to raise this little boy and have him for our very own.

PS - Thanks for the pictures Auntie Erin- we stole them off her blog!

Time to update!

Time to update! I am sooooooo bad about updating!

Well the official baby count down is now 6 days! I cannot wait to hold our little man in my arms! Too bad we still haven't agreed on a name. The rules now are 1. we have a name before we go to the hospital 2. No discussions of names while I am in labor 3. or we pick a name shortly after he is born...we will have to see how this all plays out!

We had a nice Thanksgiving with Erics family here in Colorado this year. It was nice not to have to travel for a change...it sure is easier to have the 3 of them travel to us than the 10, soon to be 11 in the Colorado bunch travel to Utah! I really did not have to do much of the cooking thanks to my mother in law, who came prepared to cook. Being 9 months pregnant and doing a dinner was just not an option this year. As always, the food was great and so was the company!

There is some progress on the house! The fireplace is finally finished and our bedroom and bathroom are so close to being done! All we are waiting on is the counter top in the bathroom and for us to move our bed into the room. I promise pictures soon!

The next update will hopefully include some good news about the baby!