Well, for everyone who has been waiting (and for those who haven't, too) we had our baby this morning. His name is Peter Hinckley King. He may be our fourth child, but he gets First Place in several ways:
- He was our first baby actually born on his due date (Morgan and Emma were both two days early, and Talmage was a week late). But even if that hadn't happened, he was bound to have a good birthday. How can you not when you are choosing from May Day, Cinco de Mayo, or even May 4 (as Leslie's sister, Holly, put it, "May the fourth be with you")?
- He was our heaviest baby at 7 lbs. 13 oz. (21" long for those interested in statistics). Luckily he still had a small head.
- Peter also wins the prize (if that is the correct word) for the longest hospital labor period, clocking in at approximately 25 times longer than either Emma or Talmage (of course with them, we were only in the hospital for about 15 minutes before they were born). With Leslie's history, we wanted to make sure we got to the hospital in time. We arrived at 11:30 PM last night to have the doctor (who we had called to let him know we were on our way) tell us the baby was still quite high up and that he was going to go home to sleep. Leslie was able to have an epidural, but ended up needing pytocin after her contractions died down. Once she was finally dilated, though, Peter came quickly and was born at 8:30 this morning. As a plus, there was actually a doctor present (although our doctor actually went off call at 7:00 AM).
Well, I'll get on to more of what you are really after: the pictures.
One of the best things was to see how excited Talmage was to see his new baby brother. We'll see how long it lasts!
Talmage was so sweet!
