January 11,2009

Is the day that we will all know as Lance Taylor Lyle Sledd's birthday!!

He arrived this morning at 939am...weighing 6lbs 2.9 ozs and 19 1/2 inches long! He came out kicking and screaming...and he looks just like his big brother Damien.

How this all happened.....

Barry came home on the 10th of January from Iraq...and with the help of the moon and some good o' fun...I started contracting about 33oam. The contractions were pretty much bearable and I just breathed through them and tried to sleep around them.

At about 5am...Barry decided that he wanted to get up and make some coffee. I got up with him bc there was no way I could try to sleep around the contractions anymore. They hurt but not enough to keep me from sleeping...they were just coming at a more frequent rate! I told him at 6am...that we were going to need to time them....just in case...lol!!

645am....Damien wakes up and we are all hanging out. I start to get more uncomfortable and trying to hide my tears from Damien. 720ish...I called to see if I should go in or not. By 800am...I was in a bed being checked to see if I was in "active" labor. My nurse checked me and I said..."Please tell me that I wasn't suffering for no reason...." She looked at me and said that I was 6/7cm and was going to be having a baby today.

I was very relieved bc that meant the end was very near for me...lol!!

She got me hooked up to the monitors, got my IV and antibiotics and stadol all hooked up, and then waited for the doctor. He showed up at around 830ish and said I was 8cm--0 station and was going to break my water!! I was nervous about the water being broke bc my body normally did that on its own....

From there...they let my body do what it was suppose to do. And that was naturally turn my baby around and let him continue to drop into the birthing canal. Finally around 935am-ish...I told them that I needed to and wanted to push.

I pushed no more than 2-3 times and Lance was out and yelling and hitting the doctor!!

And he is the most perfect thing that I have seen in a while!! And don't worry...pics will be coming soon.

Poor Barry through the whole thing wanted nothing but to comfort me...and I of course wanted nothing but space.....I told him NUMEROUS times to "stop touching me!" He did as I said but the whole time...I felt bad bc I knew he meant well. I just couldn't take it...lol!! I did apologize to him after and he said he understood! Love him for that!!

Damien did pretty good at our friends house. But when Barry went to get him...All Damien could talk about was his mommy! He wanted to "find" me. And let me say...when he "found" me...he was over joyed!!

Anyways.....

Lance Taylor Lyle.....Welcome to our beautiful world!!!

Love,
Marie, Barry, Damien and Lance