The Delivery

My favorite part of being pregnant is checking in to the hospital to delivery the baby.
It is so exciting!
I finally get to meet my little one.

My mom flew in to town the day before and we ran a bunch of errands and got my house and kids ready for the next day. The next morning, Mike came over at 5:00 a.m. to watch my kids so that my mom could be there with me. This was the first baby that she was able to make it for, so I was really excited. Plus, she's a labor and delivery nurse, so she was really helpful! The hospital called the day before and told me that I had to check in at 5:30 a.m. So, we all woke up early and got ready to go. Brittany came over the night before to do my hair for me :) Then Andi and Brittany both met us at the hospital by 6 a.m. Here's my last picture of being pregnant with Baby #3:

After 4 hours of labor and a few ups and downs, Baby Dalton was born at 9:27 a.m.

While I was in labor, the baby's heart rate kept dipping. Finally they decided to try to place a new head monitor on him in case it had come loose. We warned the nurse that my previous 2 had had a lot of hair and they had a hard time getting the head monitor to stay on. Sure enough, so did this one. I laughed when they held him up to me. What a cutie!

He weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 19 inches long. He had a hard time breathing at first, so I only got to hold him for a minute before they took him to the nursery.

Brittany loaned Nate her nice camera to take into the nursery. I love getting to see pictures of the things that I missed, like the first bath and his time in the nursery. Brittany always takes a ton of pictures for me so I can look back at everything that happened.

We love our new little guy and are so excited that he's finally here!