Quick summary of his birth:
David was in Las Vegas for a car show with his dad and brother and planned to come back Saturday afternoon. For no particular reason other than to avoid paying for an extra night at a hotel, they decided to head home Friday. But before they left Vegas, David's brother Andrew surprised David for his birthday and took him on a bunch of roller coasters. They went on a few and had planned on doing 1 more, which would have taken a couple of extra hours because of a long line, etc. But David gets motion sick and didn't feel like doing another so they just started for home around 6 p.m. Friday.
I started having painful contractions around 9 p.m. They were pretty irregular but on average about 7 min apart. I called David and said, "you'd better get here fast." He got home around 2 a.m. and that's when my contractions really started getting intense and they were about 2 min apart. We called my mom to come stay with Olivia and we left for the hospital around 4 a.m. When we got to the hospital, I was dialated to an 8!!! I got the epidural and Walker was born at 6:30 after only 7 min of pushing.
Many prayers were said in those hours until David got home and it is a miracle he made it. We are so blessed!
Olivia really is a great big sister. It has been an adjustment for everyone but she has been so helpful, sweet and loving.
We spent Halloween night in the E.R. getting stitches on her head. She fell into a corner of the wall in our hallway and got 5 stitches. She was a champ though! She is so tough.
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