Little Luc

Just before heading to the hospital.

Luc Steven Avey - 7lbs. 11oz. - 21.25 in.

The girls love Luc.

Beautiful Baby - Beautiful Mom

Well she did it! Denise finally had Luc and we couldn't be happier. I'm sure most of you know by now, but Denise had the baby on Friday morning. (No the Qwest guy still hasn't shown up so I'm posting a little from work.) On Thursday Denise started contracting more often and more regularly throughout the day. By the time I got off work we had told her parents that we would head to the hospital in a few hours. So Denise took a turn or two around the yard to keep the contractions coming and we went to Panda Express for some fuel. Then we headed to the hospital.

When we got to the hospital they checked her and said that she was only at a 3! Denise was distraught to say the least. The triage nurse told her that if she wasn't at a 4 in an hour that she would have to send her home. Then she told us to start walking the halls and stairs to help things along. Denise was a real trooper and she put in a solid hour of walking and marched up and down about 14 flights of stairs. When the nurse checked her again she was at a 5. Thank goodness! I don't know what would have happened if they'd sent us home.

So they checked us into our room and started some pitocin and epidural. Denise was very greatful for the epidural. The doctor was awesome and she was even relaxed enough to rest for a couple of hours. We thought the pitocin would get things moving more quickly, but nothing major happened until I was out in the car catching an hour of sleep at 4:45 AM (the room was a little crowded with both of Denise's parents and her sister who has had 4 boys, but never seen a birth). I got a call on my cell phone that she was finally at a 10 and they were going to call the doctor.

Dr. Simon came in at about 6:45, prepped Denise, she pushed about 6 times and out popped Luc at 7:16. And I mean popped. On the last push Denise launched him out and the doctor had to literally catch him in the air. I've never seen anything like it.

Luc looked pretty crazy at first (like all babies), but now he's great. He's actually headed to his first doctor's appointment now. Denise is doing really well too. Her mom is in town through today and then my mom will come and help on Wednesday and Thursday. McKay and Kimball love Luc! They want to hold him and touch his face. Now we just need to work on being gentle around the baby!