Baby Shawn Arrives

Shawn is finally here!!! It all begin on Tuesday (7/24) when Kristen began early labor at around two in the afternoon and it intensified throughout the night. At around 4:00 a.m. the labor just stopped. Needlessly to say we were both exhausted and frustrated. Then over the next three days labor continued off and on and we kept thinking each day was the day. Well, Saturday (7/28) morning Kristen began labor again at about 1:30 am. We of course thought Shawn was 'crying wolf' again, so we didn't think much of it. By 4:30 Kris' contractions had intensified and had reduced to 5 minutes apart so we left for the hospital. Once at the hospital everything checked out, the baby was healthy, Kris was healthy, and they moved us up to labor and delivery. We knew it was finally going to be the day (which coincidentally was Shawn's due date).

Everything was going smoothly until about 11:45 am when they came in to do a quick ultra-sound to see if Shawn was facing forward or backward. That is when the nurse informed us that Shawn was breech and that Kristen was going to have to have a C-Section. Talk about shock! Shawn had been head down since 30 weeks and at our doctor visit the previous Tuesday we were told he still was. So, in those last four days he suddenly decided to switch directions. Within an hour we were in surgery and Shawn was born at 1:06 pm. He was 20 inches long and weighed 8 lbs and 1 oz. Thankfully he is a cute brown-haired, blue-eyed boy that has already stolen our hearts and made the whole week worth it. GOD IS SO GOOD!!!! :)

We can't wait for Shawn to meet all of you.