West has arrived!

West Aaron Hayes was born September 17th at 5:24 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz and was 20 inches long. We are so so happy to have him with us.

My mom got in on Tuesday th 15th, and she had been praying that I would not have him until she came, so my prayers for him to come early were in vain Haha. Wednesday the 16th I had a doctors appointment, where I found out that I was at a 2. I was bummed because I was so ready to have our baby. The doctor stripped my membrane, which hurt like crazy, but I was happy he did it. He then told me that they were backed up on the induction list and that they could not get me in until the 25th, if I did not have West before then. He then told me that if I had three contractions or any type of pattern to come in and the doctors would try to do everything they could to keep me, because they did not want me to go past my due date by to much. After we left the doctors office, we went grocery shopping, and I tried to stay on my feet. That night my mom took me on about a 45 minute walk, and I started to have some contractions. We then came home and watched the season final of America's got talent.

My contractions were staring to come every 5-7 minutes, but not to intense. So we watched an intervention and then a couple of episodes of Reba. At about midnight we decided to go to the hospital. They checked me and I was at a four and so they admitted me. I was given an epidural about thirty minutes later. My contractions were not as bad as they were with Jack, but I did not want them to get that way. The doctor then broke my water and I moved from a 4 to a 9 in three hours. At five in the morning I was ready to push. I only pushed for 14 minutes. I felt a lot of pressure and some intense pain as his head crowned. The doctor had me reach down and feel his head, it felt neat but weird. The epidural was not as strong as it was for Jack. I could not wait for the next contraction! I pushed again and he came out. It was so amazing. Aaron had a huge smile on his face and was teary eyed. My mom, as well as Aaron's mom, and Aaron's sister Anne were in the room. West weighed 7 lbs 9 oz and was 20 inches long. And my labor only lasted 5 hours! We are so blessed.

That afternoon Aaron brought Jack to meet West. Jack said he wanted to hold West, so we put West in Jack's lap and he turned his head and said no no! He was a little scared of him, but now he sits right next to West and says "Hi baby", it is so so cute! Oh we love our boys. I will post more pictures later.