He's Here!!!!

Ethan John Harding decided to grace us with his presence Friday, November 7th, the day before he was due. He was actually born at 11:17 P.M. so he was only 43 minutes away from his due date. He weighed in at 6 pounds 14 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. He is a sweet little angel and we love him so much already. Everything went really well with the delivery. I didn't even know I was in labor until I went into my appointment Friday morning and the doctor told me my water was leaking and that I needed to go upstairs to delivery because I was in labor. It was all very interesting because that day I hadn't been having contractions when I was having them regularly every other day and I was in labor! So weird. But after about 11 hours of labor and a half hour of pushing, Ethan was born. He had a major conehead from dropping so early but its shaped up pretty good now. We were able to come home Sunday afternoon and its been so much better. I wasn't so comfortable at the hospital so its nice to be home. Ethan's doing really well and he's got a nice pair of lungs too. We love the little guy so much and are so grateful he's part of our family. Its so weird to think that he is our baby and we don't have to give him to anyone. He's ours to keep and we're so happy for that. Brian loves him so much that he even changes his diapers. Its so great. He kept saying before he was born he wouldn't change a poopy diaper but he's changed about five and he does really good. He's a natural! I'm feeling really good and just so grateful for my little angel. He is so sweet and I love him so much!

The before birth/after epidural picture, looking pretty happy.

First picture of Baby Ethan.

Good shot of his conehead, all gone now.

Our first family photo!

We're so happy to have it all done with and to have our little piece of heaven finally here.