Sawyer Michael

Saturday, December 11th 2010 was a big day here in Twin Cities. A snownami hit the Midwest! There was a lot of snow and to make matters worse, the wind was blowing it EVERYWHERE. Even snowplows were pulled from the highways. They just couldn't keep up. Somehow, Arthur managed to keep our driveway clear. He had to go shovel about every 60-90 minutes though. Many roads weren't even plowed. Thankfully, ours was.

I believe that a few friends posted to my Facebook page that they were praying I didn't go into labor that day. I actually triedto be pretty low key....trying not to encourage contractions that day. Well, God (and the baby) had other plans.

Around 7:00pm the girls were watching a movie and I decided to get down on the floor between them. What do ya know? My water broke. There was no doubt in my mind! I calmly went down and said, "Arthur?" Instantly, he knew. "Is it time?" He asked. Yes. He quickly gathered himself together and got a few things. I called a few of the people lined up to watch the girls and NONE of them could get out of their driveways much less come to our house. So, the girls got to come with us to the hospital! Wahoo! That's just how I wanted it (dripping with sarcasm!).

So, once we were settled in our room, the girls put in  a movie. Arthur unloaded his things. The nurses hooked me up to all of the monitors and IV's required. I'll skip on the medical details of dilation and the lack of pain meds combined with Sawyers shoulder getting stuck. I'll skip the parts where I screamed things and Arthur had to leave the room. I'll skip the part where I yelled at the random OB doctor who was retained on the floor due to weather. I'll not mention the part where I hyperventilated and lost all feeling in my hands and arms. I won't mention that they had to give me oxygen. I won't mention how I wouldn't lay down and insisted on sitting all the way up regardless of what the doctors said.  I'll skip the part where my regular OB doctor had to tag team in after the head was delivered. Thankfully the girls were walking the halls with a nurse and were not a part of any of this.

Happy ending...Sawyer Michael was born at 11:27pm that night. He weighed 8 pounds and 3 ounces and was 21 inches long.

Here he is! Sawyer Michael @ 5 days old!

Thanks to Michelle @ Michellle Lockwood Photography