INTRODUCING EVAN!!!

EVAN LLOYD GALLANT!!!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

1:04 am

7 lbs. 9 oz.

21 1/2 in. long

We are so excited to add this cute little man to our family! If you want to know the story leading up to this wonderful event, read on:

I was having contractions all day on Tuesday, but they were around 10 minutes apart, so too early to go into the hospital. Pete was so good to call during recess, lunch, and after school to see how I was doing. Then after school he went up to Kelly Canyon to go snowboarding with the youth in our ward. I was a bit hesitant, but let him go since it's only 30 minutes away. My contractions started to get more intense in the early evening, but still 10 minutes apart.

At about 9:00, I took a nice warm bath while Jonas watched a movie and as soon as I got out of the bath, my contractions increased to 3-5 minutes apart. Pete walked in the door just as I was getting out! Good timing, eh? So I told him to pack his bag....he was a bit taken back and was not expecting to go to the hospital just yet. I called my awesome friend Donna over to watch Jonas until my mom could get up here from UT. THANKS DONNA!

We checked in and I was hooked up to all the fancy equipment by around 10:30. I was measuring 5-6 cm at this point, so they called the anesthesiologist down :0) He was finished with my epidural by about 11:40 and then Dr. B came down to break my water. At this point I was at 7-8 cm. My best friend, GINA, came over to keep us entertained and snap some pics. THANKS GINA!

My mom, dad, and sister Jena were on their way and I was hoping they'd make it before he came. Jena is due in June and wanted to come up to get an idea of what it might be like since this is her first.
They arrived at about 12:15 and I was at 8-9 cm.

So, needless to say, I was ready to go just before 1:00 and I started my pushin'. I pushed through two contractions and there he was. The umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck once and he was pretty purple when they laid him on me! It took a while, but he finally pinked up. 

Here are a bunch of pics in no particular order and without caption.

Fabulous Dr. B!

Later that day...{but it literally felt like the next day since we had such an early start to the morning}

Jonas's initial reaction was something like, "what is this thing?" No smile, he just stared at "it." 

He wouldn't come sit in the hospital bed next to me. He was terrified of it {or me} for some reason.

He was willing enough to give Evan knuckles...

First FAMILY photo:

Day two: getting ready to go home!

Finally a smile from big brother! I guess it just took a day...

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to visit, sent messages via e-mail, texting, or facebook, or called to chat. We really appreciate your love and friendship. And, please feel free to stop by and visit if you want and are in town--we love visitors!