I don't think I have ever been this happy

I will keep this short and as I am tired and the real fun is the pictures.

Doctor called Monday morning and said after consulting the other doctors that she thought it would be good to induce Tuesday night after checking lung maturity Tuesday morning. We went in for the amnio and stress test tuesday morning and got the call that night that the lungs were mature. Our doctor pushed for us to come in that night but we decided to have one more good meal and one more good night's sleep and went in first thing Wednesday morning.

Emilia started Wednesday morning with a type of medication to soften the uterus. This went on for 14 hours and started to work. 1am Thursday morning the doctor gave her ptocin, something to get the contractions going. This went on for about 12 hours and def worked as her contractions went crazy and she finally had an epidural. More ptocin, more hours, to make it short Emilia got almost there at 7:30 Friday morning when the doctor decided to call it becasue of exhaustion and fear of an infection since her water had broken 18 hours prior and moved towards C section. Given throughout all of this neither of us slept much so although exciting a pretty wearing time especially on Emilia.

So we walk in to the Operating Room around 820 and about 845 Friday morning 10-5-07 Senor Aidan finally made his worldwide debut. 6lbs 13.5 oz and 22 inches. So good size for a little guy that was 4 weeks early.

It truly was an amazing experience. To hear him cry out even before the doctor took him fully out of the womb. Big lungs and he was angry he was out. Prior the doc said they would whisk him away to the ICU right away but given his breathing was good they let us hold him. Truly an amazing experience, his eyes were glued over but so no looking him in the eyes but just amazing to see him finally and listen to him cry and tell him you loved him.

They stiched Emilia up and she was moved into a room in the recovery side of the labor wing. She is asleep there now and doing great. I think the only hard part for her is not being able to spend time with the little guy. The docs want her to stay on her back until tomorrow morning and then she will be down there.

I had the chance to go down to the ICU and hold Mr. Aidan and what a rush of joy that was, to give him a kiss and tell him I love him and that we are there for him. All of the NICU docs said if they didn't know prior that something was wrong with him they couldn't have told from examining him, breathing good, he has already eaten and is responding to light and sound. I went back to tuck him in tonight and he had just gotten back from an MRI whose results we should find out tomorrow. Also he had an ultra sound and EKG on his heart. He has a murmur and a small problem with his aorta they are watching and should know more about tomorrow.

I think more than any of these potential problems right now we are just happy to be able to hold him and listen to him breath and scream. We are so thankful for all of the prayers and thoughts and I will keep this up the more we learn about him and the different surgeries he will have to go through. As for now I just am amazed at the gift of life and the ability to witness it so close up. Enjoy the pics, more as he visits with Mom tomorrow morning. I am having troubles uploading the pics so will give it a whirl from a different computer. I think the lack of sleep is killing me.