Announcing....... Samuel David Harvey!

Birthdate: Thursday, January 12, 2006, 7:26 a.m.

Weight: 9 lbs

Length: 21 1/2 in.

It's a Boy!

I think I am still in shock, somehow, after three girls, I didn't really ever think that I would have a boy. It is so thrilling. He is so sweet!

I only  had a couple of neutral looking sleepers for him, and all of the pink stuff from my  girls, so my mom went on a blue shopping spree. The little blue outfits are so cute.

Everything went well with the birth. It was a home birth with a wonderful midwife and her assistant, along with my mother , who is a doula. A two hour labor, with the last hour pretty intense. The only thing that I am not thrilled with is that my husband was not there for the birth. I went to my mom's house in Utah, as there aren't any midwives to do home births around here. When we decided that we knew it was very unlikely he would make it. My last labor was also 2 hrs, and it is a three hour drive. But daddy was able to see him when he was a few hours old.

The girls are loving their little brother, maybe a little too much. The poor little guy is constantly surrounding by prodding,  poking children. No jealousy yet shown from my 17 month old, she is so excited. Everytime she sees the babe her eyes light up and she says, "baybay", it is so cute.

I think we will be waiting until February to start any formal shcool schedule. Get our life schedule going first.

Now to come up with a new name for my blog. Hmmm.