elliot james

Going up the elevator at the hospital.
Leslie was too into a contraction
to realize that I took this picture.

A new little gid entered the world at 11:51 last night.

The whole labor was much different this time. The contractions started getting very regular last night after five o?clock and by 8:45 I realized that Leslie was getting serious. By 9:30 I new we had to get to the hospital. I felt like she was going to start pushing if we did not get a move on. At 10:00 we were in the car headed for the hospital. On the way there I kept thinking of our Bradley instructor Stephanie?s story about having the baby in the car at the hospital. Luckily that did not happen. We got to the hospital at around 10:30 and found out that she was already 8 centimeters. Leslie and I both breathed a big sigh of relief because with John David we went to the hospital after 10 hours of labor only to be sent home because she was only 2 centimeters.

The first picture of Elliot

Well, by the time they got Leslie to the room and I ran down to the car to get her night gown it was close to 11:00, and at 11:51 it was all over with. When Leslie finally started pushing it only took three pushes for Elliot James Gidcumb to be born.

Here are a few stats:
Name: Elliot James
Weight: 8 lbs 5 oz
Birth Date: 12-18-04
Birth Time: 11:51 pm
Length: 20.5 inches

Leslie?s mom had to leave this morning so I am home with John David letting him get a nap. Once he is up we will head back down to the hospital.

Leslie eating breakfast with Elliot.

It is a very nice day. I am looking out my office window at the snow coming down. It is just flurries but beautiful none the less. I tried to get some pictures but it was coming down so fast that the small flakes did not show up.