Welcome to the World!

Hello everyone! We are pleased and proud to announce the birth of our son, Liam!!!! William Edward Harris arrived the morning of March 2nd, 2006 at 10:44 AM after 1 hour and 45 minutes of labor. You read that right, it was quite a quick entry into the world. As many of you know, I have had quite the long road with this pregnancy and after literally months of contractions, I ended up in actual labor for a very short period of time. Some could argue that actually I was in labor for 3 months, 1 hour and 45 minutes - as my sister kindly pointed out! My water was broken at 9 AM and then they started me on pitocin. Well, there was no need for even the most minimal dose of pitocin as I went into immediate hard labor and the pitocin drip was quickly turned off at 9:20. By 10:30 I was pushing and 14 minutes later he was born! Unfortunately there was no time for an epidural after the initial botched one, so I was med free - OW! The poor guy was born facing the wrong direction - not a breech, but his head was turned wrong and he had the cord around his neck..... so he came into the world a little bit bruised up like a prize fighter. He has some bruising on his face and had quite the fat lip when he was born but it is quickly subsiding and the swelling is going down. He is eating like a champ and is just as sweet and cuddly as can be. Here are his stats:

William Edward Harris ("Liam")
Born March 2, 2006 at 10:44 AM
8 pounds 12.5 ounces
19 1/2 inches long

Big sister Kate was able to come to the hospital with her Nana to meet her new brother and is absolutely in love with him! She is going to be such a great big sister! Nick was the greatest coach ever and is the definition of cool under pressure.....I could not have made it through as well without his patience and care. He is so proud of his handsome little son!

We are home now and settling into life with the cutest guy in town. Enjoy the pics! Many more to come..........