Hudson Everett Dunlap is here!!!

Hudson Everett Dunlap made his grand entry into the world on December 18th, 2009 at 4:58pm. He weighed in at 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.

We were scheduled for an induction the morning of the 18th at 7 am due to "advanced cervical dilation" and my doctor being out of town the following week. I was 38 weeks and 5 days along! I still can't believe after all the problems I've had in the pregnancy that I made it that long. How amazing! So, on the morning of the 18th the hospital called and said they were too busy and they were going to have to postpone the induction. I was starting to think that after all of the struggles to keep this little boy in that we wouldn't even succeed at kicking him out, haha. They called back in a few hours and said to be at the hospital at 11 for the induction. Yeah!!!

After that everything happened pretty fast. They got me started on the induction meds and in a matter of a few hours I was contracting, dilated, they broke my water, and I got an epidural. However, Hudson wasn't tolerating the labor very well and his heart rate kept dropping. I was dilating and progressing very fast and they believe he just didn't have time to adjust. They turned of the induction medication and luckily I was still having enough contractions that it was time to start pushing! After about 40 minutes of pushing Hudson was here! It was such an amazing moment! He had a few problems adjusting to his new life outside the womb but it was just a matter of time before he was looking like a normal newborn.

He is an absolutely perfect little guy (I'm sure I'm not partial at all!) and we could not be more in love with our amazing holiday miracle! He is a wonderful little baby. He eats well, sleeps well, poops well, just an overall joy! We are enjoying every moment and are having a great time being new parents. He has serenaded us several times when changing diapers but we are slowly getting the hang of everything, and laughing at our mistakes along the way. We are so thankful to have him in our lives and all the months of bed rest are totally worth the healthy little boy that it gave us. We cannot thank God enough for this wonderful blessing he has given us.