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He's HERE!!!
Hi Ladies,
Thanks for being so awesome and keeping tabs up on us 
We were very fortunate to welcome Samuel Timothy to this world this morning at 4:41 am. Once again, it was a super fast labor, my first contraction didn't really happen until 10:30 or so pm. We got to the hospital around 11:30-11:45. At 3:30am they broke my water and he was born an hour later.
Somehow, even though I fully went in with the expectation to get an epidural, I thought I could handle it without. I can say that in the wee hours of the morning of 4 am, exhausted and pushing, my will was crushed but I pushed him out anyway and I have never felt so much pain in my life, hahaha. But, he is perfect and so worth it. I will have to give an honest account of labor later, but we'll just say there was some pleading between me and my nurse that I couldn't continue, haha.
Re: He's HERE!!!
Congratulations!! What a cutie
). I agree that giving birth is extremely painful, and I had epidurals w/ both kids. I can't even imagine it without - HUGE props to you!
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
My mom ( a L&D nurse for 25+ years) once told me that is the moment they know you're just about there. Congratulations again Erin, he's absolutely beautiful.
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. -Henry Miller
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Oh so precious!!! Congratulations, he is so handsome!
And you are a freakin' rock star for going without an epidural!!
So excited to meet Peanut this fall!
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he looks like his big brother
Congrats mama- way to go