Welcome to the world Liam!!!

Liam Douglas Marcum
4/24/09, 1:46pm
8lbs 14oz, 19.5 inches

Our beautiful baby boy was welcomed into the world on Friday! Labor started on Thursday afternoon around 2:00 with irregular contractions around 8-10 minutes apart. Finally at 7:30pm the contractions started to get closer together, unfortunately they stayed about 6-8 minutes apart for the entire night! We had no sleep, and finally around 3:00 I decided to walk circles around the house until they became close enough together to go to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital at 5:00 am and prayed that they would let us stay! After being checked in to our room everything progressed nicely and rather quickly. I could not have asked for a better delivery. My nurses were wonderful and Craig was the best coach a girl could have asked for. After only 23 minutes of pushing, we met our beautiful son! I expected a big baby, but was still a little surprised when I saw how big he was. He has been an absolute angel so far. He has Daddy's temper and gets cranky pretty fast, but he's pretty easy to calm down. We feel so blessed and thank God for bringing such a wonderful gift into our lives. Life will never be the same, and I couldn't be happier. I will post more pictures later today. This one has been my favorite so far.