Baby Zane

Hello!
Guess what! I had a baby! Hooray!
Here is our story:
We've been getting ready to move for a few weeks now, which has kind of been extremely hectic because Curtis has lasik eye surgery in the middle of May and though that has been awesome, it kind of got in the way of things just a little. Friday was our big move day. We moved into my parents basement for the summer because our apartment was very impractical for a child (thin walls, scary stairs) and we haven't seen anything we're in love with yet and this way I have someone to help me with the baby.. etc.. There are lots of good reasons for our move and we have really enjoyed being at my parent's. Anyway... Big thank you Carl, Gary, Dan, Clayton, my dad, my mom, my mother-in-law, Kevin, and Colton. You guys rock.
Saturday we worked hard to get things set up in our new little place and I felt kinda funny all day. I wasn't having contractions yet, but it was hard to walk and to do stuff. I went with my mom to the plant nursery in the evening and that trip kind of did me in (Side note: I got sunflower seeds!). We came home and I relaxed the rest of the evening and at exactly 8:00 pm I had a contraction, then at around 8:10 I had another... And it just kept getting worse from there. I didn't think I was going into labor yet, I hadn't ever had 2+ contractions remotely close before. They didn't really hurt too bad until around 2 am.
At 4:30 am on Sunday I began crying they hurt so bad and they were about 5 minutes apart so we went to the hospital. We hung out for an hour and watched Friends and Curtis did the breathing thing with me for every contraction. Our nurse came back in and checked me and told us we'd be having the baby that day, but it was probably going to be in the evening. We had the option to go home and wait out some time there and we thought that would be best so we went home and tried to sleep a little, which didn't really work. Curtis helped me get ready for the day as much as I could and at 9:30 I couldn't take it anymore and we went back to the hospital. They checked me and admitted me.
I was in so much pain at this point that I couldn't even talk. I couldn't focus on anything except watching the clock, knowing it was going to hurt really again in so many minutes. Curtis was wonderful and tried to give me things to focus on and he breathed with me and held me and comforted me.
They got me an IV and after awhile I got my epidural (I was competing with an emergency surgery for the anesthesiologist). Immediately all that terrible contraction pain went away and I felt much better. I felt like I could keep going and I wasn't nearly as scared anymore.
We hung out for what felt like forever and my doctor came in and checked on my a couple of times. The epidural made my blood pressure drop significantly and so they gave me adrenaline and I had to wear an oxygen mask for a few hours. That was kind of annoying and at around 3 pm I was getting kind of restless and my IV hurt so the next couple hours were kind of hard. Then it came time to push which only took about half an hour (split up, they made me stop half way through and lay on my side for half an hour). My doctor came in and within 5-10 minutes of him showing up my little baby came into the world. He was so sweet and tiny. 6 lbs 6 oz 19 inches long. Lots of red hair and the cutest little face. He is perfect and I love him so much.
Curtis has gone above and beyond with Zane. He has no problem changing diapers or dealing with the fussy times.  Zane loves Curtis and stops crying pretty much the minute he is in his arms. It is so sweet. I love my new little boy and I can't believe how blessed I am that he is mine. It's hard sometimes getting used to being a parent but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love my sweet little family and I am so excited for our adventures to come.