Carter Harrison Wood

Our son was born this morning at 12:20 am Monday February 11th. He is a healthy 8 lbs 8 oz (congrats to the few of you who got this right on the poll!) and 19 inches long. He has light brown hair and a cute little smile.






Mom is doing well after along hospital ordeal. We went to the hospital Saturday night at 10:30 and Katie was admitted to a room around 2 am Sunday. After some time the contractions began going away, but the doctors decided it was time to move forward so they began pumping her full of induction meds. Around 9 am the contractions started picking up again, and about 11 am she started to dilate some more. About 5 pm the doctor came and broke her water, and then things started to really pick up. Previously Katie had decided she did not want an epidural, but the pain soon convinced her to go for the nerve blocker. The epidural was prepared flawlessly, and Katie soon basked in the painless labor. Despite Katie's valiant efforts, Carter managed to avoid being born on Sunday.

Katie and baby Carter should be coming home Wednesday about noon.

5 comments:

denise @ little ant design February 11, 2008 at 8:24 AM  

He is so cute! Congratulations on the new addition. Hope you are feeling well Katie. That was no small feat - all those hours in the hospital. Glad you went with the epidural - I'm a fan of that sweet little shot! We can't wait to see all of you!

kbradley February 11, 2008 at 8:30 AM  

Congratulations! Carter is adorable, looks mighty healthy! I'm so glad to hear everything went well and now the fun begins...

Lauren February 11, 2008 at 9:15 AM  

OMG Ryan he has your same Chian Po toes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations you guys! He is the cutest ever!

Lauren February 11, 2008 at 2:27 PM  

Let us know when the baby blessing is, plz.

Joe Butler February 11, 2008 at 5:55 PM  

Congrats! It is awesome how each of the great grandchildren have some of their great PaPa's exquisite features. Can't wait to have a face to face with Carter.

Welcome to the world GGC #9!

All my love to the Wood family of "three".

PaPa B.