Welcome to our family, Luke!

Luke joined our family about a week before we had scheduled for him to arrive. On Friday, November 8, Paul was downtown at a science teacher's conference dissecting a pig. I was home with our three boys, timing contractions. When I first talked to Paul, the contractions were 20 minutes apart. By the time he checked in with me again, the contractions were about 10 minutes apart. Since we had a c-section scheduled, I called my Dr. to see what he wanted me to do and if he wanted to see me again. (I had just had a Dr's appointment with an ultrasound the day before.) My Dr. said he was heading to the hospital and he would meet me there. By the time I got to the hospital, my contractions were about 7 minutes apart and we discovered my water had broken. The nurses prepped me for surgery--we were having a baby!

My first picture with my sweet Luke!

Paul got to hold Luke shortly after and walk him to our room.

After getting cleaned up and dressed, Luke got to hang out under the warm lights for a while.

Later that evening, Grandma and Grandpa Cheney brought Eli, Micah and Joshua to meet their little brother. They were all excited to see him and were in wonder about every part of him.

G'ma and G'pa loved meeting Luke, too!

The next morning, Eli (in blue), Joshua and Micah (in yellow) all came back wanting to hold "Baby Luke."

We had a lot of rest time in the hospital as Luke is such a good sleeper. We had plenty of time to hold him and enjoy our sweet new blessing. Welcome to our family, Luke!

Wearing the shirt my big boys gave me for my birthday (as I had promised!), we were ready to go home!