This may be a repeat to most of you since Josh and I tried to text the big events yesterday but I want to have it on the blog also.
8:30 a.m. Arrived at hospital for scheduled induction.
8:45 a.m. I.V. is placed.
9:15 a.m. Pitocin is started.
11:15 a.m. 2 hrs of pitocin and we finally have a pattern to the contractions, every 2-4 minutes. Josh and I are playing Scrabble on our I-phones.
11:45 a.m. No real pain yet, holding off on pain meds.
12:30 p.m. My nurse checks me since we haven't seen my doctor yet this morning. Still at a 4, she increases the pitocin.
12:45 p.m. My nurse has gone to lunch and what do you know? Dr. O shows up to break my water. My cervix was extremely posterior so it wasn't easy for him to do it. The first try he actually hooked his own glove, ha! Lots and I mean lots of clear fluid.
2:00 p.m. Got the epidural. Pitocin had me contracting every minute literally. At a 6 now.
3:00 p.m. Epidural is only working on my left side. We tried to turn over onto my right but then the baby's heartrate dropped along with my blood pressure. Had to turn back to my left, put on the oxygen mask and get a shot of epenephrine.
3:25 p.m. One look at my face and my nurse checks me to find me at a 10, complete and ready to push. She calls the doctor and nursery to come for the delivery!
3:53 p.m. He's born, all 8 lbs 13 oz of him! He was 20 1/4 inches long with a 14 inch head! He was OP which means he was facing the wrong direction and on top of that his body was turned the opposite direction. Toughest delivery by far! His apgars were a 5 at one minute and then a 9 at five minutes. Little issues with respiratory and heart rate but it all cleared up. He was labeled Large for Gestational Age so we had to check his blood sugar every 4 hours for the first day. He only had one low test and all of the others were fine.
Daddy finally decided on his name - Paxton Emory Brown! We are all doing well and I'll have pictures up soon! Thank you for all of your loving support!
My strip! Pax's heartrate is on the left side while the contractions (mountains) are on the right.
His card!
First picture! 
The night of his birth. One moment of peace, we didn't get many of these.
Wednesday, one day old! That 0-3 months outfit fits well huh?
Tristan with Paxton. Unfortunately our baby had to come to a sick home. Lots of masks,
Some decor!
Left to right: Lori, my boss Gail, and Linda. Linda will be taking over Birth Certificates while I'm out on leave.
Tasha and Jessica (the one who made the cupcakes).
What's a shower without Karol? A funny thing to remember about this day is that I had to go and pick her up for work and take her home to make sure she didn't miss the shower. She didn't want to drive because there was still snow/ice on the roads. I wouldn't want to have a party without her!
Man, I wish I was looking at the camera! This is Jessica. She's a ton of fun to work with!
The diaper cake! This is so cool and I honestly don't want to use it! I get to look at it for a while though cause the diapers are size 3! Too cute!
It was a wonderful time and I'm happy to say that as far as material things go - we are ready for this little guy thanks to our wonderful friends! 
Weight - 22 lbs now!!! The longer I go the bigger this baby and my belly gets!
Born Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 12:42 p.m.
Look at his hair!
7 lbs 11 oz, 20 inches
The flowers we sent! Congrats to the Wood Family, we can not wait to meet him!
We had a pretty good snowstorm that hit us Thursday, Dec 30th. Completely ironic that the boys and their friends were competing in an indoor soccer tournament called the Blizzard Cup! The semi-finals were Thursday and they not only made it to the semis but won it so continued on to the final that evening at 5. They took their opponent to overtime but lost then by 1. I was so proud of them for being the youngest team in their division (11-14 yrs old) but playing with such integrity, determination, and teamwork. It was 3 days of awesome soccer! 
(Opal enjoying her quiet Sunday morning.) 
Aidan and Fushigi! He's wanted this all year. I had hoped he wouldn't be disappointed as it's "as seen on tv" and you know how much you can believe in those infomercials. He watched the dvd and has managed to learn two of the tricks though. It's hard for a child to do with their small hands though.
They got a new football and each got their first pair of receiver gloves. The gloves were first on each of their lists and I bought them myself but practically had to lie and stomp my feet in the stores when they were shopping for each other. They wanted to get each other the gloves and couldn't understand why I was telling them no. Ugh, I think Tristan's shopping experience even made me cry!
Tristan got the Loopz game. As usual, I haven't seen this out since Christmas day. 
Aidan and I. Told you I was exhausted!
Opening Tristan's gift to me. A sweet little heart necklace, he's a charmer ladies!
Dad and the boys trying out their new soccer chairs that Shelly got us! We were in desperate need of these as she saw personally during her trip. Ours were missing carrying bags and falling apart.
Another game that seemed like a hit, Cuponk! This I also have not seen out since Christmas day. 
Even Opal loved her gifts! She got the new little stuffed animals without stuffing! Believe it or not, they are still around to this date so far!
