He is growing up so fast

Arcani's umbilical cord came off today in his blanket! I am so excited to put him in real clothing besides t-shirts. We have a dr.'s appointment at Children's hospital tomorrow morning to check out his cleft palate. Hoping all goes great and that he won't need surgery in the future...

Pictures

The password for the baby pictures is: AGR

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Arcani Grei has joined the family

Arcani was born via c-section on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 am. He was 8lbs 13oz. and 20.5 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing well. We will be moving to our post-partum room in a little while.

Preparing for surgery

We just had our last check-up and there has been no more progress in dilation. We suspect an issue with the cervix so we are now planning to have a c-section. It should happen within a few hours. Mom is calm and ready to meet the baby.

Still waiting...

Epidural is in, Petocin is still cranking, but progress is very slow. Not sure if this baby will come naturally or if we'll have to go in and get him. Luckily both mom and baby are doing fine and vitals holding steady.

Slow and steady

Labor is progressing but at a slow and constant rate. It's probable he'll be delivered today, but maybe not until tonight. We'll likely have visitors sometime tomorrow, but we'll let you know depending on how the rest of labor goes.

Starting...

Petocin has now been administered so we expect to see things ramping up soon. Hopefully we'll get to meet him today!