Healthy and strong!
8 pounds 2 oz
21 inches

It has been a long week of waiting. Last Friday, in an effort to hasten the arrival of the baby we indulged in a sizable Mexican food dinner. Soon afterward, Lacey started having contractions. She thought she might go into labor soon, so we dropped off Carter at a friend’s house to stay the night. We went to bed, but our plan was to go to the hospital if her contractions became more frequent. Around 1:30 a.m., they got more painful and she decided we needed to go. I was not going to argue with her.

We were both super-excited at the thought of meeting our second son that day. But after four hours in the hospital, things were not progressing quickly. The doctor said that he could either induce Lacey or we could go home and come back when the contractions got worse. We decided to go home, thinking we would be back that day. The doctor said we would likely have the baby in the next 24-48 hours with a small chance that it could be up to a week.

Well it has been a week and the baby is not showing any signs of wanting to come out! Lacey is scheduled to be induced on Monday, so he will be coming soon one way or another. We will keep you posted.

July 4th was fun yet different this year. We stayed in town since Lacey is less than three weeks away from her due date. We also stayed indoors most of the day because it is so hot here! However, Carter did get to learn what fireworks are. We bought some innocuous fireworks–smoke bombs, sparklers, and spinning light up things–from the stand down the road. Carter liked the smoke bombs the best. Later we went and watched the city fireworks show. Carter lasted about thirty seconds once the fireworks started. Then he got a little scared and shook his head and said “No more fi-works!”