Dane Jakob Houston joins us! (Warning... Shameless Bragging!!!)

Sunday morning at about 1:30 I woke Clint up and told him that I was pretty sure I was in labor. With a sense of excitement, we timed the contractions and they were about 3.5 minutes apart. After a little while I called the midwife and told her that I was in labor and we headed to the hospital, arriving about 2:30. When I arrived I was dilated 4 cm, but by about 4 am I was complete and able to start pushing. Unfortunately, Dane was nose up and his head was just too large for me so we ended up having to deliver him via c-section.

Even though he was just over 2 weeks early, Dane weighed in at 8.2 lbs and he was 20.5 inches long. Clint and I are completely enamored by this little guy and he is doing well. We have already taken a ton of pictures and will probably be sharing a fair amount in the near future.
Our first family picture!

Here's Dane with Grandma!
Thanks to all our friends and family who sent goodies to spruce up the room!

Dane is pretty yellow. He doesn't have the jaundice bad enough to get treatment, but if it doesn't clear up in the next couple days we may have to. Since my milk is in, the Doctor thinks it should be okay. Here he is ready to go home. We thought that he looked like he was about to take off into space. He's so good natured though, he took it like a champ and didn't fuss, even after being strapped in like this!!!