About 4:00 in the morning on September 9th, Jennifer woke me up saying she had "pains". She never was able to tell me for sure that she was having actual contractions, so things were a bit confusing for awhile as I tried to measure how long it was between those "pains". After calling the nurses on the labor & delivery floor at the hospital a couple of times, I finally called Jennifer's doctor at around 7:00 AM. She just said, "Go to the hospital and let them put a monitor on Jennifer and see what's going on." So we went! And pictured here is Jennifer in the waiting area where they put her on the monitors and told her, "Well... you are having some very nice, strong contractions there. Let's get you into a delivery room just as soon as one becomes available!"

Once the doctor did arrive, however, things happened REALLY fast. We had checked in to the hospital at 7:51 AM and the doctor arrived around 10:30 or 11:00 AM. After she and the nurses - including the one pictured here - got all their setup done and were ready to go, they had Jennifer wake up and start pushing. It seemed to me like she only pushed for about 20 or 30 minutes, and then suddenly we had a baby!

This is Yaleana's first picture ever taken. The nurse had taken her from Jennifer's doctor and placed her on the warmer platform to clean her up and get her little hand and foot prints... and to let her cry herself pink, of course! She was one white little baby when she first popped out, hehehe.