And then he was here...

Well, Stephanie is definetly NOT a labor expert! Apparently she was in labor for 2 days and thought that she was just having Braxton-Hicks (practice) contractions. Finally, late Thursday night she was feeling really bad and called the doctor to ask for advice of what to do. They said:

GO TO THE HOSPITAL!!!

When we got there Stephanie's contractions were 3 minutes apart and her water broke as she walked through the hospital doors. She was already 8 cm dilated and barely had time to get the (wonderful) epidural.

Daniel Robert Fajardo was born on Friday, December 1, at 1:51 am. He weighed 5 pounds and 5.2 ounces, and was 18 inches long.



Although he was 5 weeks early (his due date was January 6) he is doing very well and was able to stay in the room with Mom and Dad.

He is a little jaundiced so we came home today with a machine called the "bili-blanket" that will help clear that right up!