From A Male Perspective

I just want everyone to know that Dad and baby are doing okay. It has been a tiring 24 hours for me but I have been able to get through it with naps in between feedings and a little Starbucks. As for my physical health, I did tweak a hammy conditioning with my basketball team yesterday and my back is sore from the hospital couch but overall, the nurses said I should make a full recovery.

A lot of you have been piling the email and texts on these last two days so I just want to let everyone know that I did not hit the ground when feeling faint during the epidural. The doctor was able to spot me while crawling back to the couch, grab me a protein bar (Zone, Chocolate Chip Mint), and get me back into the game just in time to witness Courtney start pushing. She did great throughout the 2 1/2 hours of pushing but I did notice my throat got a little dry from counting to 10 in sets of 3 every 2-3 minutes. If you are good at math you know that this equals 150 sets of counting to 10. Not bad for one night. Anyways, I took a picture of Courtney while she was pushing for those of you that are interested but it didn't show up so this but this is basically what it looked like:

During the actual pushing I was able to get little cat naps on the side of the bed. Then, when the time was right, I would tell the nurse that I had the energy for another countdown and Courtney would follow that right up with another contraction.

Not only was Courtney amazing throughout but so were the nurses. They were good at teaching me how to count, teaching Court how to push, and were always there in case the baby came out. Again, my pics of the nurses in action did not show up but this is basically what they looked like:

After it was all said and done, the energy that was put into the actual labor was well worth the wait. I thought it was pretty amazing when Kendall was born. The doctor pulled her out and set her on Courtney's chest but I was in awe of what transpired right after. However, Courtney has the official word on what actually goes into this post so I will not go into detail. Let me just tell you that years of watching the battle scenes in "Braveheart" prepared me more than any health class could have. Thanks Mel!

Anyways, I will wrap this up and let you know that everyone is doing great here during Day 2. Courtney, as could be expected, keeps everything laid back and makes it look easy while I worry about screwing things up. Kendall has taken after mom and has shown signs of being laid back as well (fingers crossed). I know that everyone would like to get an official pic on Kendall and I was able to take one when she was fresh out of the womb. As you can guess, it didn't show up (Must have been the lighting) but I was able to get something that resembled her. This should give you an idea of what our little girl looks like:

Goodbye for now and thanks for all the well wishes.