The Boys Meet Baby Allyson

Late this morning Jacob and Brooks had an opportunity to come to Baylor and meet baby Allyson. It was great. Kathleen and I watched them park and run through the parking lot pulling Grancie and G'dad's hands from our window on the seventh floor. We met them at the elevators - Jacob with two dozen red roses in hand and brooks running towards Allyson saying, "I want to see, I want to see." What a perfect beginning!

We spent the next two hours passing Allyson from person to person, taking videos and pictures, laughing, catching up and eating lunch together. It was a great blessing to all be together and orient the boys to this new addition to the family. They did such a great job with being gentle with her and wanting to take care of her. We are greatly blessed.

We Welcome Allyson

Allyson Jennifer Craven was born at 4:17pm
Weight: 7 lbs 1 oz
Length: 19.5 inches

Kathleen did great as usual and Allyson is doing great. They are both healthy and a great blessing.

Update on Labor...

3:55 Allyson's heart rate drops again to 60s briefly... Kathleen on oxygen
3:57 Completely Dilated ready for delivery as soon as doctor gets here (within 30 minutes or so)

Update on Labor...

3:30 got more pain meds
3:35 Dilated to a 6+, baby's moving down

Update on Labor...

11:15 Contractions 6-7 minutes apart
Medicine to increase intensity of contractions (Pitocin)
11:40 Dilated to 2
1:05 Broke water - Dilated to 3
1:10-1:25 Allyson's heart rate dropped drastically, medicine given to stop contraction (Terb), came very close to having an emergency C-Section.
1:30 Heart Rate stabilized everything was back to normal.
1:35 Epidural administered so C-Section can happen if we need to do one quickly.
1:50 Medicine (Pitocin) continued to help the contractions occur close together and strong.

At Baylor waiting for Allyson to arrive!

Well we checked in this morning at Baylor in Dallas at 8:00 and here is how the progress has been so far...
8:00 - Check-In
8:20 - Hooked up to the monitors - heart looks great and small contractions.
8:45 - Dr. Hays did a sono to make sure she was still head down and she is!!
9:00 - Dilated 1.5
9:40-10:10 - walked hallways & feeling great.
Now we're waiting for them to come in and break her water.

Heading to the hospital

It's about 6:30am and we are heading to Baylor, downtown Dallas and going to be induced. Jacob and Brooks are happy to spend some time with Grancie and G'Dad.

We are excited to meet baby Allyson later today!!! We'll let you know how it goes.