Welcome Carter!

It seemed to be a good idea that the first post on this blog be about the main reason for it: the birth of our son Carter. Carter Anthony Steele was born on 28 December 2007 at 11:32am. He weighed 6lbs 7oz and was 19.25 inches long. He was in a hurry to get here and tried to come almost 5 weeks before his Jan 19 due date. Emily stayed in the hospital for a week while the doctors and nurses worked hard to stop the contractions and keep the baby cooking a little longer.
We were able to go home for Christmas, but on the 27th, the doctor sent us back to the hospital with the idea that he was going to induce Emily on the day she reached the 37 week mark. The doctor got things moving around 10:00 and predicted we would have our baby by 11:27. He was off by only 5 minutes!
Carter was very healthy and scored a 10 on the Apgar despite being born a little early. The labor was perfect and Emily came through with flying colors. 48 hours later, we were home and ready to start never sleeping again.

To see more photos of Carter's arrival, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/cooperandemily/CarterSArrival?authkey=FZ6YhZilLKo