Landon James is coming!

Today is Landon's birthday, for Anna has been in labor for the last 4 hours and 17 minutes! I am so proud of her - we came to the hospital to be induced at the wee early hour of 4am just to be told to wait for 5 or 6 hours because too many other moms were having their babies!!! I already drank a large mug of coffee so I was wired and ready to geaux (Anna was more ready than I of course). We had prepared for this moment for so long! Anna gave me that coffee mug with the following inscription: World's Best Dad and Husband Love, Landon and Anna. I gave Anna a locket with Landon's initials that will have his handsome face next to her heart. As we were looking over these great gifts, God decided not to make us wait: 10 minutes after hearing the bad news another nurse came and brought us to our room! Apparantly, in that 10 minutes, 2 babies were born so that we could get induced.

It took awhile to get the IVs started, but once in her contractions started soon thereafter. A couple of hours later she was doing great - I can hardly believe the pain she withstood. As the hours progressed and the pain intensified, it became apparent she would need an epidural to get her through the day for she had only dialated to 3.5 cm from 2 cm after 4.25 hours of hard work. Even through the toughest moments, she still looked gorgeous. I am continually impressed and mesmerized with how incredible my bride is. I love her and am more proud of her than I've ever been. She received an epidural about 45 min ago; she's now sleeping like an angel and will update everyone as the labor progresses.

This has been an incredible experience so far - being a coach is nothing compared to going through it - I feel so blessed to be able to be a part of Landon's big day! I'm thrilled to meet him and show him off to the world!