The Big Day

We are very proud to announce the birth of Kian Abbey Taylor on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 5:27 pm!!! She weighed 7 pounds and 9 ounces and measured 19 1/2" long. She has blue eyes and chesnut brown hair with blonde highlights.

Mom and baby did an awesome job and both are very happy and healthy! We were able to bring Kian home from the hospital on Sunday evening.

Mom went into labor early Friday morning at about 3 am. By 8:30 am, we were ready to make our way to the hospital, but the contractions started slowing down. We took a walk around the block and up and down the stairs a few times to see if that would move things along, with no success. We then called our doctor's office at about 10 am and they suggested that we go to the hospital anyway as Mom was still having 5-6 strong contractions an hour.

We got to the hospital and they monitored Mom's progress for an hour. Mom's contractions were still strong but irregular, so the hospital called Dr. Appel and the decision was made to go ahead and put Mom on some Pitocin to help advance the process along. We had not had a chance to update the blog yet, but Mom was scheduled to be induced Monday morning at 5 am if the baby did not come on her own before that. So, moving the labor along with Pitocin was a no-brainer at this point.

We were checked into the hospital and moved to a birthing suite at 1 pm. Right after receiving the Pitocin, Mom's contractions immediately picked up and became regular. Mom got her epidural at about 2:30 pm and was very appreciative. The Pitocin was advancing the labor faster than the epidural could keep up. Mom was in lots of pain and the baby was not handling the intensity of the contractions very well. So, Mom was given a booster to the epidural which made everything better. By about 4:45 pm, Kian was ready to be born; however, our doctor was at the other hospital delivering another baby. So, we waited until about 5 pm when Dr. Appel arrived and 27 short minutes later, we had our beautiful baby girl. Big sister Skyla decided to join us in the suite to experience the birth of her sister.

Here are some more pictures for you to enjoy...