Andy Boy

Time moves fast when you want life to slow down. It has already been a week and a half since Andrew was born. I can hardly believe it. So far he has been a wonderful baby. I keep thinking back to when I had Nathan and sadly I remember being really stressed and overwhelmed. I know I enjoyed Nate when he was first born but the second time around the baby block is a much more enjoyable experience for me. I was really nervous that I wouldn't know when I was going into labor since they induced me with Nathan. Thankfully Andy decided to be persistent so I wouldn't miss the signs.

It all started last Friday morning. I was pretty much done being pregnant in my mind. I had talked to my mom and my sister and I had told both of them how perfect it would be if I had the baby that day because it would give Jake maximum time off with his work. It was also good timing for my sister who would be coming out to help. I was pretty much praying that I could go into labor. Thankfully the Lord agreed with me and around 1:00 in the afternoon I started noticing contraction.

I didn't want to get my hopes up because as many of you know I am already an emotional basket case when I am pregnant. I didn't want to get into my head that things were going to happen to have it not be the case. As the afternoon went on I wasn't feeling well but I kept trying to get things done since it seemed to keep things going. By 4:00 I called Jake who was just getting ready to leave work. I told him I was thankful he was on his way home because I was having contractions. I decided that I should start timing them as he was on his way. They coming between 3 and 5 minutes during the whole time I was waiting for Jake. When he got home at about 5:50 I was waiting for him outside. I was a little emotional because I was pretty uncomfortable at this point and I was scared that we would go to the hospital and they would tell me that I wasn't in labor. We decided to eat dinner which my sweet visiting teacher had brought over for us. We called some friends and asked if we could drop Nathan off as we went up to the hospital.

We got to the hospital around 7:00. By 8:00 they said we were going to stay. I was only dilated to a 4 but thankfully I progressed during that first hour we were there. I was so happy at that point because I don't know what I would have done if they would have sent me home. The contractions were getting really uncomfortable at that point. They were sweet enough to let me get an epidural soon after. We called my sister at that point to let her know that we would be needing her to help take care of Nathan.

By midnight my sister was in Elko. Our friends said Nathan could stay at their place for the night so Mel came up to the hospital. We decided that Jake should go home for a few hours to get some sleep because he had been up since 3:00 am and he looked like he was going to pass out. Mel kept me company and we tried to get some rest. By the next morning I had kind of stalled. At 9:00 I was still only a 6. We were hoping to have a morning baby but Andy wanted to hold out. As it goes with labor the last part becomes a blur and it is hard to remember what happened when. All I know is that it seemed to never end. Finally around 2:00 I started to progress and after that things went fast. Finally after a full day of labor sweet Andrew Cole Cefalo made his appearance at 3:09. It was such a wonderful experience to hear him start to cry. I couldn't believe it. I just started bawling. After everything this past year had brought. All of the up's and down's we finally had our sweet baby. I spent a couple of hours resting and later that evening Melanie brought Nathan up to the hospital so he could meet his new brother. Nathan is in love with him. He has been so helpful and he is always asking if he can kiss him or help.

We are so thankful for this sweet baby and for all of the people who have helped us. We love you and we can't wait for you to meet our new little guy.