This weekend our family was blessed to welcome our beautiful baby boy into our lives. All day Friday, I was having irregular contractions and thought maybe something would be happening very soon. It wasn't until late Friday night they became regular and got admitted into the hospital at 1:00 am Saturday morning.

Marcus Alexander was born Saturday, July 26th (my actual due date) at 9:18 am and weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz.

During labor, everyone was anxious to find out what we were going to have. One of our nurses told us that only boys had been delivered since Friday and no girls. Of course, I thought maybe I'd be the one to break that streak and have the first girl. Either way, I just wanted a safe delivery and a healthy baby.

Andy was the first one to say what we had and I just felt an overwhelming of relief once our baby was finally here. I did get sick a couple of times while delivering, but very blessed that we all were healthy and recovering well.

Thank you to all of our family and friends who prayed for a safe delivery and healthy baby. We now look forward to more of you coming and visiting us.