August 17th, 2011: A Perfect Day

The anticipation of Landon's arrival was almost too much for me to handle. Having been off of work all summer I had plenty of time to relax, organize the house, and set up Landon's room a few times. As my due date got closer I became anxious to have him not because I was super uncomfortable or was tired of being pregnant but because I wanted to hold him, see what he looked like, and jump into the next chapter in our lives.
On August 16th (my due date) David and I were on the way to my doctor's appointment as I tried to conspire a story with him that we could tell the doctor so that we could have the baby this week. Little did I know we would not have to persuade the doctor at all and he would schedule an induction for the next day, Wednesday, August 17th. There was no reason to induce other than the doctors felt that the baby was ready and there was no reason to wait any longer.

The top 5 things about our labor and delivery experience were...
5. While we brought lots of games we only made it through half a game of phase 10.
4. David's Family, my Mom, Jimmy, Katrina, and Carly were all able to make it in time for the delivery. 
3. I made it to 9.5 cm without medicine or the epidural (2:00p.m.)! The epidural allowed me to feel when I needed to push but I was not in severe pain and loved knowing everything that was going on and not being in a ton of pain.
2. David stayed super calm and was great at making me relax through contractions. Without him I know I would not have been able to stay calm. Talking with him throughout the day and talking about how excited we both were to see Landon...(especially since early on they could tell he had a full head of hair)
1. Landon Daniel Reeves was born at 4:18pm weighing 7lb 5 oz and was 20 inches long. Hearing him cry for the first time and just feeling how warm he was when he laid on me will be moments I will never forget! While they asked for the neonatologist to be present upon Landon's arrival he had a "why am I even here look on his face" because Landon was so healthy!