Mary Hardin's arrival

Mary Hardin was due to make her arrival on Father's day - June 19th.  As that special day came and went I was a bit sad....  the best Father's day gift ever hadn't arrived on time.

On Monday morning (June 20), I had a pre-scheduled doctor's appointment.  Mary Hardin wasn't doing a lot moving and grooving at this point so the doctor put me on a monitor that would monitor her movement and also any contractions.  After about an hour Mary Hardin hadn't moved but one or two times and I only had a couple mild contractions.  I left the doctor's office around 11am at 2 cm. dilated.

Luckily my mom had taken off work to spend the day with me and we went home to grab some lunch.  By about 12:30 I called the doctor again because I was continuing to have irregular contractions - the doctor's were out to lunch.  Go figure.  Then about 1:30 my mom suggested we just go to the office to have things checked out.  I agreed and my mom took me to the doctor's and we sent Brad to a work meeting.  The last thing he said to me before the meeting was "There is no way you are going to have this baby in the next 5 hours".  And I agreed to see him after work!

Meanwhile, we got to the doctor's around 2pm - to my surprise I was 5 to 6 cm. dilated and sent directly to the hospital.

We met Brad at the hospital and got all checked-in by 3:30.  Still 5 to 6 cm. and irregular contractions.

At 6:03pm we were blessed to welcome Mary Hardin into the world - 7 lbs 14 ounces, 19 3/4 inches long!  What a precious gift from above.